Education:

• Fellowship: Epidemic Intelligence Service, Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta, GA; 2010
• Residency: Rush University Medical Center; Chicago, IL; 2008
• Medical degree: MD; University of Illinois College of Medicine; Chicago, IL; 2004
• Undergraduate degree: Spanish; University of Illinois; Chicago, IL; 2000

Publications:

• Cortes J, Arvelo W, Lopez B, et al. Rotavirus disease burden among children <5 years of age—Santa Rosa, Guatemala, 2007-2009. Trop Med Int Health. 2012; 17(2):254-9.
• do Carmo GM, Yen C, Cortes J, et al. Decline in diarrhea mortality and admissions after routine childhood rotavirus immunization in Brazil: a time-series analysis. PloS Med 2011; 8(4):e1001024.
• Cortes JE, Curns AT, Tate JE, et al. Rotavirus vaccine and health care utilization for diarrhea in U.S. children. N Engl J Med 2011; 365(12):1108-17.
• Wikswo ME, Cortes J, Hall AJ, et al. Disease transmission and passenger behaviors during a high morbidity Norovirus outbreak on a cruise ship, January 2009. Clin Infect Dis 2011; 52(9):1116-22.
• Janusz KB, Cortes JE, Serdarevic F, et al. Influenza-like illness in a community surrounding a school-based outbreak of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus-Chicago, Illinois, 2009. Clin Infect Dis 2011; 52(Suppl 1):S94-101.
• Tate JE, Cortese MM, Payne DC, et al. Uptake, impact, and effectiveness of rotavirus vaccination in the United States: review of the first 3 years of postlicensure data. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2011; 30(1Suppl):S56-60.
• Tate JE, Mutuc JD, Panozzo CA, et al. Sustained decline in rotavirus detections in the United States following the introduction of rotavirus vaccine in 2006. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2011;30(1 Suppl):S30-4.
• Molto Y, Cortes JE, De Oliveira LH, et al. Reduction of diarrhea-associated hospitalizations among children aged <5 years in Panama following the introduction of rotavirus vaccine. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2011; 30(1 Suppl):S16-20.
• Kirking HL, Cortes J, Burrer S, et al. Likely transmission of norovirus on an airplane, October 2008. Clin Infect Dis 2010; 50(9):1216-21.
• CDC. Reduction in Rotavirus Disease after the Introduction of Rotavirus Vaccine in the United States, 2007-2009. MMWR 2009; 58(41): 1146-1149.
• Cortes JE, Curns AT, Tate JE, Parashar UD. Trends in Healthcare Utilization for Diarrhea and Rotavirus Disease in Privately Insured US Children <5 Years of Age, 2001-2006. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2009; 28(10):874-878.
• CDC. Outbreak of Novel H1N1 Influenza A Virus – Chicago, April-June 2009. MMWR 2009; 58(33): 913-918.
• Novel Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Investigation Team, Dawood FS, Jain S, et al. Emergence of a novel swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus in humans. N Engl J Med 2009; 360(25):2605-15.

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