Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Environmental Health/ Environmental Health Services Branch
4770 Buford Highway MS:F60
Atlanta,
GA
USA
30341
mbaloch@cdc.gov
Biographical Sketch:
2008-Present --ORISE Fellow, CDC, National Center for Environmental Health, Atlanta, GA
2007-2008 -- Visiting Research Scholar, Idaho State University, Geospatial Software Lab, Idaho Falls, ID
2007-2007 -- Partner/Consultant PROJE PARKI LTD. Istanbul, Turkey.
Lead Researcher: Investigation of hydrologic and watershed contributing factors associated with leafy green produce related E.Coli Outbreaks in CA and AZ.
Lead Researcher: Development of a geospatial environmental vulnerability assessment tool for unregulated groundwater systems in the state of Georgia.
Lead Researcher: Assessment of drinking water related problems, policy, regulations, and interventions in Pakistan from available literature.
Researcher: Developed protocols, forms and data collection tools for improved environmental health assessments related to water-related disease outbreaks.
Author and Co-Author of 8 Research articles in peer-reviewed journals and two reports fosucing on environmental and hydrologic modeling, water quality and food safety.
16 Conference and Workshop presentations