# Stephanie Factor

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**Stephanie Factor** is an [internist](/source/Internal_medicine) who specializes in infectious diseases and an epidemiologic researcher at the [Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai](/source/Icahn_School_of_Medicine_at_Mount_Sinai)[1] and was an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer in the Respiratory Diseases Branch of CDC when she led the field investigations in the Central Asian Republics; medical epidemiologist in the CDC Bioterrorism Preparedness Response Program assigned to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to develop emergency response plans for New York City.[2]

Factor is also an associate professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases and assistant professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science.[3] She earned both an MPH and MD at [Johns Hopkins University](/source/Johns_Hopkins_University).

## Selected publications

- Factor SH, LaClaire L, Bronsdon M, Suleymanova F, Altynbaeva G, Kadirov BA, et al. Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination, central Asia. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. 2005 Sep [date cited]. [http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1109.040798](http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1109.040798)
- Factor SH, [Galea S](/source/Sandro_Galea), de Duenas Geli LG, Saynisch M, Blumenthal S, Canales E, Poulson M, Foley M, Vlahov D. Development of a "survival" guide for substance users in Harlem, New York City. Health Educ Behav. 2002 Jun;29(3):312-25. doi: 10.1177/109019810202900304. PMID [12038741](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12038741).
- Fierer, Daniel, Stephanie Factor Sexual Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus Among HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex With Men-New York City, 2005-2010 (Reprinted from MMWR, vol 60, pg 945-950, 2011)September 2011JAMA The Journal of the American Medical Association 306(11):1194-1196

## Research projects

- Hepatitis C Virus Infection in WTC Responders[4]

## References

1. ["Stephanie Factor"](https://www.mountsinai.org/profiles/stephanie-h-factor). *Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai*. Retrieved 9 April 2020.

1. Factor, Stephanie (September 2005). "Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b Carriage, Central Asia". *Emerging Infectious Diseases*. **11** (9): 1476–1479. [doi:10.3201/eid1109.040798](https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1109.040798). [PMC 3310603](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3310603). [PMID 16229788](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16229788)

1. ["Influenza and Respiratory Illnesses – Stephanie Factor, MD, MPH – Mount Sinai Hospital"](http://wp.lehman.edu/public-health-minute/influenza-and-respiratory-illnesses-stephanie-factor-md-mph-mount-sinai-hospital/). *Lehman College*. Retrieved 11 September 2022.

1. ["Hepatitis C Virus Infection in WTC Responders"](https://wwwn.cdc.gov/ResearchGateway/ResearchProjects/Details/124). *World Trade Center Health Program*. Retrieved 11 September 2022.

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