Joe Novotny
Dir, UCSF Int'l Support Office
Vice Chanc Research
Chancellor/EVC/FAS

Joe Novotny is the Director of International Research Support Operations (IRSO), a unit launched in 2019 to support UCSF faculty and staff implementing research projects abroad in foreign countries.

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The goal of the IRSO office is to provide effective and efficient operational support and expert advice to faculty investigators and program leaders who are either considering international work or are already engaging in international research.

Previously, Joe worked for the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) supporting malaria elimination initiatives globally. Joe’s work primarily focused on increasing access to quality healthcare in poor and underserved communities while improving national disease surveillance and logistics systems to help countries achieve their public health goals. He has on the ground experience supporting government health system strengthening in Southern Africa and Southeast Asia.

Education & Training

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• MPH Global Health Boston University
• BA History Santa Clara University

Publications (9)

Top publication keywords:
Social SupportMalariaNucleic Acid Amplification TechniquesAntimalarialsCommunicable Disease ControlGlobal HealthPolymerase Chain ReactionEpidemiological MonitoringSeasonsPopulation SurveillanceCase ManagementEndemic DiseasesModels, StatisticalDisease EradicationHealth Policy

• Active Case Finding for Malaria: A 3-Year National Evaluation of Optimal Approaches to Detect Infections and Hotspots Through Reactive Case Detection in the Low-transmission Setting of Eswatini.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2020 Hsiang MS, Ntshalintshali N, Kang Dufour MS, Dlamini N, Nhlabathi N, Vilakati S, Malambe C, Zulu Z, Maphalala G, Novotny J, Murphy M, Schwartz A, Sturrock H, Gosling R, Dorsey G, Kunene S, Greenhouse …
• Low-Quality Housing Is Associated With Increased Risk of Malaria Infection: A National Population-Based Study From the Low Transmission Setting of Swaziland.
  Open forum infectious diseases 2017 Dlamini N, Hsiang MS, Ntshalintshali N, Pindolia D, Allen R, Nhlabathi N, Novotny J, Kang Dufour MS, Midekisa A, Gosling R, LeMenach A, Cohen J, Dorsey G, Greenhouse B, Kunene S
• Evidence of successful malaria case management policy implementation in Cambodia: results from national ACTwatch outlet surveys.
  Malaria journal 2016 ACTwatch Group, Novotny J, Singh A, Dysoley L, Sovannaroth S, Rekol H
• Public health. Measuring the path toward malaria elimination.
  Science (New York, N.Y.) 2014 Churcher TS, Cohen JM, Novotny J, Ntshalintshali N, Kunene S, Cauchemez S
• Targeting imported malaria through social networks: a potential strategy for malaria elimination in Swaziland.
  Malaria journal 2013 Koita K, Novotny J, Kunene S, Zulu Z, Ntshalintshali N, Gandhi M, Gosling R

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• Reactive case detection for malaria elimination: real-life experience from an ongoing program in Swaziland.
  PloS one 2013 Sturrock HJ, Novotny JM, Kunene S, Dlamini S, Zulu Z, Cohen JM, Hsiang MS, Greenhouse B, Gosling RD
• Rapid case-based mapping of seasonal malaria transmission risk for strategic elimination planning in Swaziland.
  Malaria journal 2013 Cohen JM, Dlamini S, Novotny JM, Kandula D, Kunene S, Tatem AJ
• Surveillance for malaria elimination in Swaziland: a national cross-sectional study using pooled PCR and serology.
  PloS one 2012 Hsiang MS, Hwang J, Kunene S, Drakeley C, Kandula D, Novotny J, Parizo J, Jensen T, Tong M, Kemere J, Dlamini S, Moonen B, Angov E, Dutta S, Ockenhouse C, Dorsey G, Greenhouse B
• A national policy for malaria elimination in Swaziland: a first for sub-Saharan Africa.
  Malaria journal 2011 Kunene S, Phillips AA, Gosling RD, Kandula D, Novotny JM