Dr. Barbara Kowalcyk

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kowalcyk.1@osu.edu

https://u.osu.edu/barbarakowalcyk/

614-292-6487

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213 Parker Food Science and Technology Building

2015 Fyffe Road

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Degrees & Credentials:

B.A. in Mathematics, M.A. in Statistics and Ph.D. in Environmental Health

Biography:

Barbara B. Kowalcyk is a recognized expert in food safety with broad experience and training in epidemiology, biostatistics/informatics, risk analysis, regulatory decision-making and public policy. For nearly 15 years, her efforts have focused on advancing a more systems-based approach to food safety that promotes evidence-based decision making and considers the broader connectedness of human, animal, and environmental health (also known as One Health). Prior to joining OSU, Dr. Kowalcyk was a senior food safety and public health scientist at RTI International and a research assistant professor in the Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Science at North Carolina State University. Dr. Kowalcyk has served on several national committees, including two National Academy of Sciences committees and her current appointments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Science Board and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Board of Scientific Counselors FSMA Surveillance Working Group. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the Center for Foodborne Illness Research & Prevention, a national 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization she co-founded in 2006 to work at the interface of science and policy to improve the food safety system. In addition to her extensive experience in food safety, Dr. Kowalcyk has over 10 years of experience as a biostatistician conducting clinical research and providing support to Data Safety Monitoring Boards in the pharmaceutical industry. Dr. Kowalcyk’s research interests include linking public health information with data from across the food system to enhance the understanding of foodborne disease epidemiology, support the development of evidence-informed policies and practices that prevent foodborne illness, and change behaviors around food safety from farm to fork.

Area of Expertise: Food safety with an emphasis on foodborne disease epidemiology, informatics/biostatistics, risk analysis (risk assessment, risk management, risk communication) and surveillance systems using system-based approaches that promote One Health. Director of the Center for Foodborne Illness Research and Prevention.

Works

Books

National Academies of Science Institute of Medicin,, Enhancing Food Safety: The Role of the Food and Drug Administration National Academies Press. 2010.

Journal Articles

Sarantis, S.D.; Eren, N.M.; Kowalcyk, B.; Jimenez-Flores, R. et al., "Thermodynamic Interactions of Micellar Casein and Oat β-Glucan in a Model Food" Food Hydrocolloids 115 106559 (2021) 1-13-1-13

Beczkiewicz, A.; Kowalcyk, B.B., "Risk Factors for Salmonella Contamination of Whole Chicken Carcasses following Changes in U.S. Regulatory Oversight" Journal of Food Protection (2021)

Garsow, A.V.; Closs, G.; Campbell, E.P.; Kowalcyk, B., "Food Safety Challenges in Refugee Camps: What do we know?" Journal of Food Protection (2021)

Beczkiewicz, A.T.E.; Scharff, R.L.; Kowalcyk, B.B., "Facilitating Evaluation of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Long-Term Health Outcomes Through Social Media Support Groups" Frontiers in Public Health 8 (2020) 774-774-774-774

Lambertini, E.; Ruzante, J.M.; Kowalcyk, B.B., "The Public Health Impact of Implementing a Concentration-Based Microbiological Criterion for Controlling Salmonella in Ground Turkey" Risk Analysis (2020)

Lambertini, E.; Ruzante, J.M.; Chew, R.; Apodaca, V.L. et al., "The public health impact of different microbiological criteria approaches for Salmonella in chicken parts" Microbial Risk Analysis 12 (2019) 44-59-44-59

Shumaker, E.T.; Doherty, I.; Sifleet, S.; Chapman, B. et al., "Risk Factors for Foodborne Illness in Temporary Eating Establishments in North Carolina" Food Protection Trends 39 3 (2019) 218-224-218-224

Smolinski, H.; Wang, S.; Ren, L.; Chen, Y. et al., "Transfer and redistribution of Salmonella Typhimurium LT2 and E. coli O157:H7 during pilot-scale processing of baby spinach, cilantro, and romaine lettuce" Journal of Food Protection 81 6 (2018) 953-962-953-962

Weller, D.L.; Kovac, J.; Kent, D.J.; Roof, S. et al., "Escherichia coli transfer from simulated wildlife feces to lettuce during foliar irrigation: A field study in the Northeastern United States" Food Microbiology 68 (2017) 24-33-24-33

Weller, D.L.; Kovac, J.; Roof, S.; Kent, D.J. et al., "Survival of Escherichia coli on Lettuce under Field Conditions Encountered in the Northeastern United States" Journal of Food Protection 80 7 (2017) 1214-1221-1214-1221

Lebov, J.; Grieger, K.; Womack, D.; Zaccaro, D. et al., "A framework for One Health research" One Health 3 (2017) 44-50-44-50

Ruzante, J.; Grieger, K.; Woodward, K.; Lambertini, E. et al., "The use of multi-criteria decision analysis in food safety risk-benefit assessment." Food Protection Trends 37 2 (2017) 132-139-132-139

Porter, C.K.; Kowalcyk, B.; Riddle, M.S., "Chronic Health Consequences of Acute Enteric Infections in the Developed World" The American Journal of Gastroenterology Supplements 3 2 (2016) 12-24-12-24

Grieger, K.D.; Hansen, S.; Mortensen, N.; Cates, S. et al., "International Implications of Labeling Foods Containing Engineered Nanomaterials" Journal of Food Protection 79 5 (2016) 830-842-830-842

Gruber, J.F.; Bailey, J.E.; Kowalcyk, B.B., "Evaluation of U.S. Poison Center Data for Surveillance of Foodborne Disease." Foodborne Pathogens and Disease 12 6 (2015) 467-478-467-478

Kowalcyk, B.B.; Smeets, H.M.; Succop, P.A.; De Wit, N.J. et al., "Relative risk of irritable bowel syndrome following acute gastroenteritis and associated risk factors" Epidemiology and Infection 142 06 (2014) 1259-1268-1259-1268

Batz, M.B.; Henke, E.; Kowalcyk, B., "Long-Term Consequences of Foodborne Infections" Infectious Disease Clinics of North America 27 3 (2013) 599-616-599-616

National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Cri,, "Assessment of Food as a Source of Exposure to Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP)" Journal of Food Protection 73 7 (2010) 1357-1397-1357-1397

National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Cri,, "Response to Questions Posed by the Food Safety and Inspection Service Regarding Determination of the Most Appropriate Technologies for the Food Safety and Inspection Service To Adopt in Performing Routine and Baseline Microbiological Analyses" Journal of Food Protection 73 6 (2010) 1160-1200-1160-1200

Waller, P.; Kowalcyk, B.B., "Searching for the Source: One Family’s Story." JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 60 6 (2007) 54-55-54-55

NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON MICROBIOLOGICAL CRI,, "Response to the Questions Posed by the Food Safety and Inspection Service Regarding Consumer Guidelines for the Safe Cooking of Poultry Products" Journal of Food Protection 70 1 (2007) 251-260-251-260

Copolov, D.L.; Link, C.G.G.; Kowalcyk, B., "A multicentre, double-blind, randomized comparison of quetiapine (ICI 204,636, ‘Seroquel’) and haloperidol in schizophrenia" Psychological Medicine 30 1 (2000) 95-105-95-105

McManus, D.Q.; Arvanitis, L.A.; Kowalcyk, B.B., "Quetiapine a novel antipsychotic: experience in elderly patients with psychotic disorders" Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 60 5 (1999) 292-298-292-298

King, D.J.; Link, C.G.G.; Kowalcyk, B., "A comparison of bd and tid dose regimens of quetiapine (Seroquel) in the treatment of schizophrenia" Psychopharmacology 137 2 (1998) 139-146-139-146

Chapters

"Risk Metrics Quantifying the Impact of Adverse Health Effects" In Risk Assessment Methods for Biological and Chemical Hazards in Food. Edited by Pérez-Rodríguez, F.. 2020.

Devleesschauwer, B.; Scharff, R.; Kowalcyk, B.B.; Havelaar, A., "Burden and Risk Assessment of Foodborne Disease" In Food Safety Economics - Incentives for a Safer Food Supply. Edited by Roberts, T.. 2018.

Kowalcyk, B.B.; Pires, S.; Scallan, E.; Lamichhane, A. et al., "Improving Burden of Disease and Source Attribution Estimates" In Food Safety Economics - Incentives for a Safer Food Supply. Edited by Roberts, T.. 2018.

Riddle, M.; Kowalcyk, B.B.; Porter, C., "Post-infectious chronic health consequences of acute enteric infections" In Reference Module in Food Science.. 2016.

Presentations

"Translating Science into Food Safety Policy and Practice." In USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service Stakeholder Meeting. 2020.

"Food Safety and One Health – Approaches to Reducing Foodborne Pathogens and Zoonotic Diseases." In Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety. 2020.

"TARTARE: Improving Food Safety in Ethiopia." In United Kingdom Department for International Development Nutrition Hub Seminar. 2020.

"EatSafe Webinar III – Measuring Performance for Food Safety." In Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition. 2020.

"Passport to Food Safety in Low- and Middle-income Countries: Rationale and Reflections from Recent Research Initiatives." In International Association of Food Protection 2020 Annual Meeting. 2020.

"Management of Food Safety: How Do We Proceed Today for the Future?." In Advancing Nutrition and Food Science: 80th Anniversary of the Food and Nutrition Board Symposium. 2020.

"Food and Human Well-being." In University of Florida Future of Food Forum. 2020.

"Food Safety, COVID-19 and Communicating Science." In Citation Needed. 2020.

"Effective Scientific Presentations and Communication." In One Health Eastern Africa Research Training Program Annual Retreat. 2020.

"Global Burden of Foodborne Disease." In OSU Plant Pathology Seminar. 2020.

"Center for Foodborne Illness Research & Prevention: Efforts to Improve Food Safety." In Big Data & Analytics Association (Virtual). 2020.

"Risk Factors for Salmonella Contamination in Poultry Products Following Changes in U.S. Oversight Programs [Peer Reviewed]." In International Association of Food Protection 2020 Annual Meeting. Virtual.. 2020.

"What Don’t We Know? Cultured Meat vs. Traditional Meat and Fish Food Safety Concerns." In International Association of Food Protection 2020 Annual Meeting. 2020.

"Tackling Poultry Food Safety: Where’s the Beef?." In University of Florida Animal Science Seminar Series. 2020.

"Food safety in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An." In Society of Risk Analysis. 2019.

"The Burden of Foodborne Disease." In Ohio State Center for Foodborne Illness Research and Prevention. 2019.

"Developing a Risk-Based Framework for Food Safety in Low- and Middle-Income Countries." In Food Science and Technology Seminar Series. 2019.

"Developing a Risk-Based Framework for Food Safety in Low and Middle Income Countries." In International Association for Food Protection Annual Meeting. 2019.

"Maternal Dietary Risk Factors for Neural Tube Defects in Guatemala." In International Association for Food Protection Annual Meeting. 2019.

"Food Safety and Trade: Colleagues or Competitors." In International Association for Food Protection Annual Meeting. 2019.

"Utilizing Alternative Data Sources to Assess the Long-Term Health Outcomes of Foodborne Disease." In International Association for Food Protection Annual Meeting. 2019.

"Developing a Risk-Based Framework for Food Safety in Low- and Middle-Income Countries." In University of Gondar Seminar. 2019.

"The Burden of Foodborne Disease." In Ethiopian Public Health Institute Seminar. 2019.

"Using Risk Analysis to Estimate the Economic Burden of Foodborne Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Case of Ethiopia." In Fifth World Congress on Risk. 2019.

"Developing a Risk-Based Framework for Food Safety in Low- and Middle-Income Countries." In National Academies of Science Committee on Stronger Food and Drug Regulatory Systems Abroad. 2019.

"Hunger and Health: The Role of Food Safety." In Ohio Youth Institute. 2019.

"Food Safety Economics in the United States and Ethiopia." In Human Nutrition Seminar Series. 2019.

"The Future of Food Safety: Understanding the True Burden." In FAO/WHO/AU International Food Safety Conference. 2019.

"Translating Science into Policy and Practice: What are the food safety priorities?." In Ohio State Center for Foodborne Illness Research and Prevention Inaugural Event. 2019.

"The Burden of Foodborne Disease." In Northeast Ohio Environmental Health Association. 2019.

"Estimation of the National Burden of Foodborne Diseases - An Investment for Better Food Safety Systems WTO." In International Forum on Food Safety and Trade. 2019.

"TARTARE: Building a Risk-Based Food Safety System." In Ohio State World Food Day Forum. 2019.

"Developing a Risk-Based Framework for Decision-Making in Low and Middle Income Countries." In CAFFRE Group Meeting. 2018.

"Developing a Risk-Based Framework for Food Safety Decision-Making in Low and Middle Income Countries." In CAFFRE Group Meeting. 2018.

"Developing a Risk-Based Framework for Food Safety Decision-Making in Low and Middle Income Countries." In OSU One Health Day Symposium. 2018.

"Developing a Risk-Based Framework for Decision-Making in Low and Middle Income Countries." In OSU One Health Day Symposium. 2018.

"Panel Discussion: How to Communicate the Implications of One Health in Your Backyard and Abroad." In One Health Day Symposium. 2018.

"From Farm to Fork to Physician: Building Bridges to a Safer Food Supply." In OSU Farm to Table Symposium. 2018.

"The Burden of Foodborne Illness." In Public Health Emergency Preparedness Epidemiologist Quarterly meeting. 2018.

"The Burden of Foodborne Illness." In Public Health Emergency Preparedness Epidemiologist Quarterly Meeting. 2018.

"Assessment of AFRI Food Safety Challenge Area." In International Association of Food Protection 2018 Annual Meeting. 2018.

"Salmonella in Poultry: Where do we go from here?." In International Association of Food Protection 2018 Annual Meeting. 2018.

"Health at Risk: Long-term Health Effects of a Foodborne Illness." In Partnership for Food Safety Education Webinar Series. 2018.

"Improving Poultry Safety." In Ohio Association of Food Protection Meeting. 2018.

"Ranking Food Safety Risks: A Guided Approach." In Fourth International Congress on Pathogens at the Human-Animal Interface (ICOPHAI). 2017.

"The Future of Food Safety." In Food Safety Consortium. 2017.

"The Public Health Impact of Semi-quantitative Performance Criteria for Salmonella in Ground Turkey." In International Association for Food Protection Annual Meeting. 2017.

Technical Reports

FAO,, "FAO Guide to Ranking Food Safety Risks at the National Level" 2020.

Nolan, L.; Apley, M.; King, L.; Kowalcyk, B.B. et al., "Science Board Review of the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System" 2017.

Acuff, G.; Bacon, T.; Bush, L.; Carlson, R. et al., "Recommendations to Modernize the Meat and Poultry Oversight System in the United States" 2017.

Kowalcyk, B.B.; Goldman, D.; Goldman, L.; Holmes, H. et al., "Office of Regulatory Affairs Strategies for Building an Integrated National Laboratory Network for Food and Feed" 2016.

Kowalcyk, B.B., "Tracking Microbes: Defining the Horizon for Molecular Surveillance of Foodborne Disease" 2015.

Kowalcyk, B.B.; Buck, P.; Eskin, S., "Children and Foodborne Illness" 2009.

Roberts, T.; Kowalcyk, B.B.; Buck, P., "The Long-Term Health Outcomes of Selected Foodborne Pathogens" 2009.

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