Leisha D. Nolen

Leisha D. Nolen, MD, PhD

Academic Information

Departments Adjunct - Internal Medicine

Divisions: Epidemiology

Dr. Leisha Nolen is the Utah State Epidemiologist with the Utah Department of Health and Human Services. She is an adjunct in the U of U school of medicine. Her works focuses on public health epidemiology and covers health topics that affect all aspects of health in Utah. She is interested in collaborating on a variety of topics from evaluating the most recent health trends in our state to finding ways to make public health more impactful to our society.

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Mumper M, Nolen L, Herget KA, Codden RR, Carter ME, Nagata M, Millar MM (2025). Changes in Breast and Cervical Cancer Incidence by Stage at Diagnosis During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Utah. Cancer Med, 14(10), e70952. (Read full article)
  2. Nolen LD, Bulkow L, Singleton R, Hurlburt D, Debyle C, Rudolph K, Hammitt LL, Hennessy TW, Bruce MG (2024). An Investigation of Pediatric Case-patients With Invasive Haemophilus influenzae in Alaska, 2005-2011. Pediatr Infect Dis J, 43(6), 498-504. (Read full article)
  3. Shi Y, Bennion E, Ward C, Nolen LD (2024). Circumstances of unintentional fall-related adult deaths: Utah, 2010-2020. Inj Prev. (Read full article)
  4. Almendares OM, Ruffin JD, Collingwood AH, Nolen LD, Lanier WA, Dash SR, Ciesla AA, Wiegand R, Tate JE, Kirking HL (2023). Previous Infection and Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccination in Middle- and High-School Students. Pediatrics, 152(6). (Read full article)
  5. Payne JR, Bose S, Kubiak RW, Nolen LD (2023). Evaluation of mortality risk after COVID-19 vaccination, Utah 2021. Vaccine, 41(18), 2996-3002. (Read full article)
  6. Lanier WA, Palmer DK, Willmore DK, Oakeson KF, Young EL, Nolen LD (2023). Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square in the Context of Prevention Protocols, Utah, September-November 2021. Public Health Rep, 138(3), 416-421. (Read full article)
  7. Sadigh KS, Kugeler KJ, Bressler S, Massay SC, Schmoll E, Milroy L, Cavanaugh AM, Sierocki A, COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough Characterization Team, Fischer M, Nolen LD (2022). Evaluating risk factors associated with COVID-19 infections among vaccinated people early in the U.S. vaccination campaign: an observational study of five states, January-March 2021. BMC Infect Dis, 22(1), 718. (Read full article)
  8. Pfeiffer JA, Collingwood A, Rider LE, Minhaj FS, Matheny AM, Kling C, McCollum AM, Nolen LD, Morgan CN (2022). High-Contact Object and Surface Contamination in a Household of Persons with Monkeypox Virus Infection - Utah, June 2022. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 71(34), 1092-1094. (Read full article)
  9. Franois Watkins LK, Mitruka K, Dorough L, Bressler SS, Kugeler KJ, Sadigh KS, Birhane MG, Nolen LD, Fischer M (2021). Characteristics of Reported Deaths Among Fully Vaccinated Persons With Coronavirus Disease 2019-United States, January-April 2021. Clin Infect Dis, 75(1), e645-e652. (Read full article)
  10. Nolen LD, Topaz N, Miernyk K, Bressler S, Massay SC, Geist M, Zulz T, Singleton R (2022). Evaluating a Cluster and the Overall Trend of Invasive Haemophilus influenzae Serotype b in Alaska 2005-2019. Pediatr Infect Dis J, 41(4), e120-e125. (Read full article)
  11. Kugeler KJ, Williamson J, Curns AT, Healy JM, Nolen LD, Clark TA, Martin SW, Fischer M (2022). Estimating the number of symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections among vaccinated individuals in the United States-January-July, 2021. PLoS One, 17(3), e0264179. (Read full article)
  12. Bressler SS, Bruden D, Nolen LD, Bruce MG, Towshend-Bulson L, Spradling P, McMahon BJ (2022). Mortality among Alaska Native Adults with Confirmed Hepatitis C Virus Infection Compared with the General Population in Alaska, 1995-2016. Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol, 2022, 2573545. (Read full article)
  13. Nolen LD, DeByle C, Topaz N, Simons BC, Tiffany A, Reasonover A, Castrodale L, McLaughlin J, Klejka J, Wang X, Bruce M (2021). Genomic Diversity of Haemophilus influenzae Serotype a in an Outbreak Community-Alaska, 2018. J Infect Dis, 225(3), 520-524. (Read full article)
  14. Almendares O, Prince-Guerra JL, Nolen LD, Gunn JKL, Dale AP, Buono SA, Deutsch-Feldman M, Suppiah S, Hao L, Zeng Y, Stevens VA, Knipe K, Pompey J, Atherstone C, Bui DP, Powell T, Tamin A, Harcourt JL, Petway M, Bohannon C, Folster JM, MacNeil A, Salerno R, Kuhnert-Tallman W, Tate JE, Thornburg N, Kirking HL, Sheiban K, Kudrna J, Cullen T, Komatsu KK, Villanueva JM, Rose DA, Neatherlin JC, Anderson M, Rota PA, Honein MA, Bower WA, CDC COVID-19 Surge Diagnostic Testing Laboratory (2021). Performance Characteristics of the Abbott BinaxNOW SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Test in Comparison to Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase PCR and Viral Culture in Community Testing Sites during November 2020. J Clin Microbiol, 60(1), e0174221. (Read full article)
  15. McMahon BJ, Nolen LD, Snowball M, Homan C, Negus S, Roik E, Spradling PR, Bruden D (2021). HBV Genotype: A Significant Risk Factor in Determining Which Patients With Chronic HBV Infection Should Undergo Surveillance for HCC: The Hepatitis B Alaska Study. Hepatology, 74(6), 2965-2973. (Read full article)
  16. Nolen LD, Tiffany A, DeByle C, Bruden D, Thompson G, Reasonover A, Hurlburt D, Mosites E, Simons BC, Klejka J, Castrodale L, McLaughlin J, Bruce MG (2019). Haemophilus influenzae Serotype a (Hia) Carriage in a Small Alaska Community After a Cluster of Invasive Hia Disease, 2018. Clin Infect Dis, 73(2), e280-e286. (Read full article)
  17. Nolen LD, Bressler S, Vindigni SM, Miller K, Nash S (2021). Gastric Cancer in Alaska Native and American Indian People Living in Alaska, 1990-2017. Clin Transl Gastroenterol, 12(7), e00374. (Read full article)
  18. Nolen LD, Seeman S, Bruden D, Klejka J, Desnoyers C, Tiesinga J, Singleton R (2020). Impact of Social Distancing and Travel Restrictions on Non-Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Non-COVID-19) Respiratory Hospital Admissions in Young Children in Rural Alaska. Clin Infect Dis, 72(12), 2196-2198. (Read full article)
  19. Plumb ID, Gounder PP, Nolen LD, Massay SC, Castrodale L, McLaughlin J, Snowball M, Homan C, Nelson NP, Singleton R, Bruce MG, McMahon BJ (2020). Vaccination Status of Alaska Native Persons With Hepatitis A Virus Infection-Alaska, 1996-2018. Clin Infect Dis, 72(12), 2212-2214. (Read full article)
  20. Ramaswamy M, Bruden D, Nolen LD, Mosites E, Snowball M, Nelson NP, Bruce M, McMahon BJ (2020). Hepatitis A vaccine immunogenicity 25 years after vaccination in Alaska. J Med Virol, 93(6), 3991-3994. (Read full article)
  21. McClure M, Miernyk K, Bruden D, Rudolph K, Hennessy TW, Bruce MG, Nolen LD (2020). Presence of Antibodies Against Haemophilus influenzae Serotype a in Alaska Before and After the Emergence of Invasive Infections. J Infect Dis, 223(2), 326-332. (Read full article)
  22. Prince-Guerra JL, Almendares O, Nolen LD, Gunn JKL, Dale AP, Buono SA, Deutsch-Feldman M, Suppiah S, Hao L, Zeng Y, Stevens VA, Knipe K, Pompey J, Atherstone C, Bui DP, Powell T, Tamin A, Harcourt JL, Shewmaker PL, Medrzycki M, Wong P, Jain S, Tejada-Strop A, Rogers S, Emery B, Wang H, Petway M, Bohannon C, Folster JM, MacNeil A, Salerno R, Kuhnert-Tallman W, Tate JE, Thornburg NJ, Kirking HL, Sheiban K, Kudrna J, Cullen T, Komatsu KK, Villanueva JM, Rose DA, Neatherlin JC, Anderson M, Rota PA, Honein MA, Bower WA (2021). Evaluation of Abbott BinaxNOW Rapid Antigen Test for SARS-CoV-2 Infection at Two Community-Based Testing Sites - Pima County, Arizona, November 3-17, 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 70(3), 100-105. (Read full article)
  23. Nolen LD, Seeman S, Desnoyers C, DeByle C, Klejka J, Bruden D, Rudolph K, Gerber SI, Kim L, Langley G, Patel M, Englund J, Chu HY, Tiesinga J, Singleton R (2020). Respiratory syncytial virus and influenza hospitalizations in Alaska native adults. J Clin Virol, 127, 104347. (Read full article)
  24. Nolen LD, Vindigni SM, Parsonnet J, Symposium leaders (2019). Combating Gastric Cancer in Alaska Native People: An Expert and Community Symposium. Gastroenterology, 158(5), 1197-1201. (Read full article)
  25. Nolen LD, OMalley JC, Seeman SS, Bruden DJT, Apostolou A, McMahon BJ, Bruce MG (2019). Hepatitis C in pregnant American Indian and Alaska native women; 2003-2015. Int J Circumpolar Health, 78(1), 1608139. (Read full article)
  26. Nolen LD, Lirow E, Gee JE, Elrod MG, Kolton CB, Liu L, Bower WA, Person MK, Marfel M, Blaney DD (2019). Differentiating New from Newly Detected: Melioidosis in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 101(2), 323-327. (Read full article)
  27. Nolen LD, Gustin C, Seeman S, Murphy N, Truitt S, Schillie S, Bruce MG, Bruden D, Tiesinga J, McMahon B (2019). Risk-Based Prenatal Hepatitis C Testing Practices and Results, Alaska 2013-2016. Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol, 2019, 8654741. (Read full article)
  28. Nolen LD, Bruden D, Miernyk K, McMahon BJ, Sacco F, Varner W, Mezzetti T, Hurlburt D, Tiesinga J, Bruce MG (2018). H. pylori-associated pathologic findings among Alaska native patients. Int J Circumpolar Health, 77(1), 1510715. (Read full article)
  29. Nguyen DT, Do HT, Le HX, Le NT, Vien MQ, Nguyen TB, Phan LT, Nguyen TV, Luong QC, Phan HC, Diep HT, Pham QD, Nguyen TV, Huynh LK, Nguyen DC, Pham HT, Ly KK, Tran HN, Tran PD, Dang TQ, Pham H, Vu LN, Mounts A, Balajee SA, Nolen LD (2018). Zika preparedness and response in Viet Nam. Western Pac Surveill Response J, 9(2), 1-3. (Read full article)
  30. Hofmeister MG, McCready JA, Link-Gelles R, Cramer BG, Nolen LD, Garstang H, DCHMS, Foster MA (2018). Notes from the Field: Increase in Hepatitis A Virus Infections - Marshall Islands, 2016-2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 67(17), 504-505. (Read full article)
  31. Vora NM, Grober A, Goodwin BP, Davis MS, McGee C, Luckhaupt SE, Cockrill JA, Ready S, Bluemle LN, Brewer L, Brown A, Brown C, Clement J, Downie DL, Garner MR, Lerner R, Mahool M, Mojica SA, Nolen LD, Pedersen MR, Chappell-Reed MJ, Richards E, Smith J, Weekes KC, Dickinson J, Weir C, Bowman TI, Eckes J (2018). Challenges of service coordination for evacuees of Hurricane Maria through the National Disaster Medical System. J Emerg Manag, 16(3), 203-206. (Read full article)
  32. Ha NT, Ederer D, Vo VAH, Pham AV, Mounts A, Nolen LD, Sugerman D (2017). Changes in motorcycle-related injuries and deaths after mandatory motorcycle helmet law in a district of Vietnam. Traffic Inj Prev, 19(1), 75-80. (Read full article)
  33. Lan PT, Quang LC, Huong VTQ, Thuong NV, Hung PC, Huong TTLN, Thao HP, Thao NTT, Mounts AW, Nolen LD (2017). Fetal Zika Virus Infection in Vietnam. PLoS Curr, 9. (Read full article)
  34. Cui X, Nolen LD, Sun J, Booth M, Donaldson L, Quinn CP, Boyer AE, Hendricks K, Shadomy S, Bothma P, Judd O, McConnell P, Bower WA, Eichacker PQ (2016). Analysis of Anthrax Immune Globulin Intravenous with Antimicrobial Treatment in Injection Drug Users, Scotland, 2009-2010. Emerg Infect Dis, 23(1), 56-65. (Read full article)
  35. Nolen LD, Traxler RM, Kharod GA, Kache PA, Katharios-Lanwermeyer S, Hendricks KA, Shadomy SV, Bower WA, Meaney-Delman D, Walke HT (2016). Postexposure Prophylaxis After Possible Anthrax Exposure: Adherence and Adverse Events. Health Secur, 14(6), 419-423. (Read full article)
  36. McNamara LA, Schafer IJ, Nolen LD, Gorina Y, Redd JT, Lo T, Ervin E, Henao O, Dahl BA, Morgan O, Hersey S, Knust B (2016). Ebola Surveillance - Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. MMWR Suppl, 65(3), 35-43. (Read full article)
  37. Nolen LD, Osadebe L, Katomba J, Likofata J, Mukadi D, Monroe B, Doty J, Hughes CM, Kabamba J, Malekani J, Bomponda PL, Lokota JI, Balilo MP, Likafi T, Lushima RS, Ilunga BK, Nkawa F, Pukuta E, Karhemere S, Tamfum JJ, Nguete B, Wemakoy EO, McCollum AM, Reynolds MG (2016). Extended Human-to-Human Transmission during a Monkeypox Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Emerg Infect Dis, 22(6), 1014-21. (Read full article)
  38. Nolen LD, Osadebe L, Katomba J, Likofata J, Mukadi D, Monroe B, Doty J, Kalemba L, Malekani J, Kabamba J, Bomponda PL, Lokota JI, Balilo MP, Likafi T, Lushima RS, Tamfum JJ, Okitolonda EW, McCollum AM, Reynolds MG (2015). Introduction of Monkeypox into a Community and Household: Risk Factors and Zoonotic Reservoirs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 93(2), 410-5. (Read full article)
  39. Nolen LD, Boyle S, Ansari M, Pritchard E, Bickmore WA (2013). Regional chromatin decompaction in Cornelia de Lange syndrome associated with NIPBL disruption can be uncoupled from cohesin and CTCF. Hum Mol Genet, 22(20), 4180-93. (Read full article)
  40. Kind J, Pagie L, Ortabozkoyun H, Boyle S, de Vries SS, Janssen H, Amendola M, Nolen LD, Bickmore WA, van Steensel B (2013). Single-cell dynamics of genome-nuclear lamina interactions. Cell, 153(1), 178-92. (Read full article)
  41. Nolen LD, Amor D, Haywood A, St Heaps L, Willcock C, Mihelec M, Tam P, Billson F, Grigg J, Peters G, Jamieson RV (2006). Deletion at 14q22-23 indicates a contiguous gene syndrome comprising anophthalmia, pituitary hypoplasia, and ear anomalies. Am J Med Genet A, 140(16), 1711-8. (Read full article)
  42. Nolen LD, Gao S, Han Z, Mann MR, Gie Chung Y, Otte AP, Bartolomei MS, Latham KE (2004). X chromosome reactivation and regulation in cloned embryos. Dev Biol, 279(2), 525-40. (Read full article)
  43. Mann MR, Lee SS, Doherty AS, Verona RI, Nolen LD, Schultz RM, Bartolomei MS (2004). Selective loss of imprinting in the placenta following preimplantation development in culture. Development, 131(15), 3727-35. (Read full article)
  44. Mann MR, Chung YG, Nolen LD, Verona RI, Latham KE, Bartolomei MS (2003). Disruption of imprinted gene methylation and expression in cloned preimplantation stage mouse embryos. Biol Reprod, 69(3), 902-14. (Read full article)

Letter

  1. Vindigni SM, Nolen LD, Bruce MG (2020). A High-Risk Subpopulation in the United States Disproportionately Affected by High Rates of Gastric Cancer: The Alaska Native People. [Letter to the editor]. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol, 19(3), 620-621. (Read full article)