Elyse Fritschel

Elyse Fritschel is an epidemiologist who was raised in Texas and currently works at Tufts Medical Center. She loves talking about infectious diseases with anyone who might be interested.

When she isn’t working, she can generally be found hiking, playing pinball, searching for the best desserts wherever she goes, or spending quality time with her cat, Merlin.

Selected Publications

• Fritschel E, Sanyal K, et al. Fatal Legionellosis after Water Birth. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015; 21(1).
• Russell TA, Fritschel EK, et al. Minimizing Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections in a High Acuity Liver Transplant Intensive Care Unit. American Journal of Infection Control, 2018.
• Wang L, Lewis-Beck C, Fritschel E, et al. Applied comparison of meta-analysis techniques. Journal of Health Economics and Outcomes Research, 2013.
• Wang L, Fritschel E, Baser O. Economic and clinical impact of stroke and warfarin use for patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation. Journal of Health Economics and Outcomes Research, 2013.

Abstracts/Presentations
• Reduction of hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile via the Norris Zero Out Initiative. Hospital Quality Institute, 2019.
• Navigating Cultural Biases in Disaster Settings and Beyond. USC Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Week, 2019.
• Hand Hygiene Program Optimization Using Tailored Mobile and Desktop Applications. Hospital Quality Institute, 2018.
• Infection Control and Midwifery: A Survey of Water Birth Practices. Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) Conference, 2015.
• Tumor necrosis factor treatment patterns in Medicare patients with inflammatory conditions. 29th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management (ICPE), 2013.
• Overview of the clinical and economic burden of prostate cancer in the US veteran population. 29th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management (ICPE), 2013.
• Assessing the clinical and economic burden of US veteran ankylosing spondylitis patients. 2012 ACR/AHRP Annual Mtg.