Molly Miller-Petrie

About

Bilingual epidemiologist and science writer applying mixed-methods research approaches to infectious disease control, with a focus on environmental and social determinants of health and health equity. 13+ years of experience in research, writing, and program management.

Employment

• University of Washington Affiliate Assistant Professor
  2026 - Present
• Public Health – Seattle & King County Epidemiologist
  2024 - Present
• University of Washington Research Assistant
  2023 - 2024
• University of Washington Research Program Manager
  2020 - 2023
• University of Washington Publications Officer/Scientific Writer
  2017 - 2020
• Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy Research Associate
  2016 - 2017
• One Health Trust Senior Research Analyst
  2014 - 2016
• PATH Project Assistant
  2011 - 2013
• Pan American Health Organization Consultant
  2010 - 2011

Education

• University of Washington PhD
  2019 - 2024
• London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine MSc
  2013 - 2014
• New York University BA
  2005 - 2009

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (36)

• Socioecological drivers of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) choices: A qualitative analysis of maternal perspectives in northwest Ecuador
  PLOS Water 2026 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pwat.0000368
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• Prenatal and postnatal environmental influences on child growth trajectories across a rural-urban gradient: an analysis of the ECoMiD longitudinal birth cohort
  2025 DOI: 10.1101/2025.11.10.25339957
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• Projections of climate change-attributable diarrhea burden: a systematic review
  Environmental Research Letters 2025 DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/adccd8
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• Socioecological drivers of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) choices: A qualitative analysis of maternal perspectives in northwest Ecuador
  2025 DOI: 10.31223/X54Q7J
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• Study design and rationale for the PAASIM project: a matched cohort study on urban water supply improvements and infant enteric pathogen infection, gut microbiome development and health in Mozambique
  BMJ Open 2023 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067341
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• The overlapping burden of the three leading causes of disability and death in sub-Saharan African children
  Robert C. Reiner, LBD Triple Burden Collaborators, Catherine A. Welgan +97 more
  Nature Communications 2022 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34240-6
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• Global and regional spending on dementia care from 2000–2019 and expected future health spending scenarios from 2020–2050: An economic modelling exercise
  Paola Pedroza, Molly Katherine Miller-Petrie, Carina Chen +6 more
  eClinicalMedicine 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101337
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• Growing up and moving out: Migration and the demographic transition in low- and middle-income nations
  Thomas J. Bollyky, Nicholas Graetz, Joseph L. Dieleman +5 more
  Population Studies 2022 DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2022.2034919
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• Cost-effectiveness of HPV vaccination in 195 countries: A meta-regression analysis
  PLOS ONE 2021 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260808
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• Public health utility of cause of death data: applying empirical algorithms to improve data quality
  Sarah Charlotte Johnson, Matthew W. Cunningham, Ilse N Dippenaar +88 more
  BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2021 DOI: 10.1186/s12911-021-01501-1
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• Democracies Linked To Greater Universal Health Coverage Compared With Autocracies, Even In An Economic Recession
  Health Affairs 2021 DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2021.00229
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• Global poverty and inequality from 1980 to the COVID-19 pandemic
  2021 DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/x47np
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• Mapping routine measles vaccination in low- and middle-income countries
  Local Burden of Disease Vaccine Coverage Collaborators, Alyssa N. Sbarra, Sam Rolfe +97 more
  Nature 2021 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-03043-4
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• Modeling COVID-19 scenarios for the United States
  IHME COVID-19 Forecasting Team, Robert C. Reiner, Ryan M Barber +88 more
  Nature Medicine 2021 DOI: 10.1038/s41591-020-1132-9
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• Prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminth infections of children in sub-Saharan Africa, 2000–18: a geospatial analysis
  Benn K. D. Sartorius, Jorge Cano, Hope Simpson +9 more
  The Lancet Global Health 2021 DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(20)30398-3
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• Informing Rift Valley Fever preparedness by mapping seasonally varying environmental suitability
  Austin N. Hardcastle, Joshua C. P. Osborne, Rebecca E. Ramshaw +13 more
  International Journal of Infectious Diseases 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.07.043
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• Mapping geographical inequalities in access to drinking water and sanitation facilities in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000–17
  Aniruddha Deshpande, Molly Katherine Miller-Petrie, Paulina A Lindstedt +97 more
  The Lancet Global Health 2020 DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(20)30278-3
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• The global distribution of lymphatic filariasis, 2000–18: a geospatial analysis
  Elizabeth A. Cromwell, Chris A. Schmidt, Kevin T Kwong +97 more
  The Lancet Global Health 2020 DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(20)30286-2
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• Mapping geographical inequalities in childhood diarrhoeal morbidity and mortality in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000–17: analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
  Robert C. Reiner, Kirsten E. Wiens, Aniruddha Deshpande +97 more
  The Lancet 2020 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(20)30114-8
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• Travel time to health facilities in areas of outbreak potential: maps for guiding local preparedness and response
  Erin N. Hulland, Kirsten E. Wiens, Shreya Shirude +14 more
  BMC Medicine 2019 DOI: 10.1186/s12916-019-1459-6
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