Staff profile

I am a veterinarian with experience in field epidemiology, mixed-method research, and public health policy, specialising in zoonotic diseases. I am particularly interested in using mixed-methods to explore how animal-human interactions drive zoonotic disease transmission, such as Ebola, Lassa, rabies, and monkeypox viruses.

I graduated as veterinarian from the University of Bristol and have an MSc in One Health awarded jointly by the Royal Veterinary College and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. I am a graduate of the Epidemic Intelligence Service fellowship with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

• Epidemiology
• Anthropology
• Animal-Human Interactions
• Zoonotic diseases
• Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Public Health

Journal Article

• Friant, Sagan, Bonwitt, Jesse, Ayambem, Wilfred A., Ifebueme, Nzube M., Alobi, Alobi O., Otukpa, Oshama M., Bennett, Andrew J., Shea, Corrigan, Rothman, Jessica M., Goldberg, Tony L. & Jacka, Jerry K. (2022). Zootherapy as a potential pathway for zoonotic spillover: a mixed-methods study of the use of animal products in medicinal and cultural practices in Nigeria. One Health Outlook 4(1): 5.
• Ma, Xiaoyue, Monroe, Ben P., Wallace, Ryan M., Orciari, Lillian A., Gigante, Crystal M., Kirby, Jordona D., Chipman, Richard B., Fehlner-Gardiner, Christine, Cedillo, Veronica Gutiérrez, Petersen, Brett W., Olson, Victoria & Bonwitt, Jesse (2021). Rabies surveillance in the United States during 2019. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 258(11): 1205.
• Whitehouse, Erin R, Bonwitt, Jesse, Hughes, Christine M, Lushima, Robert Shongo, Likafi, Toutou, Nguete, Beatrice, Kabamba, Joelle, Monroe, Benjamin, Doty, Jeffrey B, Nakazawa, Yoshinori, Damon, Inger, Malekani, Jean, Davidson, Whitni, Wilkins, Kimberly, Li, Yu, Radford, Kay W, Schmid, D Scott, Pukuta, Elisabeth, Muyamuna, Elisabeth, Karhemere, Stomy, Tamfum, Jean-Jacques Muyembe, Okitolonda, Emile Wemakoy, McCollum, Andrea M & Reynolds, Mary G (2021). Clinical and Epidemiological Findings from Enhanced Monkeypox Surveillance in Tshuapa Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo During 2011–2015. The Journal of Infectious Diseases 223(11): 1870.
• Bonwitt, Jesse, Deya, Ruth W., Currie, Dustin W., Lipton, Beth, Huntington-Frazier, Melinda, Sanford, Sara Jaye, Pallickaparambil, Aley Joseph, Hood, Julia, Rao, Agam K., Kelly-Reif, Kaitlin, Luckhaupt, Sara E., Pogosjans, Sargis, Lindquist, Scott, Duchin, Jeff, Kawakami, Vance, Birdie, Rosheen, Bliesner, Siri, Bro, Erika, Bui, Thu, DaCruz, Joan, Elcock, Maryellen, Lambert, Joanie, Leung, Ming, Marfa, Angelo, Mcmichael, Temet, Mummert, Laura, Pomerantz, Aaron, Sifrit, Nicola, Sutton, Renee, Thomforde, Christine, VonJoe, Christian, Look, Jennifer & Whitney, Holly (2021). COVID-19 Surveillance and Investigations in Workplaces — Seattle & King County, Washington, June 15–November 15, 2020. MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 70(25): 916.
• Bonwitt, Jesse, Bonaparte, Sarah, Blanton, Jesse, Gibson, Andrew D., Hoque, Mahbub, Kennedy, Erin, Islam, Kamrul, Siddiqi, Umme Ruman, Wallace, Ryan M. & Azam, Shakif (2020). Oral bait preferences and feasibility of oral rabies vaccination in Bangladeshi dogs. Vaccine 38(32): 5021-5026.
• Peterson, Dallin, Barbeau, Bree, McCaffrey, Keegan, Gruninger, Randon, Eason, Jeffrey, Burnett, Cindy, Dunn, Angela, Dimond, Melissa, Harbour, Jesse, Rossi, Alessandro, Lopansri, Bert, Dascomb, Kristin, Scribellito, Tara, Moosman, TaLeah, Saw, Louise, Jones, Curtis, Belenky, Michael, Marsden, Lily, Niezgoda, Michael, Gigante, Crystal M., Condori, Rene Edgar, Ellison, James A., Orciari, Lillian A., Yager, Pamela, Bonwitt, Jesse, Whitehouse, Erin R. & Wallace, Ryan M (2020). Human Rabies — Utah, 2018. MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 69(5): 121.
• Whitehouse, Erin R., Peterson, Dallin, McCaffrey, Keegan, Eichenbaum, Amit, Gruninger, Randon, Dascomb, Kristin K., Frame, Cherie, Wallace, Ryan & Bonwitt, Jesse (2020). Evaluation of Online Risk Assessment To Identify Rabies Exposures Among Health Care Workers — Utah, 2019. MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 69(29): 956.
• Aruna, Aaron, Mbala, Placide, Minikulu, Luigi, Mukadi, Daniel, Bulemfu, Dorothée, Edidi, Franck, Bulabula, Junior, Tshapenda, Gaston, Nsio, Justus, Kitenge, Richard, Mbuyi, Gisèle, Mwanzembe, Celestin, Kombe, John, Lubula, Léopold, Shako, Jean Christophe, Mossoko, Mathias, Mulangu, Felix, Mutombo, Annie, Sana, Emilia, Tutu, Yannick, Kabange, Laetycia, Makengo, Jonathan, Tshibinkufua, Fortunat, Ahuka-Mundeke, Steve, Muyembe, Jean-Jacques, CDC, Ebola Response, Alarcon, Walter, Bonwitt, Jesse, Bugli, Dante, Bustamante, Nirma D., Choi, Mary, Dahl, Benjamin A., DeCock, Kevin, Dismer, Amber, Doshi, Reena, Dubray, Christine, Fitter, David, Ghiselli, Margherita, Hall, Noemi, Ben Hamida, Amen, McCollum, Andrea M., Neatherlin, John, Raghunathan, Pratima L., Ravat, Fatima, Reynolds, Mary G., Rico, Adriana, Smith, Nailah, Soke, Gnakub Norbert, Trudeau, Aimee T., Victory, Kerton R. & Worrell, Mary Claire (2019). Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak — Democratic Republic of the Congo, August 2018–November 2019. MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 68(50): 1162.
• Bonwitt, Jesse, Oltean, Hanna, Lang, Misty, Kelly, Rochelle M. & Goldoft, Marcia (2018). Bat rabies in Washington State: Temporal-spatial trends and risk factors for zoonotic transmission (2000–2017). PLOS ONE 13(10): e0205069.
• Bonwitt, Jesse H., Tran, Michael, Dykstra, Elizabeth A., Eckmann, Kaye, Bell, Melissa E., Leadon, Michael, Sixberry, Melissa & Glover, William A. (2018). Fly Reservoir Associated with Wohlfahrtiimonas Bacteremia in a Human. Emerging Infectious Diseases 24(2): 370-373.
• Bonwitt, Jesse, Dawson, Michael, Kaneh, Martin, Ansumana, Rashid, Sah, Foday, Brown, Hannah & Kelly, Ann H. (2018). Unintended Consequences of the 'Bushmeat Ban' in West Africa During the 2013-2016 Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic. Social Science and Medicine 200: 166-173.
• Bonwitt, Jesse, Tran, Michael, Droz, Angela, Gonzalez, Anna & Glover, William A. (2018). Psychrobacter sanguinisWound Infection Associated with Marine Environment Exposure, Washington, USA. Emerging Infectious Diseases 24(10): 1942.
• Kawakami, Vance, Casto, Amanda, Natarajan, Niranjana, Snyder, Anna, Mosser, Jonathan, Bonwitt, Jesse, Kronman, Matthew P. & Kay, Meagan (2018). Notes from the Field: Baylisascaris procyonis Encephalomyelitis in a Toddler — King County, Washington, 2017. MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 67(2): 79.
• Bonwitt, J., Kandeh, M., Dawson, M., Ansumana, R., Sahr, F., Kelly, A. H. & Brown, H. (2017). Participation of women and children in hunting activities in Sierra Leone and implications for control of zoonotic infections. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 11(7): e0005699.
• Bonwitt, J., Sáez, A.M., Lamin, J., Ansumana, R., Dawson, M., Buanie, J., Lamin, J., Sondufu, D., Borchert, M., Sahr, F., Fichet-Calvet, E. & Brown, Hannah (2017). At home with Mastomys and Rattus: human-rodent interactions and potential for primary transmission of Lassa virus in domestic spaces. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 96(4): 935-943.
• Bonwitt, Jesse, Poel, Amy, DeBolt, Chas, Gonzales, Elysia, Lopez, Adriana, Routh, Janell, Rietberg, Krista, Linton, Natalie, Reggin, James, Sejvar, James, Lindquist, Scott & Otten, Catherine (2017). Acute Flaccid Myelitis Among Children — Washington, September–November 2016. MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 66(31): 826.
• Bonwitt, Jesse, Kawakami, Vance, Wharton, Adam, Burke, Rachel M., Murthy, Neil, Lee, Adria, Dell, BreeAnna, Kay, Meagan, Duchin, Jeff, Hickman, Carole, McNall, Rebecca J., Rota, Paul A., Patel, Manisha, Lindquist, Scott, DeBolt, Chas & Routh, Janell (2017). Notes from the Field: Absence of Asymptomatic Mumps Virus Shedding Among Vaccinated College Students During a Mumps Outbreak — Washington, February–June 2017. MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 66(47): 1307.
• Bonwitt, Jesse, Kelly, Ann H., Ansumana, Rashid, Agbla, Schadrac, Sahr, Foday, Saez, Almudena Mari, Borchert, Matthias, Kock, Richard & Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth (2016). Rat-atouille: A Mixed Method Study to Characterize Rodent Hunting and Consumption in the Context of Lassa Fever. EcoHealth 13(2): 234-247.
• Brown, Hannah, Kelly, Ann H., Marí Sáez, Almudena, Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth, Ansumana, Rashid, Bonwitt, Jesse, Magassouba, N'Faly, Sahr, Foday & Borchert, Matthias (2015). Extending the ‘social’ Anthropological contributions to the study of viral haemorrhagic fevers. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 9(4): e0003651.