Graduate School
Institut für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie, Universität zu Köln, Germany.

Pediatric Residency
New York University/ Bellevue Hospital, New York, New York

Pediatrics Infectious Disease Fellowship
Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Master of Public Health in Epidemiology
University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Minnesota

Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics, 1992, 1999

Societies
American Academy of Pediatrics
Appointment: October, 2006

Clinical Interests

• Infectious disease management and prevention in children, optimizing antibiotic usage and infection control measures.
• Special interest in childhood tuberculosis, infection control, global children's environmental health, advocacy and community outreach.

Research Interests

1. Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
2. Hospital epidemiology / Infection Control
3. Childhood tuberculosis
4. Children's Environmental Health

E-mail: christine-ziebold@uiowa.edu

Publications:

1. A. Podbielski, R. Mertens, C. Ziebold and A. Kaufhold: Flavimonas oryzihabitans septicemia in a T-cell leukemic child: a case report and review of the literature. J Infection 1990; 20: 135-141.
2. Canaday, C. Ziebold, E. H. Noss, K. Chervenak, C.V. Harding and W. H. Boom: Activation of Human CD8+ alpha: beta TCR+ Cells by Mycobacterium tuberculosis Via an Alternate Class I MHC Antigen-Processing Pathway. J Immunology 1999; 162:372-379.
3. C. Ziebold, R. von Kries, A. Siedler and H.J. Schmitt: Epidemiology of pneumococcal disease in children in Germany. Acta paediatrica Suppl 2000; 435:17-21.
4. C. Ziebold: Praxis Tip: Neue Impfempfehlungen der STIKO. Was hat sich geändert? Kinderärztliche Praxis 2000; 3:150-52.
5. C. Ziebold und H.J. Schmitt: Antibiotika bei Streptokokkenpharyngitis: Notwendig oder verzichtbar? Pädiatrische Praxis 2000; 58: 253-258.
6. C. Ziebold, R. von Kries, R. Lang, J. Weigl, H.J. Schmitt: Severe complications of chickenpox in previously healthy children in Germany. A one-year survey. Pediatrics 2001; 108:e79.
7. C. Ziebold. Update on varicella and varicella vaccine. Ital J Pediatr 2002; 28:469-472.
8. A.C. Ziebold and E. Zabel: Lead Poisoning in Minnesota Refugee children. Minnesota Department of Health Disease Control Newsletter 2002; 32:13-15.
9. C. Ziebold, H. Wegner-Bröse, K. Wegner, H.J. Schmitt: An outbreak of rubella aboard a ship of the German Navy. Infection 2002; 31:136-42.