Dan Olson, MD, PhD

Professional Titles

• Senior Investigator, Center for Global Health
• Fellowship Director, Center for Global Health

Recognitions

• Society of Pediatric Research (SPR) Co-Mentoring Program Award, Pediatric Academic Society (2016)
• Research Scholar Award, Children’s Hospital Colorado Research Institute (2016)

Research Interests

My research interests are focused on how to measure the effectiveness of vaccines and other health interventions against emerging infectious diseases. This includes how to detect disease in a population using innovative surveillance tools (i.e. smartphones, crowd-sourcing), studying the true burden of disease (both the health and socioeconomic impacts on the individual and the family), and how to reduce disease burden through cost-effective interventions such as vaccines. Much of this work takes places at our University of Colorado research site in Guatemala.

Publications

• Olson D, Watkins LK, Demirjian A, Lin X, Robinson CC, Pretty K, Benitez AJ, Winchell JM, Diaz MH, Miller LA, Foo TA, Mason MD, Lauper UL, Kupfer O, Kennedy J, Glodé MP, Kutty PK, Dominguez SR. Outbreak of Mycoplasma pneumoniae-Associated Stevens-Johnson Syndrome. Pediatrics. 2015 Aug;136(2):e386-94. PubMed PMID: 26216320
• Olson D, Moen A, Barr E, Mirsky D, Schreiner T, Abzug MJ. An 8-Year-Old Boy With Ascending Paralysis. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2015 May 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26407267
• Olson D, Lamb MM, Gaensbauer JT, Todd JK, Halsey NA, Asturias EJ. Risk Factors for Death and Major Morbidity in Guatemalan Children with Acute Bacterial Meningitis. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015 Jul;34(7):724-8. PubMed PMID: 26069947
• Olson D, Birkholz M, Gaensbauer JT, Asturias EJ, Todd JK. Analysis of the pediatric health information system database as a surveillance tool for travel-associated infectious diseases. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 May;92(5):1067-9. PubMed PMID: 25778506
• Gaensbauer JT, Soto M, Holt E, Olson D, Halsey NA, Asturias EJ. Pediatric Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Guatemala City: Importance of Serotype 2. Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. (in press).
• Hurst A, Olson D, Somme S, Child J, Pyle L, Ranade D, Stamatoiu A, Crombleholme T, Parker S. Once daily ceftriaxone plus metronidazole versus historic regimen for pediatric appendicitis. J. Pediatric Infect. Dis. Soc. (in press).
• Nelson C, Farina M, Olson D, Dominguez S, McFarland E. 19 -Year -Old Boy with Syncope and Bradycardia. Peds in Review (in press).
• Nelson CA, Farina MA, Olson D, Dominguez SR, McFarland EJ. Visual Diagnosis: 19-year-old Boy with Syncope and Bradycardia. Pediatr Rev. 2016 Jul;37(7):e25-8. PubMed PMID: 27368365
• Watkins LKF, Olson D, Diaz MH, Lin X, Demirjian A, Benitez AJ, Winchell JM, Robinson CC, Bol KA, Glodé MP, Dominguez SR, Miller LA, Kutty PK. Epidemiology and Molecular Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae During an Outbreak of M. pneumoniae-associated Stevens-Johnson Syndrome. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2017 Jun;36(6):564-571. PubMed PMID: 28060039
• Olson D, Lamb MM, Lopez MR, Paniagua-Avila MA, Zacarias A, Samayoa-Reyes G, Cordon-Rosales C, Asturias EJ. Rapid Active Sampling Surveys as a Tool to Evaluate Factors Associated with Acute Gastroenteritis and Norovirus Infection among Children in Rural Guatemala. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Sep;97(3):944-948. PubMed PMID: 28722580
• Olson D, Lamb MM, Lopez MR, Paniagua-Avila MA, Zacarias A, Samayoa-Reyes G, Cordon-Rosales C, Asturias EJ. A Rapid Epidemiological Tool to Measure the Burden of Norovirus Infection and Disease in Resource-Limited Settings. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2017 Spring;4(2):ofx049. PubMed PMID: 28730158
• Olson D, Abbott J, Lin C, Prok L, Dominguez SR. Characterization of Children With Recurrent Episodes of Stevens Johnson Syndrome. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2017 Sep 1;6(3):e140-e143. PubMed PMID: 28339562
• White A, Olson D, Messacar K. A state-wide assessment of the association between epidural analgesia, maternal fever and neonatal antibiotics in Colorado, 2007-2012. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2016 Jun 24. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27343198
• Bosch I, de Puig H, Hiley M, Carré-Camps M, Perdomo-Celis F, Narváez CF, Salgado DM, Senthoor D, O'Grady M, Phillips E, Durbin A, Fandos D, Miyazaki H, Yen CW, Gélvez-Ramírez M, Warke RV, Ribeiro LS, Teixeira MM, Almeida RP, Muñóz-Medina JE, Ludert JE, Nogueira ML, Colombo TE, Terzian ACB, Bozza PT, Calheiros AS, Vieira YR, Barbosa-Lima G, Vizzoni A, Cerbino-Neto J, Bozza FA, Souza TML, Trugilho MRO, de Filippis AMB, de Sequeira PC, Marques ETA, Magalhaes T, Díaz FJ, Restrepo BN, Marín K, Mattar S, Olson D, Asturias EJ, Lucera M, Singla M, Medigeshi GR, de Bosch N, Tam J, Gómez-Márquez J, Clavet C, Villar L, Hamad-Schifferli K, Gehrke L. Rapid antigen tests for dengue virus serotypes and Zika virus in patient serum. Sci Transl Med. 2017 Sep 27;9(409). PubMed PMID: 28954927
• Gaensbauer JT, Asturias EJ, Soto M, Holt E, Olson D, Halsey NA. Pediatric Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Guatemala City: Importance of Serotype 2. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 May;35(5):e139-43. PubMed PMID: 26825154
• Olson D, Lamb M, Lopez MR, Colborn K, Paniagua-Avila A, Zacarias A, Zambrano-Perilla R, Rodríguez-Castro SR, Cordon-Rosales C, Asturias EJ. Performance of a Mobile Phone App-Based Participatory Syndromic Surveillance System for Acute Febrile Illness and Acute Gastroenteritis in Rural Guatemala. J Med Internet Res. 2017 Nov 9;19(11):e368. PubMed PMID: 29122738
• Rick AM, Domek G, Cunningham M, Olson D, Lamb M, Jimenez-Zambrano A, Heinrichs G, Berman S, Asturias EJ. Baseline microcephaly prevalence in rural Guatemala: implications for neonatal screening for congenital Zika virus infection. Lancet Glob Health. In press
• Olson D, Abbott J, Lin C, Prok L, Dominguez SR. Characterization of Children with Recurrent Episodes of Stevens Johnson Syndrome. J. Pediatric Infect. Dis. Soc. In press.
• Olson D, Krager S, Lamb MM, Rick AM, Asturias EJ. Knowledge of Norovirus and Attitudes toward a Potential Norovirus Vaccine in Rural Guatemala: A Cross-Sectional Exploratory Survey. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 May;98(5):1498-1501. PubMed PMID: 29582734
• Olson D, Rick AM, Krager S, Lamb M, Asturias EJ. Vaccine Demand and Willingness-to-pay for Arbovirus Vaccines: A Cross-sectional Survey in Rural Guatemala. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018 Nov;37(11):1184-1189. PubMed PMID: 30153226
• Espinal M, Andrus JK, Jauregui B, Waterman SH, Morens DM, Santos JI, Horstick O, Francis LA, Olson D. Emerging and Re-emerging Aedes-Transmitted Arbovirus Infections in the Region of the Americas: Implications for Health Policy. Am. J. Public Health.
• Espinal M, Andrus JK, Jauregui B, Waterman SH, Morens DM, Santos JI, Horstick O, Francis LA, Olson D. Emerging and Re-emerging Aedes-Transmitted Arbovirus Infections in the Region of the Americas: Implications for Health Policy. Am. J. Public Health. 2019 Jan 24:e1-e6. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 30676796.
• Connery AK, Colbert AM, Lamb MM, Hernández S, Martínez MA, Bauer D, Arroyave P, El Sahly HM, Paniagua-Avila A, Calvimontes M, Bolaños GA, Olson D, Asturias EJ, Munoz FM. Receptive Language Skills Among Young Children in Rural Guatemala: The Relationship Between the Test de Vocabulario en Imagenes Peabody and a Translated and Adapted Version of the Mullen Scales of Early Learning. Child Care Health Dev. 2019 Jul 3.. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 31270836.
• Gamboa J, Lamb MM, Bull S, Olson D. Using Social Media to Increase Preventative Behaviors against Arboviral Diseases: A Pilot Study among Teens in the Dominican Republic. mHealth. 2019 Aug 27;5:30. PMID: 31559275.
• Levin MJ, Olson D, Asturias EJ, Weinberg A. Chapter 40 – Infections: Viral & Rickettsial. Current Diagnosis & Treatment, Pediatrics, 23rd - 24th Editions. 2017-2019. McGraw-Hill Education.
• Hakim A, Gaviria-Agudelo C, Edwards K, Olson D. Pre-Coronavirus Disease 2019 Telehealth Practices Among Pediatric Infectious Diseases Specialists in the United States. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2020 Nov 16. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33196843
• Stittleburg V, Rojas A, Cardozo F, Muñoz FM, Asturias EJ, Olson D, Paniaga-Avila A, Abeynayake J, Anderson EJ, Waggoner JJ. Dengue Virus and Yellow Fever Virus Detection Using Reverse Transcription-Insulated Isothermal PCR and Comparison with Real-Time RT-PCR. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 Jul;103(1):157-159. PubMed PMID: 32458782
• Colbert AM, Lamb MM, Asturias EJ, Muñoz FM, Bauer D, Arroyave P, Hernández S, Martínez MA, Paniagua-Avila A, Olson D, Calvimontes DM, Bolaños GA, El Sahly HM, Connery AK. Reliability and Validity of an Adapted and Translated Version of the Mullen Scales of Early Learning (AT-MSEL) in Rural Guatemala. Child Care Health Dev. 2020 May;46(3):327-335. PubMed PMID: 31978249
• Connery AK, Lamb MM, Colbert AM, Bauer D, Hernández S, Arroyave P, Martínez MA, Barrios EE, El Sahly HM, Paniagua-Avila A, Calvimontes M, Bolaños GA, Olson D, Asturias EJ, Munoz FM. Parent Report of Health Related Quality of Life in Young Children in Rural Guatemala: Implementation, Reliability, and Validity of the PedsQL in Stunting and Wasting. Glob Pediatr Health. 2021;8:2333794X21991028. PubMed PMID: 33614851
• Waggoner JJ, Stittleburg V, Natrajan MS, Paniagua-Avila MA, Bauer D, Olson D, El Sahly HM, Asturias EJ, Anderson EJ, Munoz FM. Sensitive and Prolonged Detection of Dengue Virus RNA in Whole Blood. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Mar 22. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33755591
• Vicari AS, Olson D, Vilajeliu A, Andrus JK, Ropero AM, Morens DM, Santos IJ, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Berman S. Seasonal Influenza Prevention and Control Progress in Latin America and the Caribbean in the Context of the Global Influenza Strategy and the COVID-19 Pandemic. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 May 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33970888
• Martinez Viedma MDP, Panossian S, Gifford K, García K, Figueroa I, Parham L, de Moraes L, Nunes Gomes L, García-Salum T, Perret C, Weiskopf D, Tan GS, Augusto Silva A, Boaventura V, Ruiz-Palacios GM, Sette A, De Silva AD, Medina RA, Lorenzana I, Akrami KM, Khouri R, Olson D, Pickett BE. Evaluation of ELISA-Based Multiplex Peptides for the Detection of Human Serum Antibodies Induced by Zika Virus Infection across Various Countries. Viruses. 2021 Jul 8;13(7). PubMed PMID: 34372525
• Colbert AM, Connery AK, Lamb MM, Bauer D, Olson D, Paniagua-Avila A, Martínez MA, Arroyave P, Hernández S, Mirella Calvimontes D, Bolaños GA, El Sahly HM, Muñoz FM, Asturias EJ. Caregiver rating of early childhood development: Reliability and validity of the ASQ-3 in rural Guatemala. Early Hum Dev. 2021 Oct;161:105453. PubMed PMID: 34530320
• McKimm-Breschkin JL, Hay AJ, Cao B, Cox RJ, Dunning J, Moen AC, Olson D, Pizzorno A, Hayden FG. COVID-19, Influenza and RSV: Surveillance-informed prevention and treatment - Meeting report from an isirv-WHO virtual conference. Antiviral Res. 2022 Jan;197:105227. PubMed PMID: 34933044
• Connery AK, Lamb MM, Colbert AM, Bauer D, Olson D, Paniagua-Avila A, Calvimontes M, Bolaños GA, Sahly HME, Muñoz FM, Asturias EJ. A prospective cohort study of head circumference and its association with neurodevelopmental outcomes in infants and young children in rural Guatemala. J Dev Orig Health Dis. 2022 Dec;13(6):779-786. PubMed PMID: 35450541
• Umphrey L, Paasi G, Windsor W, Abongo G, Evert J, Haq H, Keating EM, Lam SK, McHenry MS, Ndila C, Nwobu C, Rule A, Tam RP, Olson D, Olupot-Olupot P. Perceived roles, benefits and barriers of virtual global health partnership initiatives: a cross-sectional exploratory study. Glob Health Res Policy. 2022 Apr 28;7(1):11. PubMed PMID: 35478077
• Olson D, Calvimontes DM, Lamb MM, Guzman G, Barrios E, Chacon A, Rojop N, Arias K, Gomez M, Bolanos GA, Monzon J, Chard AN, Iwamoto C, Duca LM, Vuong N, Fineman M, Lesteberg K, Beckham D, Santiago ML, Quicke K, Ebel G, Gutierrez EZ, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Hayden FG, Mansour H, Edwards K, Newman LS, Asturias EJ. Clinical and Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Plantation Workers: Preliminary Results from the Guatemala Agricultural Workers and Respiratory Illness Impact (AGRI) Study. medRxiv. 2022 Feb 8. PubMed PMID: 35169807
• Iwamoto C, Lesteberg KE, Lamb MM, Calvimontes DM, Guo K, Barrett BS, Mickens KL, Duca LM, Monzon J, Chard AN, Guzman G, Barrios E, Rojop N, Arias K, Gomez M, Paiz C, Bolanos GA, Edwards KM, Zielinski Gutierrez E, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Asturias EJ, Santiago ML, Beckham JD, Olson D. High SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence and Rapid Neutralizing Antibody Decline among Agricultural Workers in Rural Guatemala, June 2020-March 2021. Vaccines (Basel). 2022 Jul 21;10(7). PubMed PMID: 35891324
• Lamb MM, Connery AK, Colbert AM, Bauer D, Olson D, Paniagua-Avila A, Calvimontes DM, Bolaños GA, Sahly HME, Muñoz FM, Asturias EJ. Anthropometric proxies for child neurodevelopment in low-resource settings: length- or height-for-age, head circumference or both?. J Dev Orig Health Dis. 2022 Jul 18;:1-9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35844103
• McMinn RJ, Chacon A, Rückert C, Scorza V, Young MC, Worthington D, Lamb MM, Medrano RE, Harris EK, Arias K, Lopez MR, Asturias EJ, Foy BD, Stenglein MD, Olson D, Ebel GD. Evaluation of Vector-Enabled Xenosurveillance in Rural Guatemala. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Oct 16. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37972312
• Paniagua-Avila A, Olson D, Connery A, Calvimontes DM, Bolanos GA, Lamb MM, Bauer D, Ralda A, Rojop N, Barrios E, Chacon A, Gomez M, Arroyave P, Hernandez S, Martinez MA, Bunge-Montes S, Colbert A, Arias K, Brazeale G, Holliday A, Tomashek KM, El Sahly HM, Keitel W, Munoz FM, Asturias EJ. Challenges and lessons learned from the rapid operationalization of a prospective cohort to study the natural history and neurodevelopmental outcomes of postnatal Zika virus infection among infants and children in rural Guatemala. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022 Nov 16;16(11):e0010480. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36383617
• Lamb MM, Paniagua-Avila A, Zacarias A, Rojop N, Chacon A, Natrajan MS, Waggoner JJ, Lopez MR, Cordon-Rosales C, Huleatt JW, Bonaparte MI, Asturias EJ, Olson D. Repeated Rapid Active Sampling Surveys Demonstrated a Rapidly Changing Zika Seroprevalence among Children in a Rural Dengue-endemic Region in Southwest Guatemala during the Zika Epidemic (2015-2016). Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2022 Nov 14;107(5):1099-1106. PubMed PMID: 36252798
• Rojop N, Calvimontes DM, Barrios E, Lamb MM, Paniagua-Avila A, Monzon J, Duca LM, Iwamoto C, Chard AN, Gomez M, Arias K, Roell Y, Bolanos GA, Zielinski-Gutierrez E, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Lopez MR, Cordon-Rosales C, Asturias EJ, Olson D. COVID-19 Attitudes and Vaccine Hesitancy among an Agricultural Community in Southwest Guatemala: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Jun 2;11(6). PubMed PMID: 37376448
• Kalyoussef S, Hakim A, Kumar A, Fanella S, Mohandas S, Gaviria-Agudelo C. Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Pediatric Infectious Disease Telehealth Practices in North America. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2022 Nov 1. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36317225
• 49. Olson D, Lamb MM, Connery AK, Colbert AM, Calvimontes DM, Bauer D, Paniagua-Avila MA, Martínez MA, Arroyave P, Hernandez S, Colborn KL, Roell Y, Waggoner JJ, Natrajan MS, Anderson EJ, Bolaños GA, El Sahly HM, Munoz FM, Asturias EJ. Cumulative Febrile, Respiratory, and Diarrheal Illness among Infants in Rural Guatemala and their Association with Neurodevelopmental and Growth Outcomes. MEDRxiv preprint: doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.09.02.22279419
• Jaenisch T, Lamb MM, Gallichotte EN, Adams B, Henry C, Riess J, van Sickle JT, Hawkins KL, Montague BT, Coburn C, Conners Bauer L, Kovarik J, Hernandez MT, Bronson A, Graham L, James S, Hanenberg S, Kovacs J, Spencer JS, Zabel M, Fox PD, Pluss O, Windsor W, Winstanley G, Olson D, Barer M, Berman S, Ebel G, Chu M. Investigating transmission of SARS-CoV-2 using novel face mask sampling: a protocol for an observational prospective study of index cases and their contacts in a congregate setting. BMJ Open. 2022 Nov 23;12(11):e061029. PubMed PMID: 36418127
• Olson D, Lamb MM, Connery AK, Colbert AM, Calvimontes DM, Bauer D, Paniagua-Avila MA, Martínez MA, Arroyave P, Hernandez S, Colborn KL, Roell Y, Waggoner JJ, Natrajan MS, Anderson EJ, Bolaños GA, El Sahly HM, Munoz FM, Asturias EJ. Cumulative Febrile, Respiratory, and Gastrointestinal Illness Among Infants in Rural Guatemala and Association With Neurodevelopmental and Growth Outcomes. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2023 Sep 1;42(9):739-744. PubMed PMID: 37343218
• Jaenisch T, Lamb MM, Gallichotte EN, Adams B, Henry C, Riess J, van Sickle JT, Hawkins KL, Montague BT, Coburn C, Conners Bauer L, Kovarik J, Hernandez MT, Bronson A, Graham L, James S, Hanenberg S, Kovacs J, Spencer JS, Zabel M, Fox PD, Pluss O, Windsor W, Winstanley G, Olson D, Barer M, Berman S, Ebel G, Chu M. Investigating transmission of SARS-CoV-2 using novel face mask sampling: a protocol for an observational prospective study of index cases and their contacts in a congregate setting. BMJ Open. 2022 Nov 23;12(11):e061029. PubMed PMID: 36418127
• Kalyoussef S, Hakim A, Kumar A, Fanella S, Mohandas S, Gaviria-Agudelo C. Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Pediatric Infectious Disease Telehealth Practices in North America. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2023 Feb 9;12(1):21-28. PubMed PMID: 36317225

Professional Memberships

• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Member
• Pediatric Infectious Disease Society (JPIDS), Member
• American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), Member

Practice Locations

Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-1234

UCHealth Travel, Expedition, and Altitude Medicine (TEAM) Clinic - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
7th Floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-2631

Hospital Affiliation

• Children's Hospital Colorado
• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Pediatrics, Board Certification (2012)
• Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Board Certification

Conditions & Treatments

• Infections
• Child and Teen Health - Pediatric Diseases and Conditions
• Child and Teen Health
• Infections - Bacterial Infections
• Infections - Fungal Infections
• Infections - Influenza
• Infections - Pneumonia
• Infections - Viral Infections
• Child and Teen Health - Children's Health