Publications & Presentations

“Enhancing Gonococcal Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance in Cisgender Women, Strengthening the US Response to Resistant Gonorrhea, 2018 to 2019”
Wendel, Karen A.; Mauk, Kerry; Amsterdam, Lori; McNeil, Candice J.; Pfister, John R.; Mobley, Victoria; Mettenbrink, Christie; Nishiyama, Masayo; Terrell, Erica; Baldwin, Tamara; Pham, Cau D.; Nash, Evelyn E.; Kirkcaldy, Robert D.; Schlanger, Karen Less
Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 48(12S):S104-S110, December 2021.

“Targeting Culture Criteria to Maximize Culture Positivity of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in 3 Sexual Health Clinic Settings”
Nguyen, Trang Quyen; Jamison, Kelly; Pfister, John; Sankaran, Madeline; Amsterdam, Lori; Siemetzk-Kapoor, Ulrike; Pathela, Preeti Less
Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 48(12S):S144-S150, December 2021.

“Extragenital Cultures from Women and Men with Opposite-Sex and Same-Sex SexualExposure Are Important for Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea (ARGC) Surveillance”
J. Pfister, L. Amsterdam, D. Shrestha, C. Steward, M. Khubbar, R. Gomez, J. Weiner, T. Dasu, J. Dalby, H. Hermus, J. Katrichis, S. Bhattacharyya
2020 STD Prevention Virtual Conference.

“Milwaukee Strengthens Surveillance and Response to Drug-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae”
Manjeet Khubbar, MSc; Josh Weiner, MS; Raquel Gomez, M(ASCP)CM; Helen Hermus, MS, BSN, RN; Trivikram Dasu, PhD, D(ABMLI); Dhana Shrestha, MPH; Lori Amsterdam, MPH; John Pfister,
MS; Sanjib Bhattacharyya, PhD.
APHL Lab Matters, Summer 2020, Issue 3

“Epidemiology of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Wisconsin.”
John R. Pfister
Wisconsin STD Summit 2014, Health Care Education and Training. 2014, Madison, WI.

“Site Reports and STD Testing in Family Planning Settings.”
John R. Pfister
Women’s Health – Family Planning/ Reproductive Health Program Annual Business Meeting. Health Care Education and Training. 2014, Wausau, WI.

“Strategic Planning for Public Health Laboratory Systems.”
John R. Pfister
Association of Public Health Laboratories, Global Health Program, In-Country Consultations.
2014, Palapye Botswana; 2011, Swakupmund, Namibia ; 2011, Accra Ghana.

“National Public Health Laboratories -Organization and Function.”
John R. Pfister
Public Health Laboratory Strategic Planning Meeting. 2011, Swakopmund, Namibia.

“Non-rural point source blastomycosis outbreak near a yard waste collection site.”
Pfister JR, Archer JR, Hersil S, Boers T, Reed KD, Meece JK, Anderson JL, Burgess JW, Sullivan TD, Klein BS, Wheat LJ, Davis JP.
Clinical Medicine & Research 2011:9(2):57-65.

Partnership to strengthen the public health laboratory network in Botswana.”
Pfister J, Bile E, Timperi R, Onalaja A, Matema D.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Population Health Sciences 50th Anniversary Symposium. 2009, Madison WI.

“Keeping Wisconsin workers safe and healthy: Availability and use of work-related injury and illness data.”
Moen T, LeMahieu M, Pfister J, Haag D.
Annual Conference of the Wisconsin Public Health Association and the Wisconsin Association of Local Health Departments and Boards. 2009, Appleton, WI.

“Laboratory preparedness for epidemics.”
John R. Pfister
Botswana Medical Laboratory Annual Workshop. 2009, Gaborone, Botswana.

“Strategic planning for Botswana’s public health laboratory system” and “Core functions of public health laboratories.”
John R. Pfister
Botswana Medical Laboratory Annual Workshop. 2008, Gaborone, Botswana.

“4TC Needs Assessment – Summary of Demographic, Reproductive Health, STD/AIDS/HIV, Substance Use, Mental Health, and Health Workforce Indicators.”
John R. Pfister
2008, Prepared for the “4 TCs”, a collaboration among federally funded training centers: the Regional Training Centers (RTCs), AIDS Education Training Centers (AETCs), STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers (PTCs), and Addiction Technology Transfer Centers (ATTCs).

“Factors that influenced rates of influenza vaccination among employees of Wisconsin acute care hospitals and nursing homes during the 2005-2006 influenza season.”
Borlaug G, Newman A, Pfister J, Davis JP.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2007;28:1398-1400.

Occupational Safety and Health Surveillance – A Baseball Junkie’s Guide
Pfister J, Haag D, LeMahieu M.
2007, Brown Bag Seminar, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene.

 “Evaluation of targeted hepatitis C virus screening of inmates admitted in 2004 to the Wisconsin adult correctional system.”
Gabor G, Pfister J, Hurie M, Greer J, Voermans P, Haase B, Burnett D, Davis J.
National Viral Hepatitis Prevention Conference. 2005, Washington DC.

Decision analysis: Point-of-care chlamydia testing vs. laboratory-based methods.”
Swain GR, McDonald RA, Pfister JR, Gradus MS, Sedmak GV, Singh A.
Clinical Medicine and Research 2004;2(1):29-35.

“Costs and benefits associated with universal screening studies as tools to assess selective screening criteria for chlamydia.”
McDonald RA, Pfister JR, Amsterdam L.
National STD Prevention Conference. 2004, Philadelphia, PA.

“Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections among female and male Wisconsin family planning clinic clients: prevalence of infection and performance of selective screening criteria.”
Arcari CM, Pfister J, Amsterdam L, Vaughn M, Rombca J, McDonald R, Davis JP.
International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research. 2004, Ottawa, Canada.

Progress in reducing mortality among persons 65 to 74 years of age in Wisconsin.”
Pfister JR, Chou C-H.
Wisconsin Medical Journal 2003;102(8):42-46.

Targeted laboratory screening for sexually transmitted and bloodborne infections in Wisconsin.” 
Pfister JR, Golubjatnikov R, Arcari CM, Davis JP.
Wisconsin Medical Journal 2003;102(6):35-39.

Increasing proportion of HSV-1 as a cause of genital herpes infection in college students.”
Roberts CM, JR Pfister, Spear SJ.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2003;30(10):797-800.

“Cervical cancer in Wisconsin: Increasing incidence and mortality among younger women.”
Pfister JR, Povinelli L, Kurtycz, DFI.
Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Cytopathology. 2003, Orlando, FL.

“Basic Statistical Methods for Laboratory Quality Control.”
John R. Pfister
Botswana National Medical Laboratory Quality Assurance Committee, Quality Assurance Workshop. 2002, Gaborone, Botswana.

Effects of the transition to chlamydia nucleic acid amplification testing in a public health screening program.”
McDonald RA, Pfister JR.
National STD Prevention Conference. 2002, San Diego, CA.

An assessment of viral hepatitis infection, risk, and provider services and training needs in DHSS Regions V and VII.”
Pfister JR, Cole B, Sherman K.
Hepatitis Coordinators’ Conference. 2001, Richmond, VA.

“An assessment of HIV training needs in Region V family planning clinics.”
John R. Pfister
1999, Prepared for Health Care Education and Training, Inc., Indianapolis, IN.

“Chlamydia trachomatis infections in women attending family planning and STD clinics: Prevalence, risk indicators, and selective screening criteria.”
Pfister JR, Painter J, Rabins C, McGinnis S.
National STD Prevention Conference. 1998, Dallas TX.

“Testing and treatment practices for Chlamydia trachomatis infections: Narrowing the gap between public health and managed care.”
DeMets A, Aeschlimann M, Amsterdam L, Pfister J.
Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. 1998, Washington DC.

“An assessment of HIV infection and risk among women in Region V.”
“An assessment of HIV infection and risk among women in Region V: 1999 Update.”
John R. Pfister
1997, 1999, Prepared for Health Care Education and Training, Inc., Indianapolis, IN.

The impact of a comprehensive Chlamydia prevention program in Wisconsin.”
Hillis SD, Nakashima A, Amsterdam L, Pfister JR, Vaughn M, Addiss D, Marchbanks PA, Harms L, Davis JP.
Family Planning Perspectives 1995; 27(3):108 111.