Understanding Disease Outbreaks: How Mathematical Models Inform Public Health Responses

Applied Math, Ecology, Epidemiology

In this stream, students will work to understand how transmission dynamics of infectious diseases impact control and elimination efforts; develop and apply mathematical and statistical methods to quantify infectious disease spread; and inform decision support for public health and healthcare response to outbreak. Students will work with a model of Cholera transmission to understand how expanding treatment guidelines impacts disease transmission and the risk of developing antibiotic resistance.

Stream Leaders

Lindsay Keegan, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor, Internal Medicine