Research Summary

Pathogen evolution creates an extraordinary epidemiological record and staggering public health challenges. Our group develops and applies evolutionary approaches to answer open questions about pathogen transmission and epidemiological dynamics. We focus on tuberculosis and pathogens linked to the rapidly changing climate in the American West with a goal of directly informing public health in low-income settings. We draw upon population genomics, phylogeography, and epidemiological modeling.

Education

• BA, History & Literature, Harvard University
• MSc, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology , Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
• MPH, Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale University
• PhD, Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale University. Project: Reconstructing the invasion history of Lyme disease in North America
• Postdoctoral fellowship, Infectious Diseases & Geographic Medicine, Stanford University