Speaker: Bruce Pell
In this talk, I’ll present an overview of my past, present and future research projects related to modeling the spread of infectious diseases. Along the way, we’ll discuss reasons why such a task is essential and what types of mathematical tools can be used to understand the dynamic spread of diseases. Specific case studies will be presented from previous research projects (Ebola, Zika and Plague) and current and future projects (COVID-19, wastewater-based epidemiological surveillance, pathogen fitness, and thermal mismatch curves).