Hello!

I am a post-doctoral research associate in infectious disease modeling at the University of Utah, based within the Infectious Disease Dynamics lab. I create robust short-term surveillance data-based forecasting models of respiratory virus hospitalizations in Utah.

Prior to coming to Utah, I was a post-doctoral research associate in malaria epidemiology at Imperial College London. I used individual-based stochastic and deterministic models to test new and existing interventions for malaria control and elimination, and geospatial models to study the effects of human movement. I completed my PhD in Epidemiology with the Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Ecology Lab at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and my Master’s in Epidemiology from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

I have lived abroad in Kenya and Malawi, and have worked with a diversity of partners including the National Institutes of Health, international Ministries of Health, state and local health departments, academic partners, policymakers, and NGOs. I have conducted research on malaria, HPV, HIV, sickle cell disease, Burkitt’s lymphoma, esophageal cancer, cervical cancer, diarrheal disease, and respiratory viruses. Currently, I serve as an epidemiology consultant for the Pan African Academy of Christian Surgeons (PAACS) and as a member of the African Esophageal Cancer Consortium (AfrECC) and the Applied Malaria Modeling Network (AMMnet).

Outside of work, I love to make ice cream and parkrun with my family.