Julia Palacios, PhD, Assistant Professor of Statistics, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University Talk Title: Forecasting Influenza from Genetic and Counts Data Bio: Dr. Palacios is Assistant professor in Statistics and Biomedical Data Science at Stanford. She is interested in mathematical models in evolutionary genomics and estimation of relevant parameters that would have an impact in public health. Webpage  

Uriel Kitron, PhD, Goodrich C. White Professor, Emory University Talk Title: Transmission of mosquito-borne viruses in Salvador, Brazil: old timers, newcomers and repeat offenders Biography: Dr. Uriel Kitron, the Goodrich C. White Professor of Environmental Sciences at Emory University in Atlanta (USA) studies ecology and spatial epidemiology of infectious diseases with an emphasis on mosquito-borne diseases.  His research and teaching programs center around tropical and emerging diseases and on environmental risk…

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  Peter J. Hotez, MD, PhD Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology Baylor College of Medicine Director, Texas Children’s Vaccine Development Center Texas Children’s Hospital Endowed Chair in Tropical Pediatrics Former U.S. Science Envoy Talk Title: The Rise of Poverty-Related Neglected Diseases – The “NTDs” Bio: Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D. is Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and Professor of…

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  Sunetra Gupta, PhD, Professor of Theoretical Epidemiology, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford Talk title: Immune driven pathogen evolution   Biography: Sunetra Gupta is an acclaimed novelist, essayist and scientist. In October 2012 her fifth novel, So Good in Black, was longlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. In 2009 she was named as the winner of the Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award for her scientific achievements. Sunetra, who lives…

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 Kendall Hoyt, PhD, Assistant Professor, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth University Talk title: Building a better public private partnership for biosecurity: lessons from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations Biography: Kendall Hoyt is an Assistant Professor at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth where she studies U.S. biodefense policy, global health policy, and biomedical R&D strategy. She is also a lecturer at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College where…

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