Francisco Cai

Medical Student at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
CCDD Master's Student, Research Assistant

(Former Bio) Francisco grew up in Queens, New York, studied computer science at Stanford University, then got involved with infectious disease modeling research at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He is currently studying medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago. His favorite sports are basketball and ultimate; favorite board game is The Resistance.

Flavia Camponovo

Postdoctoral Scientific Collaborator, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics (CCDD)

(Former Bio) Flavia Camponovo was a postdoctoral research fellow working under the mentorship of Prof. Caroline Buckee in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Her work at CCDD focused on population dynamics of Malaria. Prior to this postdoc position, Flavia received a Master in Science of Bioengineering in the Swiss Federal Institute of Technologies (EPFL), and a PhD in Epidemiology at the Swiss…

Fausto Andres Bustos Carrillo

PhD Candidate Epidemiology, MA Candidate in Biostatistics, UC Berkeley School of Public Health
CCDD Student, 2012-2014

(Former Bio) Hailing from the warm weather of Tijuana, Baja California and San Diego, Fausto has been interested in tropical infectious diseases for over a decade. His current work applying current biostatistical methods to better understand the epidemiological and spatial spread of dengue virus, chikungunya virus, and Zika virus. Fausto also consults with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on foodborne illnesses (particularly campylobacteriosis) in the US. While at…

Hsiao-Han Chang

Assistant Professor in Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, National Tsing Hua University
Former Research Associate

(Former Bio) Hsiao-Han Chang was a Research Associate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health working with Marc Lipsitch and Caroline Buckee. Before coming to the Center, Hsiao-Han was at the department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, where she obtained her PhD with Daniel Hartl and John Wakeley. Her doctoral research focused on genomic variation and evolution of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. She…

Qiuzhi (Rose) Chang

CCDD ScD Student, Class of 2017

(Former Bio) Rose Chang received her Doctor of Science in Epidemiology from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Her doctoral research focused on the application of population genomics and mathematical modeling approaches to understand the epidemiology of healthcare-associated bacterial pathogens. Please click here for more information about Rose Chang.

Lauren Childs

Associate Professor, Virginia Tech, Department of Mathematics
CCDD Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2012-2015 and Research Scientist, 2015-2016

(Former Bio) Dr. Childs develops mathematical models and computational tools to address fundamental biological questions. Her current research focuses on combining immunological within-host dynamics with epidemiological spread of disease to understand patterns of transmission. Her past research includes mathematical and computational models with applications to infectious diseases, immunology, CRISPR and coupled oscillators. Click here for more information about Lauren Childs.

Sarah Cobey

Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolution
University of Chicago

(Former Bio) Sarah Cobey, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Chicago. Dr. Cobey received her PhD in ecology and evolution from the University of Michigan in 2009. After a three-year postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard School of Public Health, she joined the faculty at the University of Chicago. Dr. Cobey’s research focuses on the coevolutionary dynamics of pathogens and hosts’ adaptive…

Tori Cowger

FXB Health & Human Rights Fellow
Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, Department of Epidemiology

(Former Bio) Tori Cowger completed a doctorate at the CCDD in Population Health Sciences concentrating in infectious disease epidemiology. Prior to her doctoral studies, she earned a B.S. in biochemistry from the University of Minnesota and an MPH in epidemiology at Emory University. After graduation, she worked as an epidemiologist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) working on global tuberculosis (TB) research and prevention efforts. Her…

Lauren Cowley

Senior Lecturer, Department of Life Sciences, University of Bath
Former CCDD Postdoctoral Research Fellow

(Former Bio) Lauren Cowley was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She worked with Bill Hanage in the Department on Epidemiology. Lauren joined the School of Public Health from Public Health England (PHE) where she was based from 2012-2016 while she did her PhD. The PhD was awarded from the University of Edinburgh in September 2016. The PhD was funded by PHE to…

Christina Fennell

CDC Evaluation Fellow
Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, Department of Epidemiology

(Former Bio) Christina Fennell was a Master of Science student in Infectious Disease Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She graduated from Spelman College with a B.S. in Biology and a minor in Public Health. Before Harvard, she worked at Whitman-Walker Health as a Health Workshop Facilitator, and she administered HIV and STI testing services in Washington, D.C.