Christopher Boyer is a postdoctoral research fellow in Marc Lipsitch’s lab at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. With Marc he is modeling the viral kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 by combining data from serological and virological assays. He is also interested in applying modern causal methods to the study of infectious disease. His previous research spans several topics in epidemiology and the social sciences. He received a PhD in Epidemiology and…
Mary Bushman (they/she) is an instructor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Mary has a B.A. in Mathematics from Carleton College and a Ph.D. in Population Biology, Ecology and Evolution from Emory University, and worked as a postdoctoral fellow with Rustom Antia at Emory University and then with Bill Hanage in the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics at HSPH. While at Harvard,…
I am an infectious disease epidemiologist and statistician. My current research concerns the design of mathematical tools (known as models) for understanding the spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). MDR-TB is TB resistant to (at least) isoniazid and rifampin, the two most potent anti-TB drugs, and is a major global health concern. My work aims to provide evidence for the formulation of control policies against MDR-TB. I am also involved in…
Julia is a postdoctoral research fellow in the lab of Marc Lipsitch. Her research focuses on modeling antibody kinetics following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and infection, and estimating the associated level of protection against further infection. She recently completed her PhD in Computational Biology at ETH Zurich in Switzerland, where she established models for blood glucose prediction in type 1 diabetes. In addition, Julia developed insulin treatment strategies to improve blood glucose…
At HSPH, Masa conducts research on wastewater-based surveillance for COVID-19 and measuring the social value of vaccination.
I specialize in genomic epidemiology, and my research revolves around the examination of genomic data from both human and bacterial sources in tuberculosis patients. My research focus on investigating the association between genotype and phenotype in tuberculosis. Furthermore, I have a keen interest in understanding how immunity changes and in unraveling the transmission patterns of tuberculosis.
Tse Yang (T.Y.) Lim is a complex systems modeler who develops simulation models of public health problems to inform policy decision processes. His recent work has focused on substance use and the opioid crisis, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic. He received his PhD from the system dynamics group at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and was previously an ORISE Fellow at the US Food and Drug Administration. He…
Sylvia Ofori’s research interests are using mathematical models to assess the impact of interventions against COVID-19 and evidence synthesis using systematic reviews and meta-analyses. She is also interested in strengthening the research and mathematical modeling capacity in low- and middle-income countries through training and fostering collaborative relationships among public health professionals. She received her Master of Public Health degree at the Ensign Global College in Ghana and her DrPH from…
Mui is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Lipsitch lab and Grad lab, interested in understanding driving factors in explaining infection and antimicrobial resistance trends. Her research focuses on defining these trends for healthcare-associated pathogens using data from the US Veterans Health Administration and from the Alberta Health Services in Canada, and developing mathematical models to study the relationship between antibiotic use and resistance. Mui studied Mathematics at RWTH Aachen…
Kirstin is a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Yonatan Grad, where she develops mathematical models to compare genomic surveillance strategies. She recently completed her PhD in Computational Mathematics at the University of São Paulo, where she applied machine learning and causal inference to study the spread of vector-borne diseases in Brazil. Prior to her PhD studies, Kirstin was a data scientist at the World Bank Group and has worked…
