Aishani is a senior at Harvard College and is in the Grad and Lipsitch Labs, interested broadly on questions of preparedness in infectious diseases. She works on modeling within-host kinetics of SARS-CoV-2, CRISPR-Cas13-based diagnostic testing for antibiotic susceptibility in Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and understanding the role of viral discovery in zoonotic hosts in outbreak preparedness and response. Aishani previously focused on seroprevalence studies and rapid antigen testing in the Michael Mina…
Ruchita is a PhD student in Population Health Sciences concentrating in infectious disease epidemiology, advised by Dr. Bill Hanage. She graduated from Princeton University in 2019 with a degree in Molecular Biology and minors in Engineering Biology and Global Health and Health Policy, and additionally received an MPhil in Veterinary Sciences from the University of Cambridge in 2021. Prior to coming to Harvard, she was awarded a Fulbright-Nehru Student Research…
Katherine Budeski is a Population Health Sciences PhD student concentrating in infectious disease epidemiology advised by Dr. Marc Lipsitch. Before coming to Harvard University, Budeski received a Master of Science in Modeling for Global Health from the University of Oxford and a Master of Management Science in Global Affairs from Tsinghua University as a Schwarzman Scholar. Previously, Budeski worked in Washington, DC for several years addressing the risks posed by…
Physics major and Computer Science Graduate with a rigorous physics and mathematical preparation. Easygoing professional with international labour and academic research experience. Previous work involves statistical analysis and developing ML methodologies to predict epidemic events from Dengue, Flu and Covid-19. Really focused in the transformation of a research idea into real-life impactful algorithms, services and products.
I did my Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry at the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, where I fell in love with applying quantitative frameworks to biological systems. This led me to start a PhD in Biophysics here at Harvard, with a special interest in microbial evolution and genomics. Outside of science, my hobbies include going outside to enjoy the warmth (when it exists) and complaining about the cold (when the warmth…
Katherine is a PhD student in Population Health Sciences concentrating in infectious disease epidemiology. Her research interests are in transmission dynamics and its human and pathogen determinants, and their interactions. Prior to coming to CCDD, she was trained in epidemiology in Hong Kong and in the United Kingdom, and worked as a research assistant in Imperial College London on model-based HIV incidence estimation.
Lily Hsieh is a PhD student in Health Policy, studying Health Decision Sciences. Her research focuses on using causal inference methods, disease simulation modelling, and cost-effectiveness analysis to evaluate disease screening programs. Lily holds a BSc in Pharmacology from the University of British Columbia and she received her MPH in Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases from the Yale School of Public Health.
Her research interest lies in mathematical modeling and spatial analysis of infectious diseases including tuberculosis and COVID-19 to generate evidence and influence decision-making on health policy. Her recent work focuses on pandemic preparedness and health system strengthening. Sun received her BS in Biomedical Engineering from Yonsei University, South Korea and her SM in Global Health and Population from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Maddy is a Population Health Sciences PhD student in Infectious Disease Epidemiology advised by Dr. Yonatan Grad. She is also a student in the Harvard Medical Schol MD-PhD program and completed her first two years of medical school at HMS/BWH. Maddy studied chemistry and biology with a minor in Spanish at MIT and graduated in 2020. She is interested in the genomics and evolution of infectious diseases, especially in the…
