Sofia McDonough, a student from Florida State University, worked with Dr. Pej Rohani & Dr. Alpha Forna on density-based algorithms for detecting influenza A virus. Abstract: Influenza A H3N2 viruses mutate over time, leading to different antigenic variants. Viruses that elicit a similar immune response are considered to be part of the same antigenic cluster. It
Karin Ebey, a student from Eckerd College, worked with Dr. Kyle Dahlin and Dr. John Vinson on modelling the effects of demographic and environmental noise on mosquito-borne disease. Abstract: Mosquito-borne diseases are a significant and growing public health burden globally. Predictions about the future spread and impact of mosquito-borne disease outbreaks can help inform direct control
Bryna Wilson, a student from Grove City College worked with Dr. Nicole Gottdenker and Juliana Hoyos on associations between land cover and trypanosome infections in kissing bugs. Abstract: Changes in land use and forest cover can affect the transmission of vector-borne diseases by interfering with the ecology of disease vectors. The kissing bug Rhodnius pallescens can
Jacob Glover, a student at Franklin College, worked in the lab of Dr. Ash Pathak Abstract Anopheles Stephensi are a dangerous vector for countless diseases without cures currently. If mosquitos could be contained or controlled, then this could eliminate these diseases they carry without having to find a vaccine or other types of cures for
Gowri Vadmal, a student at Stanford University, worked in the lab of Dr. Pej Rohani Abstract Pertussis was considered one of the great diseases of childhood with most people experiencing a bout of the infection by the age of 15. The initial roll out of vaccines in the 1950s led to a marked decline in
Annika Cleven, a student at St. Olaf College, worked in the lab of Dr. Andreas Handel Abstract Using data that was collected from a university health center where patients and clinicians were asked to report the presence of a list of respiratory-related symptoms, we analyzed the need for patient based Clinical Prediction Rules (CPRs). We
Sarah Blankespoor, a student at California Polytechnic University, worked in the lab of Dr. Mark Tompkins Abstract Little is known about the epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in animal populations. Cats are a host for the virus, with cat-to-cat transmission demonstrated in lab settings. Both feral and owned cats interact with many species and could drive interspecies
Nathan Garcia-Diaz, a student from Willamette University, worked in the lab of Dr. Ash Pathak. Abstract The effects of nutrition on malaria transmission was studied by collecting the most influential components of Vectorial Capacity. Vectorial Capacity (C) measures the Anopheline mosquito’s efficacy at transmitting the Plasmodium berghei parasites, and the largest factors impacting C are
Jacqueline Dworaczyk, a student at Arizona State University, worked in the lab of Dr. Andreas Handel. Telemedicine has become increasingly popular during the age of Covid-19. During a public health crisis, telemedicine could be used as a tool to triage patients and prevent burden on the health care system. In an exploratory data analysis, we
