Postdoctoral Fellows
Mariam Fofana
Mariam is a postdoctoral associate working jointly with Derek Cummings and Albert Ko at Yale University. She completed her PhD in epidemiology at Johns Hopkins, where she focused on evaluating the impact of novel tuberculosis treatments on transmission dynamics.
Maggie Lind
Maggie is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases at Yale University advised by Derek Cummings. Her work focuses on design and analysis of observational data for the control of infectious diseases.
Maggie Simon
Maggie is a theoretical ecologist conducting postdoctoral research with Derek Cummings and Bob Holt. She uses mathematical models to understand how organism-level responses to environmental change (e.g., slower plant growth in response to pathogens, faster insect maturation in response to warmer summers) scale up to alter population and community dynamics.
Luke Trimmer-Smith
After receiving his Bachelor of Science in General Biology from the University of West Florida in 2004, Luke entered the workforce in quality assurance and quality control for a dairy processing plant followed by quality management for a chemical supply and logistics company.
Mondal Zahid
Mondal Zahid is a postdoctoral research associate working with Derek Cummings. His research is primarily focused on the development and analysis of infectious disease transmission models to better understand disease transmission dynamics, assess intervention efficacy, and suggest relevant public health policy.
Current Students
Bachir Assao
Bachir is a first year PhD student under the advisement of Dr. Derek Cummings. He worked as a research biologist and epidemiologist with Epicentre, a research and training center for doctors without borders.
Bachir is interested in the use of computational model to understand ecology and evolution of vector-borne pathogens such as malaria and dengue, in order to refine surveillance and response methods.
Bachir is interested in the use of computational model to understand ecology and evolution of vector-borne pathogens such as malaria and dengue, in order to refine surveillance and response methods.
Profiles
Veronique Etienne
Veronique (Nique) Etienne is a PhD candidate in the department of Comparative, Diagnostic, and Population medicine in the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Florida under the advisement of Dr. M. Long and Dr. Cummings.
Kellie Goodnight
Kellie is an MSE student in the Department of Epidemiology. After obtaining her Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of California, Merced, she applied to UF for her Master’s. Some of her interests include working with infectious diseases and how they relate back to a public health viewpoint.
Yi Xu
Yi is second year Master’s student in the Department of Biostatistics. She received her bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology. She is now focusing on a project that concentrates on dengue travel data.
