Alison P. Galvani
Alison P. Galvani (born ca. 1977) is an American epidemiologist. She is the Burnett and Stender Families Professor of Epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health and the Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Modeling and Analysis.She became interested in biology after reading Richard Dawkins' ''The Blind Watchmaker'' in high school. She wrote Dawkins and he replied, encouraging her to apply to Oxford University. She earned a degree in biological sciences from Oxford and continued her studies there, receiving a PhD in theoretical epidemiology.
The focus of Galvani's research is the application of evolutionary ecology and epidemiology in the study of diseases. She has published over 160 scholarly articles. Galvani directs the Center for Infectious Disease Modeling and Analysis (CIDMA) since 2013. In 2014, she and her team published a series of papers covering the ongoing Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa. She was named the Burnett and Stender Families Professor of Public Health in 2015. She is the youngest faculty member in Yale School of Medicine's history to be appointed to a named professorship. Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, described Dr. Galvani as an international star in the field of modelling of infectious diseases and commented on her research contributions as
“She has made major contributions in our understanding of the dynamics and impact of a variety of infectious diseases outbreaks including HIV/AIDS, Zika, Ebola, and influenza, among many others and now most recently COVID-19. It has been a pleasure to have her as an esteemed colleague and friend.”Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Harish Padmanabha, David Durham, Fabio Correa, Maria Diuk-Wasser, Alison GalvaniGet access
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2by Ramzi A Alsallaq, David Gurarie, Martial Ndeffo Mbah, Alison Galvani, Charles KingGet access
Published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2017)
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3by Sarah M Bartsch, Cameron M Avelis, Lindsey Asti, Daniel L Hertenstein, Martial Ndeffo-Mbah, Alison Galvani, Bruce Y LeeGet access
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4by Bruce Y Lee, Sarah M Bartsch, Laura Skrip, Daniel L Hertenstein, Cameron M Avelis, Martial Ndeffo-Mbah, Carla Tilchin, Eric O Dumonteil, Alison GalvaniGet access
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5by María Soledad Castaño, Martial L Ndeffo-Mbah, Kat S Rock, Cody Palmer, Edward Knock, Erick Mwamba Miaka, Joseph M Ndung'u, Steve Torr, Paul Verlé, Simon E F Spencer, Alison Galvani, Caitlin Bever, Matt J Keeling, Nakul ChitnisGet access
Published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2020)
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