CDI Seminar: “Dynamic Modeling for Public Health: Applications in Infectious Diseases and Early-Onset Cancers”
Title: “Dynamic Modeling for Public Health: Applications in Infectious Diseases and Early-Onset Cancers”
Speaker:
Wan Yang, PhD
Assistant Professor, Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University
Location:
Via Zoom (Meeting ID: 84351693607)
About the Speaker:
Wan Yang, PhD, is an assistant professor at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University. She is a computational epidemiologist and applies mathematical/statistical approaches in combination with data to study mechanisms governing disease systems and devise prevention/intervention strategies. She studies transmission of infectious diseases (e.g., COVID-19, influenza, measles, and mpox) and risk factors for early-onset cancers (e.g., colorectal cancer). She will talk about examples applying modeling methods to study infectious diseases and early-onset colorectal cancer.
Host:
Dr. Piero Dalerba