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Postdoctoral Fellow.
Gaining insight into the transmission and mitigation of infectious diseases through mathematics. Enjoys trying new things and gaining new perspectives.
Erin is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine and IceLab at Umeå University. She will work on developing a mathematical framework for studying the spillover of zoonotic diseases under the supervision of Henrik Sjödin, Joacim Rocklöv, and Åke Brännström.
Erin completed her PhD in Applied Mathematics at the University of Washington under the supervision of Mark Kot. There, her research focused on the optimization of mitigation strategies for infectious diseases with economic or equity perspectives. In particular, her projects included the use of optimal-control models to determine if contact-reducing disease-mitigation strategies could be economically advantageous in controlling the spread of Staphylococcus aureus in dairy cow. She also worked in collaboration with Laura Matrajt and Dobromir Dimitrov at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center to determine which COVID-19 vaccination strategies would be best when trying to minimize either overall disease burden, inequity in disease outcomes between racial and ethnic groups, or a combination of measures.
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Quit: Book Club Snapshot
Quit: A Book Club Snapshot In ‘Quit’ Annie Duke explores the critical moments when walking away can be more beneficial than sticking it out, highlighting the rewards of quitting and the challenges [...]
IceLab kickoff conference propels stress response research
IceLab kickoff conference propels stress response research The kickoff conference for IceLab’s VR-funded Center of Excellence with support from KAW and Kempestiftelserna, held on June 10th and 11th at Umeå University, marked [...]
Model how a microbe can tell a friend from a foe
Model how a microbe can tell a friend from a foe 17 projects from Swedish universities were granted from the SciLifeLab and Wallenberg national program for data-driven life science. Eric Libby and [...]
Open invitation to the IceLab Stress Response Modeling kick-off
Open invitation to the IceLab Stress Response Modeling kick-off Umeå University life science and environmental researchers are invited to participate when IceLab launches its excellence center on stress response modeling. The kick-off [...]
Life’s insiders: Decoding endosymbiosis with mathematics
Life’s insiders: Decoding endosymbiosis with mathematics Endosymbiosis, the intimate and long-term relationship where one organism lives inside another, is a cornerstone of life as we know it, and a key to [...]
IceLab opens project call for shared postdoctoral fellows
IceLab opens project call for shared postdoctoral fellows IceLab invites multidisciplinary research teams to propose projects for a shared postdoctoral fellow, funded by Kempestiftelserna. Project proposals can now be submitted, until May [...]