Alicia Kraay

BWF PUP program: University of Michigan "Integrated Training in Microbial Systems"

Email: amullis@umich.edu

Phone: (252)814-5364

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Research Interests: infectious disease epidemiology, with a deeper focus on both waterborne and vector-borne pathogens. I am particularly interested in the mechanisms of spatial spread in epidemics and how these patterns may be modified by environmental pressures and other circulating pathogens.

Current Projects: The overall goal of my research is to assess the relative importance of different transmission routes in order to guide interventions by prioritizing which pathways to target. However, the etiologic landscape is constantly evolving due to climate change, disease interventions, and increased travel. As such, the optimal locations and pathways to target are also dynamic and understanding how climate and pathogen composition affect these processes is critical to both predict and mitigate these changes. My current projects (only first and second author manuscripts with significant writing/analysis completed are listed) include the following: Prevalence of rotavirus infection over time in rural, coastal Ecuador and the impact of vaccination; Zika-dengue interaction in mother-child transmission: a within-host model; A comparative analysis of fomite mediated transmission across four distinct pathogens; Climate change and waterborne pathogen transmission at the regional scale: the role of temperature in rotavirus persistence; Evolution of carpapenum resistance within hospitals: response to an imperfect test. I have several other projects that are in earlier stages.

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