What role does host movement play in pathogen emergence in a spatially structured population and how should that inform surveillance efforts?

What scale of selection is more important for a novel pathogen trying to survive? We aim to understand whether within host grow or between host transmission rates are more important for a pathogen in a novel host.

Can we speed up the surgical instrument counting process and reduce the chance for inadvertent retention or instruments and sponges in surgical wounds? Here we created an automated process for tracking surgical instruments during an operation using RFID and QuantumDot technology.

Can we automate the detection of rare bird species to aid in assessment of population sizes and policy decisions? Here we developed a signal processing algorithm and machine learning technique for identification of a rare bird species using bird calls on audio files.