Center for Statistics and Quantitative Infectious Diseases (CSQUID)

Design and analysis of vaccine studies

We are currently involved in designing or analyzing data from field trials of influenza vaccination in Senegal and dengue vaccination.

Models of infectious disease transmission

We use mathematical and computer models of infectious disease transmission to simulate the course of epidemics and evaluate the efficacy of mitigation strategies. Recent projects include modeling pandemic H1N1 in the US and cholera in Haiti.

Evaluating vaccine efficacy

We use causal inference to evaluate the indirect, total, and overall effects of vaccination.

Design and analysis of carriage studies

We are studying meningococcal carriage in Bamako, Mali

Bayesian and likelihood methods to study transmission in close contact groups

We develop methods to estimate transmission parameters from studying outbreaks in close contact groups.

Contact intervals, survival analysis of epidemic data, and estimation of Ro

We are using epidemic percolation networks and survival analysis to estimate transmissibility of infectious disease.

Epidemiology and ecology of Vibrio cholerae in Bangladesh

We are measuring ecological determinants of cholera transmission in Bangladesh.