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jdrake@uga.edu<\/a>\u00a0| personal web page<\/a> | CV<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Google Scholar <\/a>|\u00a0ORCID ID<\/a><\/p>\n Research Interests<\/strong> Teaching<\/strong><\/p>\n Spring 2023 Classes:<\/p>\n Fall 2022 Classes:<\/p>\n Past Classes:<\/p>\n Affiliations<\/strong><\/p>\n emarty@uga.edu<\/a> | website: http:\/\/www.ericmarty.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n Digital Arts Fellow, Willson Center for the Humanities and Arts (https:\/\/willson.uga.edu\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n Research Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n My current work is focused on data visualization, data sonification, and multi-modal data representation. I am concerned with creating data representations optimized for exploration, analysis or communication. I rely on principles of visual and auditory perception to increase efficiency of communication and reduce bias. I am particularly interested in problems involving high-dimensional and time-based data, where standard visualization tools often fall short.<\/p>\n As a composer with a background in computer music, interactive art and design, I have long worked at the intersection of art and science. My creative work centers on emulating natural systems and integrating art with environment. The works are typically site-specific installations or performances embedded in the environment, and involve real-time stochastic audio synthesis algorithms, sensing and interactivity, and multi-channel sound spatialization. More about my creative work can be found here.<\/p>\n As Digital Arts Fellow at UGA’s Willson Center for the Humanities and Arts, I help build interdisciplinary collaborations among the arts and sciences.<\/p>\n kerriann.anderson@uga.edu<\/a><\/p>\n Research Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n My past research utilized mathematical and computational models of cultural evolution to simulate the evolution of vaccine belief-behavior interactions. Using cultural evolutionary frameworks, I have examined the effects of individual- and population-level vaccination beliefs and behaviors as well as the effects of decision-making biases, changing social networks, and influencer strength, on vaccine culture disease risk. My current goals as part of the Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention (PIPP) Phase 1 project team are to perform a series of analyses to identify and assess survey measures that most inform health-related intentions, behaviors, and public support, and incorporate evolving health decision-making strategies into dynamical models of disease transmission and health-behavior adoption.<\/p>\n alpha.forna@uga.edu<\/a><\/p>\n Research Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n I am interested in the adaptation and application of machine learning methods for the analysis of epidemiological and biological data. For my doctoral research, I developed and analyzed machine learning models to predict survival outcomes for Ebola cases and re-estimated more representative estimates of case fatality ratios. I applied these models to produce more complete maps of Ebola case fatality ratios in West Africa, maps that include spatial residuals not captured by the machine learning models. During my time with the Drake and Rohani labs, I will develop machine learning based influenza prediction tools that could identify mutating influenza viruses as anomalous viral protein sequences. I will apply these predictive tools to detect novel influenza viruses with pandemic potential.<\/p>\n \u00a0 mozzamilm@gmail.com<\/a> | Webpage: Mozzamil Mohammed<\/a><\/p>\n Research Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n I am a mathematical modeler with interests in community ecology and infectious disease modeling. My earlier investigations focused on understanding the important mechanisms driving species coexistence, community composition, biodiversity patterns on spatial environmental gradients, and plant-animal-human interactions. In the Drake lab, I will be exploring factors driving zoonotic spillover risks and the impacts of anthropogenic activities and public health policy on infectious disease dynamics.<\/p>\n Anna.Willoughby@uga.edu<\/a> Research Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n I study how wildlife behavior, disease, and communities change across various anthropogenic gradients. I approach these questions through complementary modeling and field methods. In the past, I\u2019ve looked at dynamics of macroparasites in South African baboons and virus diversity among cave-roosting bats. Ultimately, I hope my research will be translated into conservation and wildlife management policy.<\/span><\/p>\n Nicholas.Adam@uga.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Research Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n I am interested in infectious disease intelligence and forecasting, including tipping points and early warning signals, and how these interact with and inform policies for managing endemic infectious diseases in low resource settings.<\/p>\n Abdul.Ali@uga.edu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Research Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n My current focus is on comprehending the intricate webs of Japanese Encephalitis Virus (JEV) dynamics and transmission and mapping the ebbs and flows of outbreaks over the past decade. I am also interested in developing a comprehensive database of Transboundary Animal Diseases (TADs). I hope to contribute a broader perspective to the understanding of infectious diseases dynamics impacting global health.<\/p>\n skmoser@uga.edu<\/a><\/p>\n Research Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n I am broadly interested in finding ways to synthesize empirical and theoretical approaches to understand the emergence and spread of infectious diseases at different scales. My specific interests include spatial analysis and risk mapping, host-parasite interactions, and the impacts of climate and biodiversity on zoonotic spillover. Currently, my work involves the ecology of emerging fungal pathogens as well as the dynamics of Ebola in West Africa.<\/p>\n \u00a0 John Drake Regent’s Professor jdrake@uga.edu\u00a0| personal web page | CV\u00a0|\u00a0Google Scholar |\u00a0ORCID ID Research InterestsJohn M. 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John M. Drake is Professor of Ecology at the University of Georgia. His research seeks to understand the dynamics of biological populations and epidemics, focusing on how to bring experimental and observational data together with mathematical\u00a0theory. Biological phenomena of interest include extinction, fluctuations in variable environments, the spatial distribution of populations (niche theory), Allee effects, demographic stochasticity, spatial spread, and near-critical dynamics. Practical applications of this work include decision support for managing invasive species, mapping the spread of infectious diseases, and forecasting disease emergence. Current projects concern the dynamics of Ebola virus in West Africa, spread of White-nose Syndrome in bats, and the development of a new theory for early warning systems of emerging infectious diseases. Dr. Drake has\u00a0an interest in history and philosophy of modern (twentieth century) biology. Dr. Drake received his PhD from the University of Notre Dame in 2004 and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis in Santa Barbara, California from 2004-2006. He has been at the University of Georgia since 2006. He was Leverhulme Visiting Professor in the Department of Zoology at Oxford University in 2012.<\/p>\n\n
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<\/h2>\nEric Marty<\/h2>\n
Research Professional<\/h3>\n
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Postdoctoral Associate<\/h3>\n
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Postdoctoral Associate<\/h3>\n
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Postdoctoral Associate<\/h3>\n
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Anna Willoughby<\/h2>\n
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Nicholas Adam<\/h2>\n
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