Our research group at UC Berkeley develops and applies methods for estimating the distribution and spread of infectious diseases in environments experiencing significant changes, such as those caused by urbanization, industrialization, changes in water resources, and a changing and increasingly variable climate. Prof. Remais has been continuously funded by NSF or NIH since 2006--totaling >$17 mil—to investigate the dynamics of globally important environmental pathogens. Our group has researched the dynamics and epidemiology of coccidioidomycosis, West Nile virus, diarrheal diseases, malaria, dengue, Japanese encephalitis and schistosomiasis as significant societal and environmental changes unfold. At the same time, we are developing new approaches for simulating and optimizing surveillance networks to detect existing and emerging infectious diseases under such changing conditions. Our research projects in California, China, Ecuador and Senegal have involved theoretical study, field epidemiology, and computational science.
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