About me

I am a veterinary epidemiologist with a research interest in the ecology of diseases in animal populations and studying emerging infectious diseases that spillover from animals to humans. My expertise lies in using mathematical and machine learning models to unravels drivers affecting disease epidemiology and transmission in animal populations and its spillover to humans.

As a One Health epidemiologist, my reserach focuses on providing pandemic intelligence to aid mitigation policies for disease spillover from animals to humans. My research lab has been developing advanced statistical and epidemiological tools supported by well-planned field studies. These tools serve the academic community, analysts in state and global organizations (USDA, FAO, OIE), policymakers, and other stakeholders in public and animal health such as farmers and large scale livestock producers.

To read more see following blogs

  1. Novel Coronaviruses Are Riskiest for Spillover: Tool Helps Quantify Zoonotic Risk, Focus Priorities for Viral and Wildlife Surveillance

  2. Habitat Destruction And Biodiversity Loss at the Root of Emerging Infectious Diseases

  3. Where to look for Flaviviruses in Wildlife?

  4. Tracking Hummingbird Interactions at Urban Feeders

  5. Cleaning species names in your data using FuzzyWuzzy logic