Lauren A. White, PhD
Infectious Disease Modeler ⋅ Data Scientist ⋅ Disease Ecologist
- Washington, D.C.
- California Department of Public Health
- ResearchGate
- Github
- Google Scholar
- ORCID
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Research spotlight: Modeling how diseases spread
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In order to predict and fight animal disease outbreaks, epidemiologists and other researchers need to understand how a given disease spreads through landscapes and populations. Factors contributing to the ability of a pathogen to spread include the features of the environment as well as the movement of the animals through that landscape. Human activity is changing landscapes, with the result that they are becoming increasingly heterogeneous (with differences occurring across the landscape). The effect of this increasing heterogeneity on the spread of disease is unclear…
Research brief: Habitat fragmentation can promote disease outbreaks
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Original post: https://twin-cities.umn.edu/research-brief-habitat-fragmentation-can-promote-disease-outbreaks
A foray into science communication
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Recently I had the opportunity to contribute a short piece on painted turtles to the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s quarterly publication, “The Habitat Herald.” I’ve always been interested in scientific writing for a more general audience, and this was a wonderful chance to break out of my manuscript-writing mindset. Check it out here on p. 15.