Nicola Mueller, PhD

ASST PROF IN RES-HCOMP

We seek to quantify the transmission dynamics of bacterial and viral infectious diseases using pathogen genome sequence data, with the ultimate goal of informing public health interventions to reduce the disease burden. Methodologically, we use phylodynamic methods to infer transmission dynamics from pathogen genome sequence data. We are particularly interested in developing methods to infer transmission dynamics from multiple data sources, such as pathogen genome sequences, epidemiological data, and spatial data. We apply these methods to study the transmission dynamics of influenza viruses, SARS-CoV-2, and bacterial pathogens.