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Erin Stafford is a postdoctoral fellow working in Henrik Sjödin's group at the Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Sweden. Erin's research focuses on mathematical modeling of infectious diseases. Erin completed undergraduate studies in mathematics, computer science, and public health at Tulane University, followed by a PhD from the University of Washington, where the dissertation concentrated on optimal mitigation strategies for controlling the spread of infectious diseases. The research included developing an optimal-control problem to determine reduced-mixing strategies that maximize economic output and minimize infection costs, specifically in the context of SIS disease dynamics, with a case study on bovine mastitis in dairy cows. Erin has also worked on equity-based optimization of COVID-19 vaccine allocation aimed at creating a framework to address racial disparities in COVID-19 outcomes. Currently, Erin's research in the Henrik Sjödin lab continues to examine spillover zoonotic diseases from animals to humans, with efforts to understand the mechanisms that drive these events in order to assess and prevent future spillover risks.
Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University • Umeå, Sweden
Researching mathematical modeling of infectious diseases.
Requirements are standard for Master's programs across Social Sciences and Humanities at Umeå. English 6 proficiency is the general rule.