Projecting Hospital Utilization and Assessing Implications of Silent Transmission during the COVID-19 Outbreak in the United States
Speaker: Abhishek Pandey & Alison Galvani, Yale University
Bio: Abhishek Pandey is a Research Scientist in the Center for Infectious Disease Modeling and Analysis at the Yale School of Public Health. He graduated with a BSc (Hons) degree in Mathematics from Ramjas College, Delhi University, and an MSc degree in Applied Mathematics from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. He obtained his Ph.D. in Mathematics at Clemson University. In his research, Dr. Pandey develops data-driven mathematical models of infectious diseases to improve our understanding of the transmission dynamics, evaluate tools and strategies for disease control, inform public health policies, and provide tools for public health decision-making. His current research focuses on the understanding impact of socio-political conflicts on public health response amidst disease outbreaks and evaluating control interventions for HIV and neglected tropical diseases such as sleeping sickness.
Alison Galvani, Ph.D., is the founding director of the Yale Center for Infectious Disease Modeling and Analysis (CIDMA) and the Burnett and Stender Families Professor of Epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health, Yale School of Medicine. She has applied her modeling and health economics skills to address myriad public health challenges, including HIV/AIDS, Zika, Ebola, influenza, and COVID-19. In 2015, Galvani became the youngest faculty member ever appointed to an endowed chair in the history of the Yale School of Medicine. She earned her Ph.D. and B.A. from the University of Oxford.