Aug 2022 - Ongoing professional development! I have enrolled in Probability Theory for Fall 2022 to expand my quantitative skillset further. July 2022 - Attended the 14th Annual Summer Institute in Statistics and Modeling in Infectious Diseases (SISMID) in Seattle, WA at the University of Washington with a Registration Scholarship. Modules: Modeling with Novel Data Streams. June 2022 - Poster presentation of postdoctoral work of USDA-Colorado State Cooperative agreement on which I am Co-Primary Investigator with Dr. Colleen T. Webb. 'Cattle fever ticks at the wildlife-livestock interface: Exploring the role of nilgai antelope and other wildlife in cattle fever tick colonization and persistence on cattle pastures in southern Texas, USA’) at the 2021 Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) Conference. Atlanta, GA USA. May 2022 - New paper out! Great to see this finally in print. Happy to be involved in longitudinal cohort study work on SARS-CoV-2. Arnold, C*; Srinivasan, S*; Rodriguez, S, Rydzak, N, Herzog, CM; Gontu, A; Bharti, N; Small, M; Rogers, CJ; Schade, MM; Kuchipudi, SV; Kapur, V; Read, A; Ferrari, MJ. SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence in a University Community: A Longitudinal Study of the Impact of Student Return to Campus on Infection Risk Among Community Members. Scientific Reports, 2022, 12. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-12499-5. Feb 2022 - New paper out! The third of three papers on Newcastle disease in different states of India. Ravishankar, C.; Rajasekhar, R.; John, A.A.; Divakar, N.; Chandy, G.; Joshi, V.G.; Chaudhary, D.; Bansal, N.; Singh, R.; Sahoo, N.; Mor, S.K.; Mahajan, N.K.; Maan, S.; Jindal, N.; Schilling, M.A.; Herzog, C.M.; Basu, S.; Radzio-Basu, J.; Kapur, V.; Goyal, SM. Detection of Newcastle disease virus and assessment of associated relative risk in backyard and commercial poultry in Kerala, India. Veterinary Medicine and Science 2022, 1–11. doi: 10.1002/vms3.747 Feb 2022 - New paper out! The second of three on Newcastle disease in different states of India. Sahoo, N.; Bhuyan, K.; Panda, B.; Behura, N.C.; Biswal, S.; Samal, L.; Chaudhary, D.; Bansal, N.; Singh, Joshi, V.G.; Jindal, N.; Mahajan, N.K.; Maan, S.; Ravishankar, C.; Rajasekhar, R.; Radzio-Basu, J.; Herzog, C.M.; Kapur, V.; Mor, S.K.; Goyal, SM. Prevalence of Newcastle disease and associated risk factors in domestic chickens in the Indian state of Odisha. PLoS ONE 2022 17(2): e0264028. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264028. Jan 2022 - New paper out! This multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary team that I met through the VectorBiTE RCN was a pleasure to work with and I'm proud to finally see this out. Russell, M.C.*; Herzog, C.M.*; Gajewski, Z.; Ramsay, C.; El Moustaid, F.; Evans, M.; Desai, T.; Gottdenker, N.L.; Hermann, S.; Power, A.G.; McCall, A.C. Both consumptive and non-consumptive effects of predation impact mosquito populations and have implications for disease transmission: A systematic review and meta-analysis. eLife 2022;11:e71503 doi: 10.7554/eLife.71503 You can also view the press release here: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/233257/disease-predictions-improved-factoring-mosquito-predators/ Dec 2021 - Oral presentation of postdoctoral research (‘Role of Cattle in PPR Transmission: No Evidence for Secretion of Infectious Virus by Experimentally Infected Cattle') at the 2021 PPR-GREN (Peste des petits ruminants Global Research Expertise Network) Annual Meeting (virtual). Nov 2021 - New publication! Joshi, V.G.; Chaudhary, D.; Bansal, N.; Singh, R.; Maan, S.; Mahajan, N.K.; Ravishankar, C.; Sahoo, N.; Mor, S.K.; Radzio-Basu, J.; Herzog, C.M.; Kapur, V.; Jindal, N.; Goyal, SM. Prevalence of Newcastle disease virus in commercial and backyard poultry in Haryana, India. Front Vet Sci, 2021, 1267. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.725232 July 2021 - Attended the 13th Annual Summer Institute in Statistics and Modeling in Infectious Diseases (SISMID) in Seattle, WA at the University of Washington with a Registration Scholarship. Modules: Pathogen Evolution, Selection, and Immunity. July 2021 - Awarded funding as Co-PI on USDA Cooperative Agreement on modeling the impact of control measures conducted on nilgai antelope and white-tailed deer populations on cattle tick infestation in the quarantine zone near the USA-Mexico border. June 2021 - Skype a Scientist outreach with Ms. Rayna Sharma's 2nd graders at Halton District Schools in Ontario, Canada. June 2021 - Poster presentation of dissertation dynamical modeling and postdoctoral experimental research (‘Cattle are currently dead-end hosts in peste des petits ruminants transmission: modeling & experimental study’) at the 2021 Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) Conference. Virtual, Montpellier, France. May 2021 - Completed certification: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace Certification Course (14 hours), University of South Florida College of Business May 2021 - Skype a Scientist outreach with Ms. Christine Boss's 10th-12th graders at St. Mary's Academy in Colorado. April 2021 - Start as Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Dr. Colleen Webb at Colorado State University!
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April 2021 - PPRV Transmission Trial 5 ends in Ethiopia! March 2021 - Invited outreach talk with Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANNRS) & MAPS program students at Penn State about a career in STEM as an epidemiologist an disease ecologist. February 2021 - New pre-print! We explored COVID-19 seroprevalence in a college town and present preliminary results of the different between the longitudinal community resident and study cohorts and we find differences in COVID exposures! https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.02.17.21251942v2 February 2021 - New publication! This study shows the limited window for *donation* of convalescent plasma from those infected with SARS COV 2. Additionally, we find IgG duration lasts at least ~100 days and longer than expected IgM duration. Nat Commun Bio 2021, 267. doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-01813-y January 2021 - Attended Complex Networks Winter Workshop (Virtual, 2 weeks) December 2020 - Attended SESYNC Training workshop "Bayesian Modeling for Socio-Environmental Data Short Course" (Virtual 2 weeks) Nov 2020 - Oral presentation of dissertation/postdoctoral research (‘Does PPRV transmit from cattle to goats & goats to cattle? Exploring the role of an atypical host in PPRV transmission’) at the 2020 PPR-GREN (Peste des petits ruminants Global Research Expertise Network) Annual Meeting (virtual). October 2020 - Skype a Scientist outreach with three sections of Kelsey Kaiser's 11th and 12th grade classrooms at Oak Park & River Forest High School in Illinois. August 2020 - Preprint ready! Our preprint showing the limited window for *donation* of convalescent plasma from those infected with SARS COV 2. Additionally, we find IgG duration lasts at least ~100 days and longer than expected IgM duration. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.21.261909v1 August 2020 - Paper published! "Peste des petits ruminants Virus Transmission Scaling and Husbandry Practices That Contribute to Increased Transmission Risk: An Investigation among Sheep, Goats, and Cattle in Northern Tanzania." Viruses 2020, 12, 930. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12090930 July 2021 - Attended the 12th Annual Summer Institute in Statistics and Modeling in Infectious Diseases (SISMID) in Seattle, WA at the University of Washington with a Registration Scholarship. Modules: Reconstructing Transmission with Genomic Data, Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Within-Host Models, Evolutionary Dynamics and Molecular Epidemiology of Viruses. July 2020 - Start as a Postdoctoral Scholar in Global Health Research in the lab of Dr. Vivek Kapur at Penn State! June 2020 - Successfully defended PhD! March 2020 - Began improving public communication and fighting misinformation and disinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic as administrator and public health expert for the 'Friendly Neighborhood Epidemiologist' Facebook Group. March 2020 - Accepted to SESYNC Training workshop "Bayesian Modeling for Socio-Environmental Data Short Course" June 2020 (Postponed due to COVID-19). March 2020 - Selected as a Penn State representative to the AAAS CASE ("Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering Workshop") Workshop in Washington D.C. March 29-April 1, 2020. (Postponed due to COVID-19). February 2020 - Paper published! "Identifying Age Cohorts Responsible for Peste Des Petits Ruminants Virus Transmission among Sheep, Goats, and Cattle in Northern Tanzania." Viruses 2020, 12(2), 186; https://doi.org/10.3390/v12020186. February 2020 - Skype a Scientist outreach with Lisa Olsen's 3rd grade class at Hesperian Elementary, in San Lorenzo, CA. January 2020 - Fieldwork in Sebeta, Ethiopia on collaborative multi-species animal transmission trial. Pilot experiment completed. December 2019 - Attended two CIDD GSA workshops 'Time Series Modelling' and 'Data Mining' with Dr. Ottar Bjornstad. December 2019 - Awarded 2nd Place in the inaugural Peter J. Hudson Best CIDD Graduate Student Paper Award for my paper (Pastoral production is associated with increased Peste des petits ruminants seroprevalence in northern Tanzania across sheep, goats, and cattle. Epidemiology and Infection 2019; 147: 1–9. doi: 10.1017/S0950268819001262 ) December 2019 - Poster presentation of dissertation research (‘Heterogeneities that contribute to increased Peste des petits ruminants seroprevalence in a multi-host system in Tanzania’) at the 2019 Epidemics7 Conference in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. November 2019 - Oral presentation of dissertation research (‘Heterogeneities that contribute to increased Peste des petits ruminants seroprevalence in a multi-host system in Tanzania’) at the 2019 PPR-GREN (Peste des petits ruminants Global Research Expertise Network) in Nairobi, Kenya. November 2019 - Fieldwork in Sebeta, Ethiopia on collaborative multi-species animal transmission trial. November 2019 - Oral presentation at monthly Virology@PSU meeting (‘Heterogeneities that contribute to increased Peste des petits ruminants seroprevalence in a multi-host system in Tanzania’) at University Park Campus, Penn State University. October 2019 - Attended PSU Sponsored COMPASS SciComm Workshop for Graduate Students. October 2019 - Attended PSU Science Policy Society and AAAS workshop on How to Write a Policy Memo. October 2019 - Skype a Scientist outreach with Taylor Lux's 5th grade class at Glenwood Elementary in Wisconsin. September - October 2019 - Fieldwork in Sebeta, Ethiopia on collaborative multi-species animal transmission trial. September 2019 - Awarded Biology Department Travel Grant ($350) for Epidemics 7 Conference in Dec 2019. September 2019 - Letters to a Pre-Scientist - begin fourth year as a pen pal to a pre-scientist! I will write 4 letters to my pre-scientist this academic year. August 2019 - Oral presentation of dissertation research (‘Heterogeneities that contribute to increased Peste des petits ruminants seroprevalence in a multi-host system in Tanzania’) at the 2019 EPIZONE conference held in Berlin, Germany. July 2019 - Paper published! Pastoral production is associated with increased Peste des petits ruminants seroprevalence in northern Tanzania across sheep, goats, and cattle. Epidemiology and Infection 2019; 147: 1–9. doi: 10.1017/S0950268819001262 June 2019 - Led my VectorBiTE working group (SpIT!) at the VectorBiTE Research Coordination Network 4th Annual Meeting and attended the graduate/postdoc training on Non-Linear and Bayesian Modeling for Vectorborne Disease. June 2019 - Oral presentation of dissertation research (‘Heterogeneities that contribute to increased Peste des petits ruminants seroprevalence in a multi-host system in Tanzania’) at the 2019 Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID) Conference. Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. May 2019 - Poster presentation of dissertation research ('Exploring heterogeneities in sheep and goat plague transmission in northern Tanzania') at the annual Life Science Symposium on University Park campus, Penn State University. April 2019 - Attended CIDD Workshop on 'The Construction and Maintenance of Immune Memory (in Humans)' organized by Ottar Bjornstad, Maciek Boni, and Jessica Conway. March 2019 - Awarded Biology Department Travel Grant ($250) for EEID 2019 in June 2019. March 2019 - Skype a Scientist outreach to two sections of Jason Carter's 8th grade classroom at Evergreen Community Charter School. February & March 2019 - Attended various technical and professional development workshops on Machine Learning and Project Management. January 2019 - Mentor for Penn State's ENVISIONS STEM Career Day for young women (4th year!). More on this on my Outreach page here. January 2019 - Nominated for the Eberly College of Science Dean's Climate and Diversity Award. December 2018 - Fieldwork in Arusha, Tanzania - Research talk 'Transmission Dynamics of Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus' at the final PEHPL Summer School Session at Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science & Technology. November 2018 - Fieldwork in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia at the National Animal Health Diagnostic Investigation Center (NAHDIC). Finalized study design, animal ethics applications, and plans for a multi-institutional PPRV Transmission Trial in multiple ruminant species. October 2018 - Co-presented at Monday CIDD Lunch series - topic: 'The Definition and Ecology of Persistence'. September 2018 - Delivered guest lecture in Biology 412 (Ecology & Evolution of Infectious Diseases) on epidemic patterns, childhood diseases, seroprevalence-age curves, and transmission dynamics of peste des petits ruminants virus. September 2018 - Launched CIDD Graduate Student Association (CGSA) led journal club featuring 1-2 papers from the weekly CIDD seminar speaker. Also launched CGSA Monthly CIDD Trainee meetings. September 2018 - Passed comprehensive examination! September 2018 - Letters to a Pre-Scientist - begin fourth year as a pen pal to a pre-scientist! I will write 4 letters to my pre-scientist this academic year. August 2018 - Presented at first Monday CIDD Lunch series - 'CIDD Town Hall' introducing CGSA - what it is and plans for the year. August 2018 - Attended Bystander Intervention Training for Bias & Discrimination, Penn State ECOS
August 2018 - Attended ESA 2018 Workshop: Fitting Non-Linear Models in R with the mgcv Package August 2018 - Presented oral talk at the Ecological Society of America 2018 Conference in New Orleans, LA in the Disease & Epidemiology COS 60 Section "Management practices and age cohorts that contribute to increased Peste des petits ruminants seroprevalence in sheep, goats, and cattle in northern Tanzania." July 2018 - Attended Introduction to Time Varying Effect Models Workshop, Penn State SSRI, The Methodology Center June 2018 - Attended Icahn Mt. Sinai School of Medicine Community Research Education and Engagement for Data Science (CREEDS) 2018 Summer School for Computational Genomics. May - June 2018 - Poster presentation of dissertation research at Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease (EEID) conference at the University of Glasgow, in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. May 2018 - Poster presentation of dissertation research at the annual Life Science Symposium on University Park campus, Penn State University. Won Best Poster Award in the track. April 2018 - Presented dissertation research to PEHPL program funders, the Global Agricultural Development Team at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA. March 2018 - Awarded Biology Department Travel Grant ($500). February 2018 - Featured Scientist on 'Sully Asks a Scientist' - part of NSF GRFP Fellow Alexis Sullivan's blog. February 2018 - Elected President of the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics Graduate Student Association. January 2018 - Mentor for Penn State's ENVISIONS STEM Career Day for young women (3rd year!). More on this on my Outreach page here. January - April 2018 - Taught BIO 419 Ecological Problem Solving with Dr. Katriona Shea. December 2017 - Fieldwork in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Beginning dissertation research collaboration with the National Animal Health Diagnostic Investigation Center (NAHDIC) laboratory. November 2017 - Fieldwork in Arusha, Tanzania - Research talk 'Transmission Dynamics of Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus in Northern Tanzania' at the PEHPL Summer School Session. Received Certificate of Appreciation for participating in PEHPL Newsletter Development and Summer School Organization Assistance. October 2017 - Research Talk 'Transmission Dynamics of Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus in Northern Tanzania' at Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics Seminar Series, Penn State. September 2017 - Featured as a Young Researcher and pinboard finalist on Spharro. I created a pinboard related to peste des petits ruminants research. September 2017 - Created and continue to maintain the PEHPL program website with fellow PEHPL fellows Megan Schilling and Gladness Mwanga. September 2017 - Letters to a Pre-Scientist - begin second year as a pen pal to a pre-scientist! I will write 4 letters to my pre-scientist this academic year. August 2017 - Trained in 'Crucial Conversations' with PSU PPEM department head Dr. Carolee Bull.
July 2017 - Facilitated the Species Interactions in Transmission (SpIT!) group at the VectorBiTE RCN conference in London, UK hosted at both Imperial College London and University of London campuses. July 2017 - Attended the 9th Annual Summer Institute in Statistics and Modeling in Infectious Diseases (SISMID) in Seattle, WA at the University of Washington with a Registration ($1350) and Travel Scholarship. Modules: Simulation Based Inference for Epidemiological Dynamics, MCMC I for Infectious Diseases, MCMC II for Infectious Diseases. June 2017 - Poster presentation of dissertation research at Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease (EEID) conference at the University of California, Santa Barbara. May - June 2017 - Poster presentation of dissertation research at the Clinic for the Meaningful Modeling of Epidemiological Data (MMED) training at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) South Africa in Muizenberg, Cape Town, South Africa. May 2017 - Poster presentation of dissertation research at the annual Life Science Symposium on University Park campus, Penn State University. April 2017 - Organized and conducted an outreach visit on infectious disease at the Millennium Science Center for Bellefonte middle school girls with Olivia Perdew from Discovery Space, and fellow CIDD graduate students Mackenzie Shipley and Molly Rathbun. April 2017 - Organized informal CIDD Lunch event with Penn State Vice President for Research, Dr. Neil Sharkey on career paths in research administration. My CGSA Blog Post on this here. April 2017 - Elected Science ++ Co-Chair of the Graduate Women in Science April 2017 - Awarded Penn State Office of Global Programs Travel Grant Award ($750). April 2017 - Awarded Penn State Biology Department Travel Grant Award ($500). March-April 2017 - Fieldwork at the University of Glasgow, Scotland in the Willett Lab at the Centre for Viral Research with collaborators Dr. Brian Willett, Dr. Sarah Cleaveland, and Dr. Will de Glanville. February 2017 - Attended the Graduate Women in Science Voices Conference. My CGSA Blog Post on this here. January 2017 - Mentor for Penn State's Expanding Your Horizons STEM Career Day for young women. My CGSA Blog Post on this here. January 2017 - Elected Co-Vice President of the CIDD Graduate Student Association. January 2017 - Fieldwork in Arusha, Tanzania - met with District Veterinary Officers for surveillance data collection. Presented my project at the PEHPL Summer School Session. Fall 2016 - Taught BIO 110 lab and served as an experimental intervention teaching section for Linguistics PhD candidate Seth King. Completed OL 2050 – Essentials of Online Teaching for Graduate Students Certificate Course (5 weeks). Attended Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence Workshops ("Handling Challenging Situations in the Classroom","Leading Effective Lab Sessions") and Professional Development Conference for Grad Students and Post Docs. Attended 2016 Bioinformatics and Genomics Retreat. Lastly, attended 'How to be Your Own Best Mentor' training with PSU PPEM department head Dr. Carolee Bull. June 2016 - Attended US Canadian Institutes Epidemiology Summer School: Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Disease Spread at Ohio State University's Mathematical Biosciences Institute. May-June 2016 - First fieldwork trip to Arusha, Tanzania. Met with Tanzanian collaborators at the Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology and governmental veterinary officials. Additionally met with collaborators from the University of Glasgow. April 2016 - Awarded NSF GRFP Honorable Mention. March 2016 - Attended the inaugural meeting of the VectorBiTE Research Coordination Network in Clearwater, Florida. Selected as facilitator of the Species Interactions and Transmission working group. January 2016 - Mentor for Penn State's Expanding Your Horizons STEM Career Day for young women. Fall 2015 - Started PhD training in Biology Department at Penn State University as Paul and Harriet Campbell Distinguished Graduate Fellow and receiving a Biology Department Braddock Award. Working at the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics with Ottar Bjornstad, Peter Hudson, Isabella Cattadori, Vivek Kapur on the Bill and Melinda Gates funded Program for Enhancing the Health and Productivity of Livestock. |
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