Dr. Talia Quandelacy is an assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Colorado School of Public Health. Her research aims to understand trends of infectious diseases over space and time, to develop forecast models of diseases, and to understand underlying biological mechanisms and mitigation strategies to reduce morbidity and mortality. Much of her work focuses on quantifying transmission dynamics of respiratory and mosquito-borne viral diseases.
Areas of Expertise
- Infectious disease epidemiology
- Infectious disease dynamics and analytics
- Respiratory viral diseases
- Arboviral diseases
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Global health security and policies
Education, Licensure & Certifications
- PhD, Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2017
- ScM, Epidemiology, Harvard University, 2013
- MPH, Global Health, Emory University, 2010
- BS, Biology and Community Health, Tufts University, 2007
Courses
- EPID 6657 Concepts and Methods of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Research
- Forecasting dengue in the Americas
- Seasonality and synchrony of dengue in the Americas
- Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2
- Impacts of COVID-19 on urban American Indian communities