Human Mobility People, Projects and Publications Working on Human Mobility People Kate Grabowski Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology Amy Wesolowski Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology Lauren Gardner Alton and Sandra Cleveland Professor, Department of Civil and Systems Engineering Sophie Berube Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Epidemiology Natalya Kostandova PhD Candidate, Department of Epidemiology Saki Takahashi Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology Seungwon Kim Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Medicine Projects Human Mobility Modeling Through this project, we aim to model human mobility patterns and understand how travel impacts the spatial and temporal dynamics of various infectious diseases. Malaria Genomics This work aims to understand the utility of malaria parasite genomics to understand patterns of connectivity and transmission particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Publications March 2022 Brief Report: Mobile Phones, Sexual Behaviors, and HIV Incidence in Rakai, Uganda, From 2010 to 2018 Kreniske P, et al. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Publication September 2021 Characterizing human mobility patterns in rural settings of sub-Saharan Africa Meredith HR, et al. Elife Publication August 2021 Trip duration drives shift in travel network structure with implications for the predictability of spatial disease spread Giles JR, et al. PLoS Comput Biol Publication March 2021 Reconstructing unseen transmission events to infer dengue dynamics from viral sequences Salje H, et al. Nat Commun Publication September 2020 The use of mobile phone data to inform analysis of COVID-19 pandemic epidemiology Grantz KH, et al. Nat Commun Publication February 2020 Migration, hotspots, and dispersal of HIV infection in Rakai, Uganda Kate Grabowski M, et al. Nat Commun Publication April 2019 Mapping imported malaria in Bangladesh using parasite genetic and human mobility data Chang HH, et al. Elife Publication April 2019 Using parasite genetic and human mobility data to infer local and cross-border malaria connectivity in Southern Africa Tessema S, et al. Publication February 2018 Prolonging herd immunity to cholera via vaccination: Accounting for human mobility and waning vaccine effects Peak CM, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis Publication View all research themes
Human Mobility Modeling Through this project, we aim to model human mobility patterns and understand how travel impacts the spatial and temporal dynamics of various infectious diseases.
Malaria Genomics This work aims to understand the utility of malaria parasite genomics to understand patterns of connectivity and transmission particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa.
March 2022 Brief Report: Mobile Phones, Sexual Behaviors, and HIV Incidence in Rakai, Uganda, From 2010 to 2018 Kreniske P, et al. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Publication
September 2021 Characterizing human mobility patterns in rural settings of sub-Saharan Africa Meredith HR, et al. Elife Publication
August 2021 Trip duration drives shift in travel network structure with implications for the predictability of spatial disease spread Giles JR, et al. PLoS Comput Biol Publication
March 2021 Reconstructing unseen transmission events to infer dengue dynamics from viral sequences Salje H, et al. Nat Commun Publication
September 2020 The use of mobile phone data to inform analysis of COVID-19 pandemic epidemiology Grantz KH, et al. Nat Commun Publication
February 2020 Migration, hotspots, and dispersal of HIV infection in Rakai, Uganda Kate Grabowski M, et al. Nat Commun Publication
April 2019 Mapping imported malaria in Bangladesh using parasite genetic and human mobility data Chang HH, et al. Elife Publication
April 2019 Using parasite genetic and human mobility data to infer local and cross-border malaria connectivity in Southern Africa Tessema S, et al. Publication
February 2018 Prolonging herd immunity to cholera via vaccination: Accounting for human mobility and waning vaccine effects Peak CM, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis Publication
