EPI 6336 Webinar Series - Modelling of Infectious Diseases

Dr. Zulma M. Cucunubá is an Assistant Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia, and an Honorary Lecturer at the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis at Imperial College London. She holds a medical degree, a master's in public health, and a PhD in infectious disease epidemiology, with postdoctoral training at the Vaccine Impact Modelling Consortium and the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis at Imperial College London, UK.

Dr. Cucunubá's research focuses on using statistical and mathematical models to understand the spread of infectious diseases and assess the impact of interventions, particularly in Latin America. Her work spans a range of infectious diseases, including COVID-19, vector-borne diseases such as Chagas, malaria, dengue, chikungunya, Zika, emerging pathogens, and vaccine-preventable infections. Her research has been instrumental in informing decision-making processes across the Latin American region.

As a co-leader of the Epiverse TRACE-LAC initiative, Dr. Cucunubá is dedicated to developing open-source software, conducting analytics, and delivering training programs to support public health responses to crises. She has made significant contributions to the development and validation of models for various vector-borne and vaccine-preventable diseases.

Dr. Cucunubá is also actively engaged in global health initiatives, collaborating with organizations such as the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the World Health Organization (WHO), and global modeling consortia, including the Vaccine Impact Modeling Consortium (VIMC) and the NTD Modelling Consortium (NTD-MC). She is a member of the Lancet Commission for Strengthening Modelling and the WHO Pandemic Hub Collaboratory Technical Advisory Group (CTAG).

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