EpiModel Research Lab
The EpiModel Research Lab at Emory University is made up of graduate students, staff, and postdoctoral fellows dedicated to the development and application of advanced methods in infectious disease epidemiology, mathematical modeling, and network science for public health.
Current Members
- Adrien Le Guillou, MD, Postdoctoral Fellow (2019–present)
- Dehao (Billy) Chen, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow (2023–2026)
- Jonathan Ackleh-Tingle, PhD Student (2022–2026)
- Bevin Manuelpillai, PhD Student (2025–present)
- Bianca Jameau, MPH Student (2025–2026)
- Attiya Abdul Wahab, MPH Student (2025–2026)
- Eduardo Monarrez, PhD Student (Secondary Mentor) (2025–present)
Recent Alumni
- Christina Chandra, PhD, PhD Student (2020–2025)
- Udodirim Onwubiko, PhD, PhD Student (2021–2024)
- Laura Mann, PhD, PhD Student (2018–2023)
- Emeli Anderson, PhD, PhD Student (2017–2022)
- Kevin Maloney, PhD, PhD Student (2018–2021)
- Maria Garcia Quesada, PhD Student (RA, Secondary) (2022–2024)
- Enoch Chen, PhD Student (Committee) (2020–2023)
- Karina Wallrafen-Sam, MPH Student (2022–2023)
- Benjamin Goldberg, MPH Student (2022–2023)
- Isaac Schneider, MPH Student (2022–2023)
- Ifeyinwa Ejisoby-Nwosu, MPH Student (RA) (2024–2025)
- Neha Mokashi, MPH Student (RA) (2023–2024)
- Baylor Fain, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow (2024–2025)
Earlier trainees
Past graduate students and research assistants who contributed to the lab:
- Jeb Jones, PhD (2016–2017)
- Romana Fetherolf, MPH (2016–2017)
- Johana Bardales, PhD (2016–2018)
- Maraia Tremarelli, MPH (2016–2017)
- Kristin Nelson, PhD (2016–2018)
- Kyndall White, MPH (2017–2018)
- Bonnie Gale, MPH (2017–2018)
- Caleb Ebert, MPH (2017–2018)
- Stephen Uong, MPH (2017–2018)
- Farah Ahmed, MPH (2017–2018)
- Pragati Prasad, MPH (2017–2019)
- Ramya Ramaraju, MPH (2018–2019)
- Yuan Zhao, MPH (2018–2019)
- Connor Van Meter, MPH (2018–2020)
- Jordan Johnson (2019–2020)
- Ann Shen, MPH (2020–2021)
- Shiyun Qin, MPH (2020–2021)
- Kathryn Krupinsky, MPH (2020–2022)
- Kristin Harrington (2020–2022)
- Jason Gantenberg (2019–2021)
- Supriya Sarkar (2018–2021)
- Carol Liu (2022–2024)
Affiliated Faculty
The EpiModel Research Lab maintains collaborations with academic faculty at Emory and across the world. Primary collaborators on current infectious disease modeling projects:
Emory University
- Benjamin Lopman, Professor, Department of Epidemiology
- Kristin Nelson, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology
- Allison Chamberlain, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology
- Patrick Sullivan, Professor, Department of Epidemiology
- Aaron Siegler, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology
- Jeb Jones, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Other Institutions
- Steven Goodreau, Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington
- Martina Morris, Professor Emerita, Sociology & Statistics, University of Washington
- Eva Enns, Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota
- Julia Marcus, Associate Professor, Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School
- Michelle Birkett, Associate Professor, Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University
- Patrick Janulis, Associate Professor, Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University