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First of all: about me and my background! I am an alumna of @IowaStateU (Genetics, 2007) and worked in genetics and microbiology research @ISUVetMed We looked at the spread of Campylobacter jejuni 
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…and in the environment https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌳" title="Deciduous tree" aria-label="Emoji: Deciduous tree">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐦" title="Bird" aria-label="Emoji: Bird">: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378113511006663">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a... to understand how strains move between farms and why some strains cause more harm than others 2/10
After all the lab https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧫" title="Petri dish" aria-label="Emoji: Petri dish">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧪" title="Test tube" aria-label="Emoji: Test tube">work, I got interested in #publichealth and went to grad school! @UofUHealth (MPH, 2013) I studied influenza transmission in schoolchildren and decided to pursue a #PhD in #epidemiology @UWMadison (https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👩🔬" title="Woman scientist" aria-label="Emoji: Woman scientist"> became https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👩💻" title="Woman technologist" aria-label="Emoji: Woman technologist">) 3/10
With @jonathanpatz and colleagues at @UWPopHealthSci , I studied how #climate and #environment shape #dengue seasonality in rural Ecuador: https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0007360">https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/... 4/10
With support from @UWGlobalHealth and @AndeanHealth, I also collected field data on climate https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌧️" title="Cloud with rain" aria-label="Emoji: Cloud with rain">, environment https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌿" title="Herb" aria-label="Emoji: Herb">, and mosquito abundance https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🦟" title="Mosquito" aria-label="Emoji: Mosquito">, to see if we could predict small-scale mosquito habitats/climate using #machinelearning (this is where coding became really important!) 5/10
There was a lot of #data to organize, manage, and clean before analysis and building models! My #coding skills were pretty rudimentary at the start (more on that tomorrow!) but improved a lot over this time period 6/10
After graduation, I started my joint #postdoc with @UpstateNews and @UFGeog. I’ve mostly been based at our field site in Machala (banana https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🍌" title="Banana" aria-label="Emoji: Banana"> capitol), Ecuador https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇪🇨" title="Flag of Ecuador" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Ecuador">, running studies on climate, environment, mosquitoes, dengue, respiratory disease, and ticks, among others! 7/10
Our site has hosted lots of collaborators and students through the SUNY Upstate Institute for Global Health: https://upstateglobalhealth.org/international-research/">https://upstateglobalhealth.org/internati... and we do lots of outreach with local collaborators ( #rstats en español, anyone?) 8/10
I’ve been lucky to partner with my mentors @SadieRyan and @DrAnnaStewart to examine vectorborne disease in Ecuador https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-020-3930-9
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As you can see, my research includes lots of data types and sources, #scicomm, coding, teaching, cleaning, and I’ve had a circuitous route while building all of these skills! I’m hoping to share more about this all week and I’m looking forward to hearing from all of you! 10/10
