Ideas
Here are some project ideas that undergraduate students and junior graduate students might consider.
Epidemics
- Analyses of epidemic time series using basic mathematical models and comparing their dynamics across space and time. See analyses of Enterovirus D68, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and RSV. Also see the following tutorial.
- Theoretical explorations of the coupling between human behavior and epidemiology
- Theoretical explorations of relationship between climate, behavior, and disease
- Understanding the impact of COVID-19 interventions on epidemic dynamics. See the following work on pathogen resilience as a reference.
- Understanding the impact of stochasticity on epidemic dynamics and persistence. This project can take either theoretical or statistical approaches. See the following work on pathogen resilience as a reference.
Ecology
- Revisiting historical examples with modern quantitative tools