Welcome to the Galvani Group

Our research focuses on integrating epidemiology and evolutionary ecology or economics in order to generate predictions that could not be made by these disciplines alone. This interdisciplinary approach has widespread potential for answering evolutionary questions, explaining empirical observations and informing public health policy. Professor Galvani has applied this approach to the study of HIV, influenza, HPV, SARS and helminth parasites.

Postdoctoral Position Available

Post-doctoral positions are available at Yale Medical School in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health to develop and analyze socioeconomic models of infectious disease epidemiology.

This position will require an independent and motivated individual who has published in epidemiology, population biology and/or economics. Mathematical and/or computational modeling skills are essential.

The salary will be at least according to NIH pay scale, commensurate with experience and expertise. Funding is available for three years.

Closing date: Open until filled.

To apply please send CV, brief statement of research interests and contact information for two academic references to .

News

  • November 2011
    Jennifer Gilbert passed her qualifying exam with distinction.
  • August 2011
    Meagan Fitzpatrick received the Lindsay Fellowship for Research in Africa to study Rabies in Tanzania.
  • March 2011
    Dr. Yoko Ibuka has taken a position as Assistant Professor at Hitotsubashi University School of International and Public Policy and Department of Economics.
  • February 2011
    Katherine Skene passed her qualifying exam.
  • December 2010
    Meagan Fitzpatrick passed her qualifying exam with distinction.
  • November 2010
    Dr. Martial Ndeffo and Dr. David Durham joined our group as Postdoctoral Associates.
  • 01 June 2010
    Dr. Kristina Talbert-Slagle and Dr. Katherine Atkins joined our group as Postdoctoral Associates. Jennifer Gilbert joined our group as a graduate student.
  • May 2010
    Dr. Alison Galvani was awarded tenure.
  • 2010
    Dr. Eunha Shim has taken a position as Assistant Professor in Epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Yonas Tekle has taken a position as Assistant Professor at Spelman College.
  • 01 September 2009
    Katherine Skene joined our group as a graduate student.
  • 05–08 July 2009
    Dr. Galvani, Dr. Davis and Dr. Porco organize a workshop at University of KwaZulu-Natal funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
  • 01 July 2009
    Dr. Eunha Shim was promoted to Associate Research Scientist.
  • July 2009
    Galvani Group organizes Infectious Disease Modeling (an international workshop for students of the biological sciences, medicine and public health) at the University of KwaZulu Natal in Durban, South Africa.
  • 01 June 2009
    Dr. Alison Galvani (PI) was funded with NIH MIDAS Grant on influenza and behavioral changes.
  • 01 June 2009
    Jennifer Gilbert joined our group as a Research Assistant.
  • 25 May 2009
    Sanjay Basu graduated with his MD and PhD. He will be completing his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.
  • 25 May 2009
    Paula Luz graduated with her PhD. She has taken a position at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • 06 May 2009
    Dr. Alison Galvani was promoted to Associate Professor.
  • January 2009
    Dr. Yonas Tekle joined our group as a Postdoctoral Associate.
  • August 2008
    Galvani Group alumnus Dr. Jan Medlock has taken a position as Assistant Professor in Mathematical Sciences at Clemson University.
  • 06 October 2008
    Dr. Stephen Davis joined our group as an Associate Research Scientist.
  • July 2008
    Dr. Yoko Ibuka joined our group as a Postdoctoral Associate.
  • 29 Mar 2008
    Dr. Eunha Shim's presentation at Biomath Days (University of Ottawa, Canada) was voted as the best talk contributed by postdocs and graduate students.
  • 2007
    Dr. Alison Galvani (PI) was funded with NIH R01 Grant on influenza vaccination.
  • 2007
    Dr. Alison Galvani (co-PI) was funded with NIH Grant on sleeping sickness.
  • 2007
    Dr. Braithwaite (PI) and Dr. Alison Galvani (co-PI) were funded with NIH Grant.
  • 13 August 2007
    Sanjay Basu passed his general exam with high distinction.
  • 01 June 2007
    Beth Kochin won the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department's William R. Belknap Prize for her senior thesis. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Biology at Emory University.
  • 01 June 2007
    Paula Luz passed her general exam with high distinction.
  • 01 June 2007
    Eric Poolman has taken a family-practice residency position at Ventura County Medical Center. He has since become Chief Resident.
  • 01 June 2007
    Galvani Group alumnus Tim Reluga has taken a position as Assistant Professor in Mathematics at Penn State University.
  • 18 May 2007
    Dave Thomas won the E.P.H. Dean's Award for best M.P.H. thesis. He has taken a position as Health Information Systems Software Development Manager with Partners in Health in Kigali, Rwanda.
  • 15 March 2007
    The Economist discusses Galvani, Reluga, & Chapman's PNAS article on influenza vaccination.
  • 07 September 2006
    New Scientist has a summary of Poolman & Galvani's article Evaluating candidate agents of selective pressure for cystic fibrosis.
  • 14 June 2006
    Elbasha & Galvani's article Vaccination against multiple HPV types is number 1 of the TOP25 Hottest Articles in Mathematical Biosciences.
  • 12 May 2006
    The MacMillan Center has chosen Prof. Galvani for a Director's Award.
  • 6 April 2006
    Prof. Galvani has been awarded a 2006 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship. She is the youngest recipient this year.
  • 1 February 2006
    A commentary in Heredity discusses the recent work of Novembre, Galvani, & Slatkin.
  • 19 October 2005
    Novembre, Galvani, & Slatkin's article The geographic spread of the CCR5-Δ32 HIV-resistance allele is a highlighted article in PLoS Biology.
  • 5 May 2005
    Prof. Galvani has received a Young Investigator's Prize from the American Society of Naturalists.
  • 7 April 2005
    Paula Luz will be joining our group as a graduate student in the fall as a Fulbright fellow.

    • Prof. Alison Galvani

    Prof. Alison Galvani

    Yale University
    School of Medicine
    Epidemiology and Public Health
    Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
    135 College Street
    Office Number 235
    P.O. Box 208034
    New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8034
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