Katia Koelle, Assistant Professor
Education:
PhD, University of Michigan, 2005
BS, Stanford University, 1997
Office Location: BioSci: 258
Office Phone: (919) 660-9457
Email Address: katia.koelle@duke.edu
Web Page: http://www.biology.duke.edu/koellelab/
Specialties:
Ecology and Population Biology
Evolution
Research Categories: Theoretical biology; ecology and evolution of infectious diseases
Research Description: My research focuses on the ecology and evolution of infectious diseases. I use a combination of mathematical and statistical approaches to understand the processes driving the outbreak dynamics of pathogens. These processes include extrinsic factors, such as climate variability, and intrinsic factors, such as immune escape. Current projects focus on rapidly-evolving viral pathogens, including influenza and dengue.
Recent Publications (More Publications) (search)
- M. Pascual, B. Cazelles, M. Bouma, L. Chaves, K. Koelle, Shifting patterns: malaria dynamics and rainfall variability in an African highland, Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, Biological Sciences, vol. 275 (2008), pp. 123-132 .
- S. Cobey, K. Koelle, Capturing escape in infectious disease dynamics, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 23 no. 10 (2008), pp. 572-577 .
- Y. Nagao, K. Koelle, Decreases in dengue transmission may act to increase the incidence of dengue hemorrhagic fever, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 105 no. 6 (2008), pp. 2238-2243 .
- B. Finkelman, C. Viboud, K. Koelle, M. Ferrari, N. Bharti, B. Grenfell, Global Patterns in Seasonal Activity of Influenza A/H3N2, A/H1N1, and B from 1997 to 2005: Viral Coexistence and Latitudinal Gradients, PLoS One, vol. 2 no. 12 (2007), pp. e1296 .
- K. Koelle, S. Cobey, B. Grenfell, M. Pascual, Epochal evolution shapes the phylodynamics of interpandemic influenza A (H3N2) in humans, Science, vol. 314 (2006), pp. 1898-1903 .
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