Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Experienced epidemiologist, global health expert (12 years experience) and quantitative disease ecologist (6 years experience). Expert at collecting, managing, and analyzing complex scientific data sets and integrating parallel data streams to uncover insights and visualize results. Experience working in theory and testing models against data, data collection and analysis, study design, and working in both human and animal systems domestically and abroad (Egypt, Zambia, Tanzania, Ethiopia, India). Demonstrated expertise in managing complex projects involving coordination with international organizations, government partners, and non-governmental organizations across borders. Extensive experience in communicating science to federal and international agencies, academic audiences, and the public. https://catherineherzog.weebly.com/ Huck: https://www.huck.psu.edu/people/catherine-herzog PEHPL: https://www.pehpl.com/catherine-herzog Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BrQixIwAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra ResearchGate: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Catherine_Herzog
Data Scientist at the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics, Predict Division
Webb Lab. Co-PI on USDA CoOp investigating multiple hosts of Cattle Fever Ticks in South Texas. I also work on developing and/or using statistical and mathematical models of domestic livestock (cattle and swine) movement networks, wildlife movement networks (avian influenza), and vector-borne disease research, including collaborations with the USDA and involvement in the VectorBiTE research coordination network. I continue disease ecology modeling and experimental work on peste des petits ruminants virus in sheep, goats, and cattle in East Africa.
Kapur Lab. Work on various interdisciplinary global health projects, primarily on zoonotic and animal health diseases such as Newcastle disease virus, SARS-COV-2, bovine and zoonotic tuberculosis, brucellosis, and anthrax. Provide epidemiology, statistical, and disease ecology expertise to study design and data analysis for these projects as needed. Current main project: Three species peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) transmission trial among cattle, goats, and sheep to answer the question "do cattle transmit PPRV to small ruminants?". Animal and lab work is carried out at the National Animal Health Diagnostic Investigation Center (NAHDIC), Sebeta, Ethiopia, in collaborations with the University of Edinburgh and the Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology. Involved in all aspects of study design, funding and research board approval applications and reports, project management and design, fieldwork visits, and analysis.
PhD Candidate Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics Dissertation research using cross-sectional sero-surveillance data to investigate epidemiological dynamics and ecological characteristics of peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) in multi-host domestic livestock systems of sheep, goats, and cattle in northern Tanzania. Published descriptive epidemiology, statistical and mathematical modeling of risk factors and transmission parameters of interest and developed a multi-species compartmental model. Experience in applying for research ethical approval (IACUC), professional written and oral communication across international borders including influencing and negotiating study design (USA, Tanzania, UK), laboratory experience testing > 7,500 serum samples by competitive ELISA test in UK, developing a professional website to communicate about the program www.pehpl.com, demonstrated excellent professional and oral communication by presenting over 6 oral presentations and 7 posters at national and international conferences.
Ecological Problem Solving (Bio 419) Attended all lectures and actively assisted students during weekly lab practical sections to develop and run individual, population, and community models to solve ecological problems. Prepared and presented lecture on compartmental disease models, graded weekly lab homeworks (2x/week), and held weekly office hours.
Introductory Biology Lab (Bio 110) Led weekly lab sections and experiments, prepared and presented PowerPoint mini-lectures, graded weekly homework, and held weekly office hours. Collaborated with a linguistics PhD student to film and audio record each lab session (students and instructor) to study science communication in undergraduate lab classrooms and design an intervention including increased graphical representation of scientific concepts.
Select projects included: (1) retrospective cohort study using survival analysis of maternal antidepressant use and autism spectrum diagnosis in children by age 5; (2) generation of comorbidity metrics (Charlson, Elixhauser, and Gagne scores) and mortality datasets used in high level Department of Defense reports including national review of the Military Health System; (3) Tri-service standardized health care operational metric development, meeting documentation and facilitation.