ICM Seminar: Derek Cummings

Description

Derek Cummings, a visiting Johns Hopkins professor of epidemiology and biomedical engineering, will give a talk titled "Challenges in Infectious Disease Dynamics: highlighting work at Johns Hopkins Infectious Disease Dynamics" for the Institute for Computational Medicine.

Cummings created the Infectious Disease Dynamics group. His research focuses on understanding the transmission dynamics of various infectious diseases, including dengue, influenza, measles, hepatitis C, and chikungunya. He employs a combination of field studies and theoretical models to analyze disease spread and evaluate control strategies.