Optimal Control Strategies

Overview

We develop and analyze optimal control strategies for infectious disease, public health, and One Health systems. Our work balances epidemiological impact, operational constraints, and uncertainty to inform effective and realistic intervention policies.

Research Focus

  • Mathematical optimal control of infectious disease models
  • Evaluation of prevention, surveillance, and compliance strategies
  • Tradeoff analysis under uncertainty
  • One Health and eco-epidemiological control frameworks

Selected Publications

  • Assessing the impact of biosecurity compliance on farmworker and livestock health within a One Health modeling framework
    One Health (2025)
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  • Bayesian inference of nosocomial MRSA transmission rates in an urban safety-net hospital
    Journal of Hospital Infection (2025)
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Research Funding

  • National Science Foundation (NSF)
    Enhancing Mathematical Models to Investigate Climate Change Influences on Zoonotic Spillover
    Award #2325267
    NSF Award Page