Arbovirus Dynamics in a Changing World

The past decade has seen the global expansion of chikungunya and Zika viruses as well as the largest dengue epidemics ever reported.

The talk will address some of the key drivers of this increase, analytical tools to assess risk, and key questions to better understand the future dynamics and long-term contral startegies.

Michael Johansson is a research professor at the Northeastern University Bouvé College of Health Sciences and the Network Science Institute, adjunct lecturer at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, and affiliated researcher at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division of Vector-Borne Diseases. He uses statistical and mathematical modeling to investigate the dynamics and drivers of infectious disease spread with a focus on research to improve surveillance, prevention, and control for endemic, epidemic, and emerging pathogens.