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Rafael Lopes, PhD

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Postdoctoral Associate

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Rafael Lopes, PhD

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Biography

Dr. Rafael Lopes is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Epidemiology
of Microbial Diseases at the Yale School of Public Health. He develops computational models to understand, as well as predict, the ecological succession of variants of SARS-CoV-2 and its burdens for infections, hospitalizations, and deaths. Through data analysis of genomic sequence data and epidemiological data, he aims to quantify the impacts of these arms race processes and their impacts
on public health.

Education & Training

  • PhD
    São Paulo State University, Institute for Theoretical Physics (2022)
  • MSc
    São Paulo State University, Institute for Theoretical Physics
  • BSc
    University of Campinas, Institute of Physics "Gleb Wataghin"

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