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Ells is pursuing a PhD at the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State (Salathé Group). His research interests focus on the public health impacts of health behaviors that spread from person-to-person.  
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Ells is also interested in leveraging interactive media for citizen science and general scientific outreach. To accompany his home institution's Coursera MOOC on Epidemics, he developed Vax, an interactive game about epidemic prevention. http://vax.herokuapp.com
'''I'm a PhD Candidate in the [http://cidd.psu.edu Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics] at Penn State [http://salathegroup.com (Salathé Group)]. In August, I start work as an [http://orise.orau.gov/cdc/ ORISE Fellow]  at the [http://cdc.gov CDC] in Atlanta, GA. [mailto:ells.cubed@gmail.com Contact]. I'm staying in Calliope 10A.'''
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=====Research=====
* Digital epidemiology [http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pcbi.1002616]
* Evolution of antibiotic resistance and optimal antibiotic-use strategies [http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0086971]
* Public health impacts of health behaviors that spread from person-to-person (social contagion) [http://www.nature.com/srep/2013/130528/srep01905/full/srep01905.html]
** Optimal vaccination strategies when susceptibility is clustered on a network
* Infectious disease management by improved ventilation when increased vaccination coverage is not feasible
 
=====Academic Interests=====
*Open Source & Open-Access ''without exception'' [http://github.com/ells (GitHub)]
*Leveraging interactive media for scientific outreach and citizen science
**Developed a browser-based game about epidemic prevention called [http://vax.herokuapp.com Vax]
**TA for Coursera MOOC on [http://coursera.org/course/epidemics Epidemics]
 
=====Education=====
* BS in Human Biology from UC San Diego in 2009
* MS in Biology from UC San Diego in 2011
* PhD ongoing at Penn State / CDC (expected 2016)
 
=====CSSS=====
''My interests are extremely broad so I'm open to anything but partial to infectious disease dynamics. Like all of you I am here to explore, network, cultivate new skills, and step outside my comfort zone. I've listed topics & skills that might be relevant to CSSS projects.''
 
* Infectious disease dynamics
* Evolutionary theory w/ specific experience in antibiotic resistance tradeoffs
* Social contagion processes (simple, complex & dynamic adoption)
* Network construction, manipulation and analysis
* Agent-based simulations in Java & Python
* Mass Action PopGen models in MatLab
* Data Visualization in D3.js, Gephi & ggplot2
* Data Analysis via Python & R w/ exposure to PostgreSQL
* Web Development in Ruby on Rails, Javascript & CSS
 
=====Hobbies=====
* Video games (more than I'd like to admit)
** steam: [http://steamcommunity.com/id/ellscubed/ ellscubed]
* GeoPolitics
* Hiking/Camping (when whether permits)
* Poker (Texas Hold'em)
* Billiards (8-ball & 9-ball)
* Trees & Pineapples and such

Latest revision as of 03:52, 10 June 2014

Complex Systems Summer School 2014

I'm a PhD Candidate in the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State (Salathé Group). In August, I start work as an ORISE Fellow at the CDC in Atlanta, GA. Contact. I'm staying in Calliope 10A.

Research
  • Digital epidemiology [1]
  • Evolution of antibiotic resistance and optimal antibiotic-use strategies [2]
  • Public health impacts of health behaviors that spread from person-to-person (social contagion) [3]
    • Optimal vaccination strategies when susceptibility is clustered on a network
  • Infectious disease management by improved ventilation when increased vaccination coverage is not feasible
Academic Interests
  • Open Source & Open-Access without exception (GitHub)
  • Leveraging interactive media for scientific outreach and citizen science
    • Developed a browser-based game about epidemic prevention called Vax
    • TA for Coursera MOOC on Epidemics
Education
  • BS in Human Biology from UC San Diego in 2009
  • MS in Biology from UC San Diego in 2011
  • PhD ongoing at Penn State / CDC (expected 2016)
CSSS

My interests are extremely broad so I'm open to anything but partial to infectious disease dynamics. Like all of you I am here to explore, network, cultivate new skills, and step outside my comfort zone. I've listed topics & skills that might be relevant to CSSS projects.

  • Infectious disease dynamics
  • Evolutionary theory w/ specific experience in antibiotic resistance tradeoffs
  • Social contagion processes (simple, complex & dynamic adoption)
  • Network construction, manipulation and analysis
  • Agent-based simulations in Java & Python
  • Mass Action PopGen models in MatLab
  • Data Visualization in D3.js, Gephi & ggplot2
  • Data Analysis via Python & R w/ exposure to PostgreSQL
  • Web Development in Ruby on Rails, Javascript & CSS
Hobbies
  • Video games (more than I'd like to admit)
  • GeoPolitics
  • Hiking/Camping (when whether permits)
  • Poker (Texas Hold'em)
  • Billiards (8-ball & 9-ball)
  • Trees & Pineapples and such
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