QLS Featured Seminar Series - Dr. Lydia Bourouiba

Transmission: from experiments to modeling

Lydia Bourouiba

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Transmission of pathogens from infected to non-infected members of a population  shape the outcome of an epidemic. Despite major efforts aimed at the mitigation of infectious diseases, the fundamental mechanisms of host-to-host pathogen transmission remain poorly understood for most infectious diseases. Drawing upon clinical data, controlled experiments, and mathematical modeling, I will discuss the dynamics of  transmission of various pathogens through the lens of fundamental fluid dynamics, in a range of public health and food safety systems.