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Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo, PhD

Associate Research Scientist in Biostatistics
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Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

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Associate Research Scientist in Biostatistics

Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

Biography

Dr. Alfaro-Murillo is an Associate Research Scientist in the department of Biostatics (Townsend Lab) & the Center for Infectious Disease Modeling and Analysis at the Yale School of Public Health. He grew up in Costa Rica and graduated with BSc degrees in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Costa Rica. He obtained an MSc in Statistics and a PhD in Mathematics at Purdue University, Indiana, US. His research is dedicated to mathematical modeling of cancer and infectious diseases, as well as economic evaluations of public policies. He is currently focused on modeling of antimicrobial resistance, cancer epistasis, cytomegalovirus and influenza, as well as collaborating with public health authorities in Latin America to determine optimal policies.

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Education & Training

Postdoctoral Associate
Yale School of Public Health (2014)
PhD
Purdue University (2013)
MSc
Purdue University (2013)
BSc
University of Costa Rica, Mathematics (2008)
BSc
University of Costa Rica, Economics (2006)

Research

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Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Cytomegalovirus; Cytomegalovirus Vaccines; Dengue Vaccines; Dengue Virus; Economics; Infectious Disease Medicine; Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; Influenza Vaccines; Influenza, Human; Mosquito Control; Pneumococcal Vaccines; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Research at a Glance

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Frequent collaborators of Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo's published research.

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