Cole Brookson, MSc

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Biography

Cole is a computational biologist with a background in ecology & evolutionary biology of infectious disease. They completed their MSc at the University of Alberta, and their undergraduate education at the University of Toronto. He works at the intersection of disease forecasting and climate epidemiology, and is particularly interested in developing methods to detecting the signal of climate change in patterns of infection, including outbreaks and case data.

Last Updated on October 25, 2024.

Education & Training

MSc: University of Alberta, Ecology (2023)

BSc (Hon): University of Toronto, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (2019)

Research

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Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Cole Brookson's published research.

Colin J. Carlson, PhD
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Hailey Robertson
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Cecilia A. Sánchez, PhD
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Publications

2025

A minimum data standard for wildlife disease research and surveillance
Schwantes C, Sánchez C, Stevens T, Zimmerman R, Albery G, Becker D, Brookson C, Kading R, Keiser C, Khandelwal S, Kramer-Schadt S, Krut-Landau R, McKee C, Montecino-Latorre D, O’Donoghue Z, Olson S, O’Shea M, Poisot T, Robertson H, Ryan S, Seifert S, Simons D, Vicente-Santos A, Wood C, Graeden E, Carlson C. A minimum data standard for wildlife disease research and surveillance. Scientific Data 2025, 12: 1054. PMID: 40544158, PMCID: PMC12182584, DOI: 10.1038/s41597-025-05332-x.
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Ten quick tips to build a Model Life Cycle
Poisot T, Becker D, Brookson C, Graeden E, Ryan S, Turon G, Carlson C. Ten quick tips to build a Model Life Cycle. PLOS Computational Biology 2025, 21: e1012731. PMID: 39899593, PMCID: PMC11790144, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012731.
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Pathogens and planetary change
Carlson C, Brookson C, Becker D, Cummings C, Gibb R, Halliday F, Heckley A, Huang Z, Lavelle T, Robertson H, Vicente-Santos A, Weets C, Poisot T. Pathogens and planetary change. Nature Reviews Biodiversity 2025, 1: 32-49. PMID: 41789152, PMCID: PMC7618822, DOI: 10.1038/s44358-024-00005-w.
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2024

The Pelagic Species Trait Database, an open data resource to support trait-based ocean research
Gleiber M, Hardy N, Roote Z, Krug-MacLeod A, Morganson C, Tandy Z, George I, Matuch C, Brookson C, Daly E, Portner E, Choy C, Crowder L, Green S. The Pelagic Species Trait Database, an open data resource to support trait-based ocean research. Scientific Data 2024, 11: 2. PMID: 38216562, PMCID: PMC10786825, DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02689-9.
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2023

Not just for programmers: How GitHub can accelerate collaborative and reproducible research in ecology and evolution
Braga P, Hébert K, Hudgins E, Scott E, Edwards B, Reyes L, Grainger M, Foroughirad V, Hillemann F, Binley A, Brookson C, Gaynor K, Sabet S, Güncan A, Weierbach H, Gomes D, Crystal‐Ornelas R. Not just for programmers: How GitHub can accelerate collaborative and reproducible research in ecology and evolution. Methods In Ecology And Evolution 2023, 14: 1364-1380. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.14108.
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2022

The power of forecasts to advance ecological theory
Lewis A, Rollinson C, Allyn A, Ashander J, Brodie S, Brookson C, Collins E, Dietze M, Gallinat A, Juvigny‐Khenafou N, Koren G, McGlinn D, Moustahfid H, Peters J, Record N, Robbins C, Tonkin J, Wardle G. The power of forecasts to advance ecological theory. Methods In Ecology And Evolution 2022, 14: 746-756. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.13955.
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Trait-based approaches to global change ecology: moving from description to prediction
Green S, Brookson C, Hardy N, Crowder L. Trait-based approaches to global change ecology: moving from description to prediction. Proceedings Of The Royal Society B 2022, 289: 20220071. PMID: 35291837, PMCID: PMC8924753, DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.0071.
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2021

Bridging the divide between ecological forecasts and environmental decision making
Bodner K, Firkowski C, Bennett J, Brookson C, Dietze M, Green S, Hughes J, Kerr J, Kunegel‐Lion M, Leroux S, McIntire E, Molnár P, Simpkins C, Tekwa E, Watts A, Fortin M. Bridging the divide between ecological forecasts and environmental decision making. Ecosphere 2021, 12 DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3869.
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Trait‐based vulnerability reveals hotspots of potential impact for a global marine invader
Linardich C, Brookson C, Green S. Trait‐based vulnerability reveals hotspots of potential impact for a global marine invader. Global Change Biology 2021, 27: 4322-4338. PMID: 34091996, DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15732.
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2020

Differential infestation of juvenile Pacific salmon by parasitic sea lice in British Columbia, Canada
Brookson C, Krkošek M, Hunt B, Johnson B, Rogers L, Godwin S. Differential infestation of juvenile Pacific salmon by parasitic sea lice in British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Journal Of Fisheries And Aquatic Sciences 2020, 77: 1960-1968. DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2020-0160.
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ORCID
0000-0003-1237-4096
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Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

Honors

honor
Postgraduate Scholarship – Doctoral
09/01/2023International AwardNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Biography

Education & Training

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Colin J. Carlson, PhD

Hailey Robertson

Cecilia A. Sánchez, PhD