Joaquin Prada

Bio

Dr Joaquin Prada is mathematical modeller, with a background in industrial engineering, working in epidemiology to inform public health interventions. His research is highly multidisciplinary, combining mathematics, statistics, computer science, biology, economics, and social sciences. His primary focus is to inform surveillance, control, and elimination strategies for infectious diseases, particularly zoonosis and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). Across these topic, his research group has developed stochastic population- and individual-based mathematical models of disease transmission, using Bayesian statistical approaches for their calibration and exploring the use of machine-learning approaches and optimization algorithms, and integration with other disciplines. This has led to very fruitful international collaborations across Europe, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, South-East Asia, and the US.