Johnny Uelmen
Assistant Director, Triangle Center for Evolutionary Medicine (TriCEM), Duke University
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Bio
Dr. Johnny Uelmen is the Assistant Director of the Triangle Center for Evolutionary Medicine (TriCEM). He is an eco-epidemiologist interested in the ecology and evolution of zoonotic infectious diseases. His research interests seek to understand how pathogens survive (and thrive) in a given disease system, using techniques and methods across multiple scientific disciplines to find solutions. Dr. Uelmen uses methods in geospatial and longitudinal analyses, as well as machine learning and artificial intelligence to create risk models and maps. As the Assistant Director of TriCEM, his research experiences align strongly, collaborating with colleagues not only in Public Health, Epidemiology, GIS, and Entomology, but also in Chemistry, Physics, both Veterinary and Human Medicine, and Informatics.