Riley Mummah

Title

PhD student
UCLA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Education

Master of Applied Statistics, Penn State University
B.S. Biology (Honors), Penn State University
B.S. Statistics, Penn State University
B.S. Mathematics, Penn State University

Office

4000 Terasaki Life Sciences Building
(310) 206-8203

Email

rom5173@ucla.edu

I am broadly interested in the intersection of statistical, mathematical, genetic, epidemiological, and ecological methodologies and theories in infectious disease. I focus my research on the dynamics of a novel Leptospira infection in Channel Island foxes.

My current research questions include: 1) How did Leptospira enter the fox population? 2) How did intrinsic and extrinsic factors affect Leptospira exposure risk? 3) How did spatial and environmental factors drove Leptospira transmission across the island?

Shou-Li Li, Ottar Bjornstad, Matthew Ferrari, Riley Mummah, Michael C. Runge, Chris Fonnesbeck, Michael J. Tildesley, William J.M. Probert, Katriona Shea, Essential information: Uncertainty and optimal control of Ebola outbreaks. PNAS. 2017.