Hélène Cécilia

Hélène Cécilia is a mathematical modeler, primarily interested in the epidemiology and ecology of vector-borne and zoonotic diseases. After an engineering degree in bioinformatics and mathematical modeling, she worked on a model of tsetse fly population dynamics applied to Senegal. She then completed her PhD on Rift Valley fever virus transmission dynamics in livestock, also applied to Senegal. Her PhD received an award by the french Academy of Agriculture. She then worked as a postdoc in Kathryn Hanley's lab in New Mexico State University, focusing on transmission-clearance trade-offs in native and novel non-human primate hosts of dengue and Zika viruses. She's now a permanent researcher in BIOEPAR, working on multiscale modeling. To do so she mostly uses mechanistic modeling, at different scales: from countrywide risk mapping to within-host viral dynamics. She's also very keen on scientific outreach activities, and participated in Skype a Scientist, Soapbox Science, and Pint of Science, to name a few

Hélène can be contacted at her INRAE address: helene.cecilia@inrae.fr

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