Topic “Disease modeling”
Faculty , Staff and Collaborators
Sally Blower, PhD, is the Director of the Mathematical Biology Research Group, and a Professor in the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California at L
Center for Biomedical Modeling
The Center for Biomedical Modeling is directed by Professor Sally Blower at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Research in our group focuses on designing mathematical models that reflect the transmission dynamics of a variety of infectious diseases. We mainly focus on HIV, but also work on syphilis, genital herpes, smallpox, MRSA, tuberculosis, leprosy, trachoma, and influenza. We use our models to address urgent public health problems in both resource-rich and resource-constrained countries.
Currently, we are developing models to predict the emergence and transmission of drug-resistant strains of HIV in the US, Europe and Africa. In addition, we are developing a new interdisciplinary science that enables ethical principles to be quantified and explicitly incorporated into public health decision-making. To develop this science we are fusing the quantitative field of operations research with the qualitative field of ethics. We are using this interdisciplinary approach to design effective, ethical and optimal implementation strategies for the rollout of HIV treatment in Africa.
We collaborate with researchers in the US, South Africa, Botswana, the Netherlands, France and Denmark.
Center for Community Health
The mission of the UCLA Semel Institute Center for Community Health (CCH) is to advance the understanding of and to improve the health, development, and quality of life for children and adults in high-risk situations. Our vision is to conduct research that informs public policy for improving the welfare of children and adults in high-risk situations. To increase society's acceptance of marginalized persons. CCH conducts research that crosses three significant areas impacting children and adults in high-risk situations: HIV, mental health, and chronic illness. CCH projects aim to develop and test interventions that support health promotion and to identify and describe health disparities that exist across different communities. The work conducted at CCH benefits from a multidisciplinary approach provided by a diverse mix of investigators from clinical psychology, biostatistics, psychiatry, sociology, social work, public policy, epidemiology, urban planning, and educational psychology.
UCLA Center for Community Health
10920 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 350
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Telephone: (310) 794-8278
Fax: (310) 794-8297
