Vicki Brown

Email:	vlbrown 'at' umich 'dot' edu
Phone:	(734) 615-4646
Office:	323 West Hall

Current Status:	Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Research Interests:	My research interests centre on modelling infectious diseases, using a variety of mathematical modelling techniques. I'm interested in both human and wildlife pathogens, having studied both human papillomaviruses and avian influenza in wild bird populations. Understanding the capability of a particular pathogen to spread through a population can inform control techniques and allow us to better manage these diseases.

News:	U-M Press release on Biology Letters article Science Daily piece about Biology Letters article

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Brown, V.L., Drake, J.M., Stallknecht, D.E., Brown, J.D., Pedersen, K. and Rohani, P. (2013) "Dissecting a wildlife disease hotspot: the impact of multiple host species, environmental transmission and seasonality in migration, breeding and mortality". J R Soc Interface, 10. DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0804
Brown, V.L. and Rohani, P. (2012) "The consequences of climate change at an avian influenza `hotspot'". Biology Letters, 8, 1036-1039. DOI:10.1098/rsbl.2012.0635
Allen, L.J.S., Brown, V.L., Jonsson, C.B., Klein, S.L., Laverty, S.M., Magwedere, K., Owen, J.C. and van den Driessche, P. (2012) "Mathematical Modeling of Viral Zoonoses in Wildlife". Natural Resource Modeling 25(1), 5-51. DOI:10.1111/j.1939-7445.2011.00104.x
Brown, V.L. and White, K.A.J (2011) "The role of optimal control in assessing the most cost-effective implementation of a vaccination programme: HPV as a case study.". Mathematical Biosciences. 231(2), 126-134. DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2011.02.009. Faculty of 1000 Biology, 26 September 2011, F1000.com/13293994. pdf
Brown, V.L. and White, K.A.J (2010) "The HPV vaccination strategy: could male vaccination have a signiﬁcant impact?". Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine. 11(3), 223-237. DOI: 10.1080/17486700903486613 pdf

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Latest update: August 31st, 2012