I will be defending my dissertation titled:

Investigating Spatial Dynamics of Zoonoses between Animal and Human Populations: a One-Health Perspective 

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In preparation of my upcoming Preliminaries and Written Area Exams, I need to will myself to read as much as I can. The task, however, is long, arduous and pretty boring.

So to motivate myself to overcome this hurdle, I will incorporate something that I love and something that I’m...

Welcome to my Professional Site!

I am a newly minted PhD in the Department of Epidemiology, located at the University of Florida, in Gainesville, FL. I currently work for Dr. Jason Blackburn’s  Spatial Epidemiology & Ecology Research Laboratory (SEER Lab). An interdisciplinary laboratory jointly housed in the Emerging Pathogens Institute and...

(In Chronological Order)

Wijayabahu, A.T., Waugh, S., Ukhanova, M. and Mai, V., 2019. Dietary raisin intake has limited effect on gut microbiota composition in adult volunteers. Nutrition journal, 18(1), p.14. PMID: 30845997

Tagliamonte, M. S., Waugh, S., Prosperi, M., & Mai, V. (2019, September). An Integrated Approach for Efficient Multi-Omics...

My current primary research goal, at the University of Florida, is to develop and/or improve the accuracy of spatial public health databases in semi-developing and/or developed countries, through the integration of other large heterogeneous datasets. This will be done by creating health modeling programs and subroutines that will collect, compile...

The connections between diseases and illnesses and how they spread and transferred is why I became interested in the realm of medical geography. My overall curiosity of health and spatial interactions grew to include concentrations on disease ecology and epidemiology. Along with attending numerous speeches and discussions about specific diseases...

Check out my current CV and resumes, by following the links below!

My CV as of 4 December 2024

My Federal Resume as of 4 December 2024

I finally have to get this site off the ground, so I’ll get started by getting my first post under my belt.

My primary focus, regarding this site, will be the use of R in terms of my upcoming projects and...