Michael E. DeWitt
Applied statistician and infectious disease epidemiologist at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
I study the detection, surveillance, and dynamics of new and emerging infectious diseases using mathematical and statistical models to improve public health decision-making.
My work focuses on the geospatial components of infectious diseases — the role of climate change, mobility patterns, contact structure evolution, and pathogen evolution — as well as delay distributions, infection ascertainment, and rapid modeling to inform public health response.
My research is or has been supported by funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Department of Defense, and The Duke Endowment.