{"id":11,"date":"2018-04-18T20:51:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T20:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/myportfolio\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2023-07-10T16:45:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T16:45:48","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/twitski\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-144\" src=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/twitski\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7411\/2022\/10\/5C59F32F-DD4B-47F4-92B3-EE126E94CC93_4_5005_c-264x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/twitski\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7411\/2022\/10\/5C59F32F-DD4B-47F4-92B3-EE126E94CC93_4_5005_c-264x300.jpeg 264w, https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/twitski\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7411\/2022\/10\/5C59F32F-DD4B-47F4-92B3-EE126E94CC93_4_5005_c-230x261.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/twitski\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7411\/2022\/10\/5C59F32F-DD4B-47F4-92B3-EE126E94CC93_4_5005_c.jpeg 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Welcome! I am a 2nd year master&#8217;s student in Applied Mathematics at the University of Victoria. I am co-supervised by Dr. Junling Ma and Dr. Pauline van den Driessche.<\/p>\n<p>I also hold a Master&#8217;s degree in Public Health (MPH) from the University of Waterloo (2015) and a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology from the University of Victoria (2008).<\/p>\n<p>My research is focused on infectious disease modelling, particularly with respect to examining the impacts of (1) control measures and (2) behaviours on disease transmission in populations. I also plan to apply a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/health-topics\/social-determinants-of-health#tab=tab_1\">social determinants of health (SDOH)<\/a>-related lens to this work.<\/p>\n<p>I enjoy travelling, baking, reading, and gardening. My days are intensely monitored by my cat, Ruby &#8211; she is pleased to approve this webpage.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to reach out! 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