About
Kristin Nelson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health. Her research focuses on respiratory infections, particularly tuberculosis and COVID-19, utilizing dynamic modeling, causal inference, and pathogen genomics to understand transmission patterns and intervention impacts.
- Education: BS (University of Arizona), MPH (Emory University), PhD (Emory University)
Her work prioritizes reducing the global burden of respiratory infections through:
- Quantitative analysis of disease transmission networks
- Vaccine efficacy and demand creation strategies
- Causal inference methods for intervention evaluation
- Genomic epidemiology of drug-resistant pathogens
- Public health response modeling
- Global health equity in low-resource settings
Dr. Nelson's recent research trends include:
- Modeling post-vaccination contact behavior changes (2025)
- Comparative social mixing analysis in rural/urban Mozambique (2025)
- Workforce transmission dynamics during pandemics (2023-2022)
- Drug-resistant TB transmission networks in South Africa (2023-2017)
- Home testing accessibility and serological surveillance (2023)
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