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Elissa Schwartz is a Professor with tenure-track appointments at the School of Biological Sciences and the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at Washington State University (WSU). Her research focuses on virology, immunology, and infectious disease epidemiology, employing mathematical and computational models to understand viral dynamics and immune responses. She holds a B.A. in Mathematics from UC Berkeley and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from Mount Sinai-NYU.
Dr. Schwartz's work includes examining lentiviral infections like HIV and equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV), with a long-term goal of developing effective vaccine strategies. She has contributed to studies on vaccine hesitancy, pandemic modeling (e.g., COVID-19), and the impact of antiviral therapies. Her interdisciplinary approach bridges quantitative methods with biological data, aiming to advance therapeutic strategies and disease control.
Recent research highlights include modeling immune control mechanisms in EIAV, analyzing the role of vaccine boosters in pandemic scenarios, and investigating the reduction effect in bacteriophage ΦX174. Her publications span journals like Viruses, Journal of Biological Dynamics, and Virology.
Dr. Schwartz teaches courses such as Mathematical Modeling in Biological and Health Sciences, Calculus for Life Scientists, and Ecology and Evolution of Disease. She advises numerous graduate and undergraduate students, fostering interdisciplinary training in mathematical biology and epidemiology.
