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Joshua Epstein is a Professor of Epidemiology at the NYU School of Global Public Health and founding Director of the NYU Agent-Based Modeling Laboratory. He holds affiliated appointments at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and the College of Arts & Sciences. Previously, he served as Professor of Emergency Medicine at Johns Hopkins University and directed the Center for Advanced Modeling in Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences. His work focuses on agent-based computational modeling to study complex social and biological systems, including infectious disease dynamics, urban disaster preparedness, and economic behavior.
Education:
- BA from Amherst College
- PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Interests: Epstein pioneers agent-based modeling (ABM) to simulate social norms, epidemiological spread, and cultural evolution. His methodologies have been applied to topics ranging from zika vector control to computational archaeology. Key contributions include frameworks for simulating population-level behaviors and their emergent societal patterns.
Awards:
- NIH Director’s Pioneer Award (2008)
- Amherst College Honorary Doctorate (2010)
- Sigma Xi Membership (2018)
Advising & Collaborations: Epstein leads interdisciplinary teams at NYU’s ABM Lab, collaborating with institutions like Brookings Institution and Johns Hopkins. His research pipelines integrate computational fluid dynamics with agent-based models for evacuation planning and public health crisis response.
Labs & Teams: Directs NYU Agent-Based Modeling Lab, affiliated with global health and mathematical sciences initiatives. Active in policy design through OECD-NAEC collaborations and computational economics.
