¡Hola hola!

I am a Junior Research Leader at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, with additional appointments at Universidad San Francisco de Quito and Imperial College London. I also co-lead the Infectious Disease Modelling and Analytics for Pandemic Preparedness in Latin America consortium and collaborate with international partners to strengthen genomic surveillance, analytical capacity, and evidence-based public health responses.

My current research program integrates genomic and computational epidemiology, modelling, outbreak analytics, and molecular surveillance to better understand infection and transmission dynamics, with a particular focus on malaria and growing interest in arboviruses. Through this work, I aim to support pathogen surveillance, control, and elimination strategies to strengthen evidence-based public health responses while contributing to in-country capacity building. I am funded by a La Caixa Junior Leader Fellowship.

Apart from my research, I am highly committed to furthering health and development initiatives. I work as a consultant for Applied Epi, an organization dedicated to training applied epidemiologists in advanced programming. Previously I was CEO and co-founder of the The Artisan Project, a social enterprise that worked hand in hand with talented indigenous artisans in Ecuador. I was also a President and co-organizer of R-Ladies Melbourne Inc, a non-profit organization and local chapter of R-Ladies Global aiming to promote gender diversity in the R community, both in Australia and worldwide.

EDUCATION

PhD in Genetic Epidemiology ∙ University of Melbourne ∙ 2018

Certificate in Teaching Skills for Graduate Researchers ∙ University of Melbourne ∙ 2018

BA in Biology ∙ Colorado College ∙ 2012