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McCrone
JT McCrone, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Epidemiology Program, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutch
- Joint Assistant Professor, Herbold Computational Biology Program, Public Health Sciences Division
- Member, Translational Data Science Integrated Research Center (TDS IRC), Fred Hutch
Background
Dr. JT McCrone is a microbiologist and immunologist specializing in virus evolution. He studies rapidly mutating viruses such as influenza and SARS-CoV-2 — the virus responsible for COVID-19 — by tracking their genetic changes as these microbes move among different environments and populations around the globe. His team combs through large data sets to consider how factors such as viral mutations, social restrictions and mobility patterns affect the spread of infections. Dr. McCrone has developed computational tools and visualization techniques to assess the relative contributions of these factors in the COVID-19 pandemic and will apply these tools in ongoing efforts to respond to it and future outbreaks of viral disease.
Education
University of Michigan, 2018, PhD (Microbiology and Immunology)
University of Wisconsin, 2012, BS (Biochemistry and Mathematics)
Research Interests
Viral Phylodynamics
Bayesian Phylogenetics
Within-Host Virus Evolution