Laura Matrajt, PhD
Laura Matrajt, PhD
Staff Scientist
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutch
Research lies at the interface of mathematics, computer science, biology, and public health policy. Utilizing and developing quantitative tools including dynamical systems, differential equations, stochastic processes, operations research and optimization to understand complex biological processes.
Education
University of Washington, 2011, PhD (Applied Mathematics)
University of Washington, 2009, MS (Applied Mathematics)
University of Washington, 2007, MS (Mathematics)
UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico) 2004, BS (Mathematics)
Research Interests
Mathematical and computational models of infectious diseases (within-host and population models)
Optimization of public health interventions
B-cell immunology
Current Projects
Impacts of COVID-19 vaccine and other interventions
Optimization of COVID-19 vaccine allocation
Optimization of Oral Cholera Vaccines
Models of B-cell immunology