Tigist Menkir

Tigist(Tiggy) is a postdoctoral researcher in Professor Nathan Lo’s and Professor Jason Andrews’ groups currently focused on modeling the impact of typhoid vaccination strategies in diverse country settings. She is broadly interested in developing models to improve infectious disease monitoring in data-limited settings and among socially vulnerable populations. Prior to Stanford, she completed her PhD in population health sciences at Harvard, based at the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics. Outside of research, she is passionate about expanding the participation of underrepresented groups in mathematical modeling and statistical epidemiology. While at Harvard, she helped lead an annual outreach conference focused on promoting future training and careers in infectious disease modeling among undergraduate students interested in biology, math, and public health. She is also motivated about science and public health communication through various media, from blog posts to poetry. Outside of work, she enjoys dancing, (reality) TV and film consumption, and reading.