Sinead E. Morris

Influenza Modeling Consultant

Biography

I'm a modeling consultant supporting the Influenza Division at CDC, working at the intersection of mathematical modeling and public health.

Interests

Mathematical modeling
Public Health
Epidemiology
Immunology & cross-scale dynamics

Education

PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2018

Princeton University
MA in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2015

Princeton University
Msci in Mathematics, 2013

University of Glasgow

Skills

Math modeling

Data analysis

Software design

Experience

Consultant for the Influenza Division, CDC

Oct 2023 – Present Remote

Impacts of seasonal influenza vaccination of pregnant persons
Modeling for emergency preparedness and response activities

Steven M. Teutsch Analytics and Modeling Fellow

Influenza Division, CDC

Aug 2021 – Aug 2023 Atlanta, GA

Seasonal influenza transmission dynamics
Impacts of vaccines and pharmaceutical interventions

Postdoc

Columbia University Medical Center

Jul 2018 – Aug 2021 New York, NY

Supervised by Prof. Andrew Yates

Projects included:

HIV dynamics in infants on antiretroviral treatment
Population dynamics of memory T cells
Modeling T cell responses to influenza infection

PhD student

Princeton University

Aug 2013 – Jun 2018 Princeton, NJ

Supervised by Prof. Bryan Grenfell

Projects included:

Within-host dynamics of measles
Spatial spread of seasonal influenza
Modeling an outbreak of dolphin morbillivirus (DMV)
Unravelling the impact of within-host immune responses on population dynamics

Recent publications

CM Saad-Roy, SE Morris, RE Baker, J Farrar, AL Graham, SA Levin, CE Wagner, CJE Metcalf, BT Grenfell (2023). Medium-term scenarios of COVID-19 as a function of immune uncertainties and chronic disease. Journal of the Royal Society Interface.

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CM Saad-Roy, SE Morris, M Boots, RE Baker, BL Lewis, J Farrar, MV Marathe, AL Graham, SA Levin, CE Wagner, CJE Metcalf, BT Grenfell (2023). Impact of waning immunity against SARS-CoV-2 severity exacerbated by vaccine hesitancy. submitted.

SE Morris, LA Grohskopf, J Ferdinands, C Reed, M Biggerstaff (2023). Evaluating potential impacts of a preferential vaccine recommendation for adults aged 65 years and older on US influenza burden. Epidemiology.

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SE Morris, R Strehlau, S Shiau, EJ Abrams, CT Tiemessen, L Kuhn, AJ Yates (2022). Healthy dynamics of CD4 T cells may drive HIV resurgence in perinatally-infected infants on antiretroviral therapy. PLoS Pathogens.

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CE Wagner*, CM Saad-Roy*, SE Morris, RE Baker, MJ Mina, J Farrar, EC Holmes, OG Pybus, EJ Emanuel, AL Graham, SA Levin, CJE Metcalf, BT Grenfell (2021). Vaccine nationalism and the dynamics and control of SARS-CoV-2. Science.

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