Faculty
Emeritus Faculty
Part-Time Lecturer
Post-Doctoral Fellows
Staff |
Elena Naumova
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Director Tufts Initiative for Forecasting and Modeling of
Infectious Diseases (InForMID)
Faculty Director, Health and the Environment, Tufts
Institute of the Environment (TIE)
Adjunct Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and
Policy
Education
1988 Ph.D., Novosibirsk State Technical University, Russia
1982 M.S., Novosibirsk State Technical University, Russia
Research Interests
Dr. Naumova's area of expertise is in methodology
development for modeling of transient processes with
application in environmental epidemiology, infectious
diseases, and public health. Her research on developing
innovative analytical and computational tools for monitoring
environmentally-driven infections and longitudinal studies
of growth is funded by NIAID, NIEHS, and EPA. She facilitates utilization of novel data sources, including
remote sensing data and satellite imagery for better
understanding the nature and etiology of diseases on local
and global scales. She applied her theoretical work to
studies of infections sensitive to climate variations and
extreme weather events. Her research activities span a broad
range of research programs in emerging and re-emerging
diseases, environmental epidemiology, molecular biology and immunogenetics, nutrition and growth. Dr. Naumova is
participating in a number of international projects
collaborating with epidemiologists, immunologists, and
public health professionals in India, Kenya, Ecuador, Japan,
Canada, UK, and Russia.
Academic Positions
- 2009-2010 Visiting Professor, DIMACS, Rutgers State
University of New Jersey
- 2006-present Adjunct Professor, The Gerald J. and
Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutritional Science and
Policy, Tufts University
- 2003-2008 Associate Professor, Department of Public
Health and Family Medicine, Tufts University School of
Medicine
- 1997-2003 Assistant Professor, Department of Family
Medicine and Community Health, Tufts University School
of Medicine
- 1993-1997 Research Assistant, Center for
Environmental Epidemiology, Medical College of Wisconsin
- 1991-1992 Senior Investigator, Department of
Information and Analysis. Institute of Pathology of
Blood Circulation, Ministry of Public Health, Russia
- 1982-1991 Research Assistant, Staff Investigator.
Mathematical Modeling and Statistical Processing
Laboratory. Institute of Clinical Immunology, Siberian
Division of the USSR Academy of Medical Science
Hospital and Administrative
Positions
- 2008-present Faculty Director, Health and the
Environment, Tufts Institute of the Environment
- 2006-present Director of the Tufts University
Initiative for the Forecasting and Modeling of
Infectious Diseases (InForMID), Tufts University School
of Medicine
- 2000-2005 Co-concentration Leader in Epidemiology
and Biostatistics, Masters of Public Health Program,
Tufts University School of Medicine
- 1991-1992 Deputy Director, Chief of the Department
of Information and Data Analysis. Institute of Pathology
of Blood Circulation, Russian Ministry of Public Health,
USSR
- 1988-1991 Head of the Mathematical Modeling and
Statistical Processing Laboratory. Institute of Clinical
Immunology, Siberian Division of the USSR Academy of
Medical Science
Honors and Awards
- 2010 Winner of the Milton O. and Natalie V. Zucker
Prize
- 2008 Recipient of the Aging and Rural Health
Research Award (Honorable Mentioned) APHA Gerontological
Health Section Program
- 2001 Recipient of the Ross Aging Initiative Award
- 1999 Certificate of Appreciation from Combined
MD/MPH Program GPPH TUSM
- 1998 Recipient of the Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome
Association USA/Canada Award
- 1989 Baumann State Technical University Scholarship,
Moscow
- 1987 First Prize for Innovation. Section:
Statistical processing and Software in Medical
Application
- 1986 Professional Excellence Award Nominee
- 1983 All-USSR Competition of Master and Bachelor of
Science Attestation Work Award Nominee
- 1982 Student Science Conference Honorable Mention
Service Memberships
- 1999-present American Public Health Association
- 1998-present The International Society for
Environmental Epidemiology
- 1998-present The International Environmetrics
Society
- 1993-present American Statistical Association
- 1985-1990 Russian Society of Immunologists
|
