Meet the Lab.

Cole is a PhD student in Epidemiology at Yale University and a Lighthouse Scholar with the Verena Institute. He uses mathematical and computational approaches to try and detect predictable patterns in systems such as climate-forced infectious diseases, and host-pathogen networks. Outside of his work at the intersection of disease ecology & epidemiology, he has worked on a variety of other topics including food web ecology, ecotoxicology, and fisheries science. They graduated their MSc in Ecology from the University of Alberta, and their H.BSc in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology from the University of Toronto. Most recently prior to his PhD, he worked as a researcher for the 'Na̱mg̱is and Kitasoo Xai'xais First Nations researching parasite spillover from farmed to wild fish stocks on North America's west coast. Cole is incredibly passionate about open science and computational literacy in the biological and health sciences, and routinely teaches workshops on programming and reproducible methods. When not at their computer, Cole can be found biking around the city, playing music, or picking up some absurd new hobby. (he/they)