Natalie Dean
Natalie E. Dean | |
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Born | Natalie Mae Exner September 24, 1987 |
Education | Phillips Academy Boston University Harvard University |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | World Health Organization University of Florida |
Thesis | Surveillance Methods for Monitoring HIV Incidence and Drug Resistance. (2014) |
Website | www |
Natalie E. Dean (
.Early life and education
Dean was born to Christine and Paul Exner.
In 2009, Dean earned a B.A. in mathematics/statistics and biology from Boston University, where she was first introduced to epidemiology. During her undergraduate degree she was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. In 2011, Dean earned an A.M. master's degree in biostatistics from Harvard University[3] where she developed surveillance methods to better understand the incidence of HIV. Dean received a PhD in biostatistics in 2014 with a dissertation on Surveillance methods for monitoring HIV incidence & drug resistance under the supervision of Marcello Pagano.[4][5]
Research and career
In May 2014, Dean moved to
After her success with the Ebola vaccine, Dean started to work on Zika virus. There were concerns that Zika virus caused microcephaly. Dean worked with Longini to better predict the spread of the infection through the Americas.[6] She has described how challenging it is to design and evaluate effective vaccinations during public health emergencies, and why researchers must be both flexible and responsive.[8]
Dean has provided expert commentary to the media and public throughout the
In mid-April 2020 it became evident that parts of the United States wanted to end the lockdown and "reopen" again. When asked whether the benchmarks to relax social distancing had been achieved, Dean remarked that not only had they not been reached, but they were not ambitious enough, “These are unprecedented times, and so we need to think on a scale that would previously be considered unimaginable”.[14] In some parts of the world, politicians described a SARS-CoV-2 containment strategy that included herd immunity.[15] In late April 2020, a study indicated that only 20% of people in New York City had been exposed to coronavirus disease, which is considerably below the level of infection required to achieve herd immunity.[16] Dean and Carl Bergstrom wrote an opinion piece for The New York Times outlining the problems associated with politicians leading with policies of herd immunity.[17] She argued that the reason the virus spread as fast as it did was because no one in the world was immune to it, and that to try and reach herd immunity without a vaccination would result in "a very large proportion of the [United States] population" becoming infected.[17]
Personal life
Dean married Ethan Wesley Dean in May 2014.[1][18]
Selected works and publications
- Henao-Restrepo, Ana Maria; Longini, Ira M; Egger, Matthias; Dean, Natalie E; Edmunds, W John; Camacho, Anton; Carroll, Miles W; Doumbia, Moussa; Draguez, Bertrand; Duraffour, Sophie; Enwere, Godwin (29 August 2015). "Efficacy and effectiveness of an rVSV-vectored vaccine expressing Ebola surface glycoprotein: interim results from the Guinea ring vaccination cluster-randomised trial". The Lancet. 386 (9996): 857–866. ()
- Henao-Restrepo, Ana Maria; Camacho, Anton; Longini, Ira M; Watson, Conall H; Edmunds, W John; Egger, Matthias; Carroll, Miles W; Dean, Natalie E; Diatta, Ibrahima; Doumbia, Moussa; Draguez, Bertrand (4 February 2017). "Efficacy and effectiveness of an rVSV-vectored vaccine in preventing Ebola virus disease: final results from the Guinea ring vaccination, open-label, cluster-randomised trial (Ebola Ça Suffit!)". The Lancet. 389 (10068): 505–518. ()
- Zhang, Qian; Sun, Kaiyuan; Chinazzi, Matteo; Pastore y Piontti, Ana; Dean, Natalie E.; Rojas, Diana Patricia; Merler, Stefano; Mistry, Dina; Poletti, Piero; Rossi, Luca; Bray, Margaret (25 April 2017). "Spread of Zika virus in the Americas". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114 (22): E4334–E4343. ()
References
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- ^ a b "Racing toward a cure". Andover: An independent and inclusive coed boarding high school. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- ^ a b "Alumni Interview: Natalie Exner Dean, PhD '14". Department of Biostatistics. 2018-09-05. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- ^ Exner, Natalie Mae (March 2014). Surveillance Methods for Monitoring HIV Incidence and Drug Resistance (PDF) (PhD). Harvard University.
- ^ "Natalie Dean Exner Lecture – 4/11". Department of Biostatistics. 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- ^ a b c d "Natalie Dean - Emerging Pathogens Institute - University of Florida". www.epi.ufl.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- ^ "Dean, Natalie E." biostat.ufl.edu. Archived from the original on 2020-05-01. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- PMID 31270270.
- ^ "Why The True Fatality Rate Of COVID-19 Is Hard To Estimate". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- ^ Dean, Natalie E. "Perspective | How to conduct coronavirus research at pandemic speed". Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- ^ Wan, William. "Experts and Trump's advisers doubt White House's 240,000 coronavirus deaths estimate". Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- ^ Kaufman, Mark (24 April 2020). "Who to follow on Twitter for legit, trustworthy coronavirus info". Mashable. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- ^ Scott, Dylan (2020-04-29). "Why the coronavirus may be killing more Americans than the government data says". Vox. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- ^ Lucien Bruggeman, Lucien. "As some leaders weigh pursuit of 'herd immunity' from coronavirus, experts warn risks are too high". ABC News. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- ^ Dean, Natalie E.; Rivers, Caitlin. "Perspective | Antibody tests show we're nowhere near herd immunity". Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- ^ "Andover magazine — Winter 2015". Issuu. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
External links
- Official website
- Natalie E. Dean Archived 2020-05-02 at the Wayback Machine at the University of Florida