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Alex Perkins

Department of Biological Sciences

Phone
574-631-7179
Email
taperkins@nd.edu

Eck Family Associate Professor

  • Infectious disease dynamics
  • Epidemiology
  • Vector ecology
  • Evolutionary ecology
  • Spatial Dynamics
  • Theoretical ecology
  • Mathematical biology

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Perkins in the News

KRCR News

Dr. Alex Perkins, an associate professor at the University of Notre Dame, discussed his research on the timing and locations of mosquito-borne human diseases such as Dengue, Zika, and Yellow Fever to the public. His research specialties include Infectious Disease Dynamics, Vector Ecology and Mathematical Biology, among other topics.

Medical XPress

Now, researchers at the University of Notre Dame have conducted an analysis of the World Mosquito Program's randomized control trial of Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes in Indonesia, looking at how excluding transmission dynamics impacted the original interpretation of the trial's results.

"A reduction in cases following the introduction of an intervention could be a simple coincidence,” says Alex Perkins, an epidemiologist at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. But he adds that the latest results are “encouraging” and says the longer these patterns are observed, the more likely they are to be a result of the mosquitoes.

In addition to climate change, rising rates of urbanization around the world are playing a role, said Alex Perkins, who is an associate professor of biological sciences at the University of Notre Dame and an expert in the mathematical modeling of dengue transmission.

Alex Perkins, a professor of biological sciences at Notre Dame, praised the paper overall as “incredibly impressive” but said the mortality analysis was not “particularly convincing or conclusive.”

The Spokesman-Review

The biggest change between this year and last year is the availability of the vaccine, Alex Perkins, associate professor of biological sciences at Notre Dame, said.

Indy Star

“This is a bad move,” said Alex Perkins, an associate professor of biological sciences at the University of Notre Dame.

ABC 57

Video

To help me answer those questions, I talked with Alex Perkins, an Associate Professor of Biological Science at Notre Dame.

WSBT

Notre Dame epidemiologist Alex Perkins say the new strain could have some serious consequences.

The goal is “isolating people while they’re still infectious and preventing further infection,” said Alex Perkins, a professor of epidemiology at Notre Dame university, who has identified problems with the District’s data.