Sophie Lockwood

PhD Student
Brook Lab, Department of Ecology and Evolution
University of Chicago

“Leveraging within-host models to understand patterns in viral virulence and shedding”

Sophie is a PhD student in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Chicago where she is interested in combining computational and field biology to understand the transmission dynamics of zoonotic viruses. She holds a MSPH from Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University and a BS from Georgetown University and has previously worked on projects exploring the intersections between climate change and health and in outbreak response and science policy with local and federal government.