Kayla Kauffman

Research

My research focuses on pathogens found at the human-animal interface in areas surrounding Marojejy National Park in northeastern Madagascar. I use a combination of approaches to understand multi-host disease dynamics and design effective prevention strategies. These include building transmission potential networks, predicting where transmission hotspots are located, and testing zoonotic disease interventions such as dog vaccinations using both empirical data and theoretical models. With my research, I aim to assess the utility of parasite exposure risk maps for predicting human infections, and the efficacy of vaccinating a reservoir host to control multi-host species pathogens.