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Lauren M. Childs

Associate Professor

Virginia Tech

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College of Science

Department of Mathematics

Lauren M. Childs is currently serving as a College Of Science Associate Professor at Virginia Tech.

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Virginia Tech

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epidemiology infectious diseases public health global health malaria covid-19 parasitology infectious disease modelling entomology virology mathematical biology avian biology host-parasite relationships tropical medicine immune responses infection control theoretical biology vaccines virus research respiratory medicine adaptation communicable diseases insect science crispr disease transmission virus epidemiology disease control avian medicine evolutionary applications venereology host-microbe interactions vector-parasite relationship evolutionary microbiology viral dynamics parasite control cell regulation disease ecology modelling study active monitoring individual quarantine outbreak decision support simple model nonlinear phenomena nonlinear science nonlinear analysis nonlinear dynamics somatic variant oscillation theory bifurcation theory nonlinear oscillations nematology non-host resistance host factors induced resistance biological evolution molecular adaptation drug targeting viral evolution virus-host interactions virus transmission tropical insect science pathogen transmission vector borne disease disease progression disease surveillance nonpharmaceutical interventions antigenic variation gametocyte conversion stability diagram mutual entrainment forced synchronization plasmodium development egg laying wolbachia infections natural anopheles populations oxygen-dependent growth inhibition systems biology dynamical systems differential equations infectious diseases (medical specialty) mathematical bioscience

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Developmental Synchrony and Extraordinary Multiplication Rates in Pathogenic Organisms. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (2025)

Megan A. GreischarLauren M. Childs

communicable diseasesinfectious disease modellingextraordinary multiplication ratesmalaria parasite biologytropical medicineepidemiological dynamicstatistical inferencebiostatisticsdevelopmental synchronydisease ecologymalariaevolutionary biologymathematical bioscience

Assessing the Impact of the Wolbachia-Based Control of Malaria. (2024)

Zhuolin QuLauren M. Childs

public healthwolbachia-based controltropical medicinehealth impact assessmentglobal healthinfectious diseasesmalariadisease control

Beyond Insecticide Treated Bed Nets Coverage to Heterogeneous Human Behaviors and Spatial Realities. (2024)

Merveille Koissi SaviLauren M. ChildsChristian Borgemeister

insecticidesspatial realitiesheterogeneous human behaviorsentomologybed nets coverageecology

Infection-Induced Increases to Population Size During Cycles in a Discrete-Time Epidemic Model. Journal of Mathematical Biology (2024)

Laura F. StrubeShoshana ElgartLauren M. Childs

infectious disease modellinginfectious diseasesmathematical biologyepidemiologydiscrete-time epidemic modelapplied mathematics

Multistability in a Discrete-Time Si Epidemic Model With Ricker Growth: Infection-Induced Changes in Population Dynamics. Contemporary mathematics - American Mathematical Society (2024)

Laura StrubeLauren Childs

computational epidemiologyinfection-induced changesmathematical analysismathematical biologymathematical sciencesepidemiologyricker growthapplied mathematicsmathematics

Prior Exposure to Pathogens Augments Host Heterogeneity in Susceptibility and Has Key Epidemiological Consequences. PLoS Pathogens (2024)

Dana M HawleyAnna A Pérez-UmphreyJames S AdelmanArietta E Fleming-DaviesJesse Garrett-LarsenSteven J GearyLauren M ChildsKate E Langwig

pathogensepidemiologydisease susceptibilityinfectious diseases

Unveiling Urban Malaria Dynamics: Beyond Insecticide Treated Bed Nets Coverage to Heterogeneous Human Behaviors and Spatial Realities. Research Square (Research Square) (2024)

Merveille Koissi SaviLauren M. ChildsChristian Borgemeister

public healthspatial realitiesheterogeneous human behaviorsepidemiologyglobal healthbed nets coveragemalaria

Eos Promotes Th2 Differentiation by Interacting With and Propagating the Activity of Stat5. The Journal of Immunology (2023)

Jasmine A. TuazonKaitlin A. ReadBharath K. SreekumarJack E. RoettgerMichael J. YaegerSanjay VarikutiSrijana PokhrelDevin M. JonesRobert T. WarrenMichael D. PowellMustafa N. RasheedElizabeth G. DuncanLauren M. ChildsKymberly M. GowdyKenneth J. Oestreich

immunologygene expressioncell signalinggeneticsmolecular immunologyimmune responsessignal transductioncell biology

Extending Analytical Solutions to Age–Mass Models of a Population. WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks (2023)

Lauren M. ChildsOlivia F. Prosper

age-mass modelsanalytical solutionsstatistics

Extraordinary Parasite Multiplication Rates in Human Malaria Infections. Trends in Parasitology (2023)

Megan A. GreischarLauren M. Childs

communicable diseasesparasite multiplication ratespathogenesisinfection controltropical medicineepidemiologyparasitologyhost-parasite relationshipsinflated pmrs ariselarge pmrsinfectious diseasesparasite controlneglected tropical diseasesmalariainfectious diseases (medical specialty)

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Lauren M. Childs

Associate Professor

Virginia Tech

Affiliations

College of Science

Department of Mathematics

Lauren M. Childs is currently serving as a College Of Science Associate Professor at Virginia Tech.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Lauren M. Childs

Virginia Tech

Associate Professor

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Developmental Synchrony and Extraordinary Multiplication Rates in Pathogenic Organisms. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (2025)

Megan A. GreischarLauren M. Childs

Assessing the Impact of the Wolbachia-Based Control of Malaria. (2024)

Zhuolin QuLauren M. Childs

public healthwolbachia-based controltropical medicinehealth impact assessmentglobal healthinfectious diseasesmalariadisease control

Beyond Insecticide Treated Bed Nets Coverage to Heterogeneous Human Behaviors and Spatial Realities. (2024)

Merveille Koissi SaviLauren M. ChildsChristian Borgemeister

insecticidesspatial realitiesheterogeneous human behaviorsentomologybed nets coverageecology

Infection-Induced Increases to Population Size During Cycles in a Discrete-Time Epidemic Model. Journal of Mathematical Biology (2024)

Laura F. StrubeShoshana ElgartLauren M. Childs

infectious disease modellinginfectious diseasesmathematical biologyepidemiologydiscrete-time epidemic modelapplied mathematics

Multistability in a Discrete-Time Si Epidemic Model With Ricker Growth: Infection-Induced Changes in Population Dynamics. Contemporary mathematics - American Mathematical Society (2024)

Laura StrubeLauren Childs

computational epidemiologyinfection-induced changesmathematical analysismathematical biologymathematical sciencesepidemiologyricker growthapplied mathematicsmathematics

Prior Exposure to Pathogens Augments Host Heterogeneity in Susceptibility and Has Key Epidemiological Consequences. PLoS Pathogens (2024)

Dana M HawleyAnna A Pérez-UmphreyJames S AdelmanArietta E Fleming-DaviesJesse Garrett-LarsenSteven J GearyLauren M ChildsKate E Langwig

pathogensepidemiologydisease susceptibilityinfectious diseases

Unveiling Urban Malaria Dynamics: Beyond Insecticide Treated Bed Nets Coverage to Heterogeneous Human Behaviors and Spatial Realities. Research Square (Research Square) (2024)

Merveille Koissi SaviLauren M. ChildsChristian Borgemeister

public healthspatial realitiesheterogeneous human behaviorsepidemiologyglobal healthbed nets coveragemalaria

Eos Promotes Th2 Differentiation by Interacting With and Propagating the Activity of Stat5. The Journal of Immunology (2023)

immunologygene expressioncell signalinggeneticsmolecular immunologyimmune responsessignal transductioncell biology

Extending Analytical Solutions to Age–Mass Models of a Population. WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks (2023)

Lauren M. ChildsOlivia F. Prosper

age-mass modelsanalytical solutionsstatistics

Extraordinary Parasite Multiplication Rates in Human Malaria Infections. Trends in Parasitology (2023)

Megan A. GreischarLauren M. Childs

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