Yuke Wang
Assistant Research Professor
Research Assistant Professor
Faculty, Global Health
My research interests span the areas of exposure assessment, wastewater surveillance, pathogen shedding kinetics, and infectious disease transmission. A common thread in my research is in understanding the human-environment interface with respect to infectious diseases. I design, develop, and evaluate statistical and mathematical models to support evidence-informed public health decision-making in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and the United States. These model frameworks were packaged as open-source tools and deployed across the globe. Over the last decade, I have been involved in projects funded by NIH, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome Trust, and the Rockefeller Foundation, on the aforementioned research areas for various infectious diseases. Half of these projects were in LMICs, where I have developed strong relationships with local partners. I enjoy working on team science (cross-disciplinary collaborations from diverse scientific fields) and contribute my analytical skills as a toolbox for real-world problems.
Areas of Interest
- Bayesian Analysis
- Biostatistics
- Disease Surveillance
- Exposure Assessment
- Global Health
- Infectious Disease Dynamics
- Modeling
Education
- PhD 2023, Georgia State University
- MSPH 2014, Emory University
- Bachelor 2008, South China University of Technology
Affiliations & Activities
Current Activities:
Shedding Hub: The Shedding Hub collates data and statistical models for pathogen shedding in different human specimens, such as stool or sputum samples. Developing wastewater-based epidemiology into a quantitative, reliable epidemiological monitoring tool motivates the project.
Sentinel Wastewater Surveillance: I am exploring the potential use of sentinel upstream wastewater surveillance and collecting human behavior information related to their toilet usage, mobility, and social contacts.
Publications
- Wang, Y.*, Liu, P., VanTassell, J., Hilton, S. P., Guo, L., Sablon, O., ... Moe, C. L., 2023, When case reporting becomes untenable: Can sewer networks tell us where COVID-19 transmission occurs?, Water Research, ,
- Wang, Y.*, Liu, P., Zhang, H., Ibaraki, M., VanTassell, J., Geith, K., ... Moe, C. L., 2022, Early warning of a COVID-19 surge on a university campus based on wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 at residence halls, Science of The Total Environment, ,
- Wang, Y.*, Mairinger, W., Raj, S. J., Yakubu, H., Siesel, C., Green, J., ... Moe, C. L., 2022, Quantitative assessment of exposure to fecal contamination in urban environment across nine cities in low-income and lower-middle-income countries and a city in the United States, Science of The Total Environment, ,
- Wang, Y.*, Siesel, C., Chen, Y., Lopman, B., Edison, L., Thomas, M., Adams, C., Lau, M., & Teunis, P. F. M., 2021, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Transmission in Georgia, USA, February 1–July 13, 2020, Emerging Infectious Diseases, ,
- Wang, Y.*, Moe, C. L., Dutta, S., Wadhwa, A., Kanungo, S., Mairinger, W., ... Teunis, P. F. M., 2020, Designing a typhoid environmental surveillance study: A simulation model for optimum sampling site allocation, Epidemics, ,
- Wang, Y.*, & Teunis, P. F. M., 2020, Strongly Heterogeneous Transmission of COVID-19 in Mainland China: Local and Regional Variation, Frontiers in Medicine, 7,
- Wang, Y.*, Moe, C. L., & Teunis, P. F. M., 2018, Children Are Exposed to Fecal Contamination via Multiple Interconnected Pathways: A Network Model for Exposure Assessment, Risk Analysis, 38, 2478-2496
- Wang, Y.*, Moe, C. L., Null, C., Raj, S. J., Baker, K. K., Robb, K. A., ... Teunis, P. F. M., 2017, Multipathway Quantitative Assessment of Exposure to Fecal Contamination for Young Children in Low-Income Urban Environments in Accra, Ghana: The SaniPath Analytical Approach, The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, ,