Dr. Andrew Noymer

Dr. Andrew Noymer has 15 years of experience in public health, specializing in demography, epidemiology, population health, and infectious disease prevention. He obtained his BA in biology from Harvard University, before receiving his MS in medical demography from the University of London and his PhD in sociology with a focus in historical demography and the epidemiology of influenza and tuberculosis from the University of California, Berkeley. Today, this expert is an active member and the past president of the Society for Biodemography and Social Biology. He is also very active in academia, having published 33 peer-reviewed journal articles, 2 book chapters, and 2 encyclopedia entries on topics related to viral epidemiology. He has also been the recipient of numerous prestigious research grants in his field and was the co-convener for the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population Panel on Ebola and other emerging infectious diseases. This expert previously worked as a staff scientist at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria, as an assistant professor of sociology and public health at the University of California, Irvine, and as the director of graduate studies in the department of population health and disease prevention at the University of California, Irvine. He is currently an associate professor of sociology and public health at a major university in southern California, where he is actively involved in viral epidemiology and infectious disease prevention.