
Jeffrey Shaman
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Professor of Climate and Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia Climate School
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Senior Vice Dean,
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BIOGRAPHY:
Jeffrey Shaman, PhD, works in the fields of climate and health, climate dynamics, infectious disease epidemiology, and infectious disease modeling and forecasting. He uses mathematical and statistical models to describe, understand, and forecast the transmission dynamics of disease systems, and to investigate the broader effects of climate and weather on human health. During the Covid-19 pandemic, he led numerous studies of SARS-CoV-2, including estimation of undocumented infections, exploration of the likelihood of reinfection, and quantification of the overall burden of COVID-19. The real-time projections of COVID-19 outcomes developed by his team were used by the White House Task Force, CDC, hospital systems, state and municipal public health agencies, and local governments to support public health decision making and response efforts, as well as by Regeneron to support the Phase 3 clinical trial of their monoclonal antibody therapeutic, and Pfizer to support the Phase 3 clinical trial of their mRNA vaccine.
Shaman has studied a number of climate phenomena, including Rossby wave dynamics, atmospheric jet waveguides, the coupled South Asian monsoon-ENSO system, extratropical precipitation, and tropical cyclogenesis. More recent research of mental health and addiction has led to exploration and simulation of social contagion processes.
From July 2023 to December 2024, he served as interim dean of the Climate School. He currently serves as Senior Vice Dean.
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PROJECTS
Only select projects listed belowName | Start Date | End Date |
Developing Real-Time Forecasts of Infectious Diseases | 1/23/15 | 3/22/19 |
Development and Dissemination of Operational Real-Time Respiratory Virus Forecast | 9/1/14 | 6/30/20 |
EAGER: Collaborative Research: Combining Community and Clinical Data for Augmenting Influenza Model | 9/1/16 | 8/31/18 |
Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education | 1/1/17 | 7/31/18 |
Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education | 7/1/18 | 6/30/19 |
Interdisciplinary Training in Climate and Health | 7/1/14 | 6/30/20 |
Prometheus | 1/1/16 | 12/31/19 |
The Virome of Manhattan: A Testbed for Radically Advancing Understanding and Forecast of Viral Respiratory Infections | 1/1/16 | 12/31/19 |