Hi there 👋

My name is Shazia Ruybal Pesántez and I am a genomic epidemiologist currently based in London 🇬🇧

• 🌎 Originally from Ecuador 🇪🇨 and the US 🇺🇸
• 🌐 English y español
• 🎓 BA Biology, Colorado College || PhD Genetic Epidemiology, University of Melbourne
• 📍 Research Associate in Malaria Genomic Epidemiology based in the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis at Imperial College London
• 🇦🇺 Previously at Vector-Borne Diseases and Tropical Public Health Group, Burnet Institute || Population Health and Immunity Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
• 💜 Former president and co-organizer of R-Ladies Melbourne Inc

My research focus and interests:

• 🤝 applied ("field") epidemiology
• 🧬 genomic epidemiology and population genetics
• 🔍 pathogen surveillance
• 👩‍🔬infectious diseases, mainly malaria and other vector-borne diseases 🦟 and more recently COVID-19 🦠
• 📈 data analytics and digital tools
• 👩‍🏫 capacity-building and teaching

👩‍💻 I code in R (and currently learning C++!)