Andrew Lover is an assistant professor of epidemiology in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences, at UMass-Amherst. His research covers a broad range of infectious disease epidemiology, including tick-borne disease; surveillance and forecasting; malaria; and the design, implementation, and analysis of complex epidemiological studies, in both domestic (Western Massachusetts) and global contexts (including Vietnam, Lao PDR, Timor-Leste, and Cambodia).
His research over the past ten years has been directed towards the design, implementation, and analysis of epidemiological studies and subsequent policies that address where slippages in both community- and individual-level public health programming occur, and ways to address these gaps through improved programing or novel interventions.
SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19. The Lover Lab is currently supporting global efforts to mitigate the impacts of this pandemic. This work includes a faculty role in UMass campus response; syndromic surveillance and modeling studies; and implementation of a large-scale serological survey (“antibody test”) across Massachusetts.
Tick-borne infections. The Lover Lab has received funding (September 2020) from the NIH for tick-borne studies in Western Massachusetts. These novel spatial case-control studies will aim to identify areas with highest human-tick overlaps, to help optimize public health tick surveillance programs in New England and beyond.
His lab currently consists of four PhD students (Estee Cramer, Teah Snyder, Johanna Ravenhurst, and Mahfuj Alam). Their main research studies involve a combination of qualitative and quantitative field data collection, quantitative analysis, and modeling to directly inform public health policy.
Main Research Interests
His research over the past ten years has been directed towards the design, implementation, and analysis of epidemiological studies and subsequent policies that address where slippages in both community- and individual-level public health programming occur, and ways to address these gaps through improved programing or novel interventions.
SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19. The Lover Lab is currently supporting global efforts to mitigate the impacts of this pandemic. This work includes a faculty role in UMass campus response; syndromic surveillance and modeling studies; and implementation of a large-scale serological survey (“antibody test”) across Massachusetts.
Tick-borne infections. The Lover Lab has received funding (September 2020) from the NIH for tick-borne studies in Western Massachusetts. These novel spatial case-control studies will aim to identify areas with highest human-tick overlaps, to help optimize public health tick surveillance programs in New England and beyond.
His lab currently consists of four PhD students (Estee Cramer, Teah Snyder, Johanna Ravenhurst, and Mahfuj Alam). Their main research studies involve a combination of qualitative and quantitative field data collection, quantitative analysis, and modeling to directly inform public health policy.
Main Research Interests
- Infectious disease surveillance (pathogens, serology & vectors)
- Interventional trials
- Global health
- Vector-borne disease
Education
- Research Fellow, 2015-2018
University of California, San Francisco - PhD in Epidemiology, 2015
National University of Singapore - MPH in Epidemiology and Global Health, 2011
National University of Singapore - MS in Organic Chemistry, 2003
University of California, Santa Barbara - BA in Chemistry, 1997
Earlham College
Most Recent Publications
Jessalyn Kaur, Eva Chow, Johanna Ravenhurst, Teah Snyder, Sheila Pennell, Andrew A Lover, Sarah L Goff
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
Musab M Ali Albsheer, Andrew A Lover, Sara B Eltom, Leena Omereltinai, Nouh Mohamed, Mohamed S Muneer, Abdelrahim O Mohamad, Muzamil Mahdi Abdel Hamid
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021, pp. e0009720
Estee Y Cramer, Nguyen Xuan Quang, Jeffrey C Hertz, Do Van Nguyen, Huynh Hong Quang, Ian Mendenhall, Andrew A Lover
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2021, p. 2165
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Contact
Andrew Lover
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
(+1) 413-545-7426
Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences
409 Arnold House
715 N Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA 01003-9304