Andrew Lover is an associate 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 vector-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).

He is also the Deputy Director of the CDC-funded New England Center of Excellence in Vector-borne Disease. This regional consortium (based at UMass) comprises a wide range of academic and public health partners from across New England. Further information: https://www.newvec.org/

Since mid-2024, he has also been a commissioner for the Pioneer Valley mosquito control district (PVMCD) which provides mosquito surveillance and control activities in local communities; more info here: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/pioneer-valley-mosquito-control-district-pvmcd.

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 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 three PhD students (Johanna Ravenhurst,  Mahfuj Alam, and Augustine Dada). 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)
  • Vector-borne disease
  • Interventional trials
  • Global health
Education
  • Research Fellow (2015-2018)
    University of California, San Francisco
  • PhD, Epidemiology (2015)
    National University of Singapore
  • MPH, Epidemiology and Global Health (2011) 
    National University of Singapore
  • MS, Organic Chemistry (2003)
    University of California, Santa Barbara
  • BA, Chemistry (1997)
    Earlham College

Most Recent Publications


Syndromic surveillance of population-level COVID-19 burden with cough monitoring in a hospital emergency waiting room


Forsad Al Hossain, M Tanjid Hasan Tonmoy, Sri Nuvvula, Brittany P Chapman, Rajesh K Gupta, Andrew A Lover, Rhoel R Dinglasan, Stephanie Carreiro, Tauhidur Rahman

Frontiers in Public Health, vol. 12, Frontiers Media SA, 2024, p. 1279392


Antibody responses in blood and saliva post COVID-19 bivalent booster do not reveal an Omicron BA. 4/BA. 5-specific response


Ryan Baker, Rebecca Lawlor, Maeve Smith, Jessica Price, Ashley Eaton, Andrew Lover, Dominique Alfandari, Peter Reinhart, Kathleen Arcaro, Barbara A Osborne

Frontiers in Immunology, vol. 15, Frontiers, 2024, p. 1401209


Genomic epidemiology demonstrates spatially clustered, local transmission of Plasmodium falciparum in forest-going populations in southern Lao PDR


Ying-An Chen, Eric Neubauer Vickers, Andres Aranda-Diaz, Maxwell Murphy, Inna Gerlovina, Francois Rerolle, Emily Dantzer, Bouasy Hongvanthong, Hsiao-Han Chang, Andrew A Lover, others

PLoS Pathogens, vol. 20, Public Library of Science San Francisco, CA USA, 2024, pp. e1012194




Measuring effects of ivermectin-treated cattle on potential malaria vectors in Vietnam: A cluster-randomized trial


Estee Y Cramer, Xuan Quang Nguyen, Jeffrey C Hertz, Do Van Nguyen, Huynh Hong Quang, Ian H Mendenhall, Andrew A Lover

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, vol. 18, Public Library of Science San Francisco, CA USA, 2024, pp. e0012014




Forest-Going as a Risk Factor for Confirmed Malaria in Champasak Province, Lao PDR: A Case-Control Study


Sarah Gallalee, Emily Dantzer, Francois Rerolle, Keobouphaphone Chindavongsa, Khampheng Phongluxa, Wattana Lasichanh, Jennifer L Smith, Roly Gosling, Andrew Lover, Bouasy Hongvanthong, others

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 21, MDPI, 2024, p. 1624


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Contact


Andrew Lover

Associate Professor, Epidemiology


alover@umass.edu


(+1) 413-545-7426


Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences

UMass-Amherst

402 Arnold House
715 N Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA 01003-9304


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