- Biostatistics
- Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health
- Epidemiology
- Faculty & Staff
- Erin Biggs, PhD, MPH
- Julie Casani, MD, MPH
- Brittney L. Dickey, PhD, MPH
- Joseph R. Fauver, PhD
- Keith Hansen, MBA
- Ishrat Kamal-Ahmed, PhD
- Ali S. Khan, MD, MPH, MBA
- Nicole Kolm-Valdivia, PhD, CHES, MPH
- Emily Kraus, PhD, MPH
- Deborah Levy, PhD, MPH
- Rachel Lookadoo, JD
- David Brett-Major, MD MPH
- Patrick Maloney, PhD, MPH
- Sharon Medcalf, PhD
- Abraham D Mengist, PhD
- Edward S. Peters, DMD, SM, ScD, FACE
- Kendra L. Ratnapradipa, PhD
- Ariane Rung, PhD, MPH
- Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, PhD
- Current Students
- Academic Programs
- Research
- Health Promotion
- Health Services Research & Administration
COVID-19 Epidemiologist
Department of Epidemiology
University of Nebraska Medical Center
College of Public Health
Professional Summary
- 2022-present, COVID-19 Epidemiologist, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, UNMC
- 2020-2022, COVID-19 Epidemiologist, Public Health Division, State of Nebraska
- 2019-2020, Public Health Systems Analyst, Public Health Division, Texas Health and Human Services Commission
- 2019-2020, Research Assistant, Department of Epidemiology, University of Illinois, School of Public Health
- 2018-2019, Research Assistant, Data Catchment Center, University of Illinois Cancer Center
Education
- 2017-2019, Master of Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois, School of Public Health
- 2009-2015, Doctor of Pharmacy ,Osmania University, India
Professional Interests
- Machine learning to understand data and predict important disease trends to bridge the gap between data and actionable insights
- Applying principles of data modernization, management, and analysis for actionable information
- COVID-19 data surveillance projects focusing on vaccine breakthrough cases, vaccine effectiveness, whole genome sequencing, burden on hospitals, mortality, case investigation and contact tracing
- Time series forecasting in infectious disease
- Longitudinal data analysis of lung cancer and infectious disease data
Professional Affiliations
- American Public Health Association
- Nebraska Public Health Association
- Illinois Public Health Association
- Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
Contact
Department of Epidemiology
UNMC College of Public Health
984395 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-4395
Phone: 531-530-7067
UNMC Email: sparitala@unmc.edu
DHHS Email: sai.paritala@nebraska.gov
- Biostatistics
- Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health
- Epidemiology
- Faculty & Staff
- Erin Biggs, PhD, MPH
- Julie Casani, MD, MPH
- Brittney L. Dickey, PhD, MPH
- Joseph R. Fauver, PhD
- Keith Hansen, MBA
- Ishrat Kamal-Ahmed, PhD
- Ali S. Khan, MD, MPH, MBA
- Nicole Kolm-Valdivia, PhD, CHES, MPH
- Emily Kraus, PhD, MPH
- Deborah Levy, PhD, MPH
- Rachel Lookadoo, JD
- David Brett-Major, MD MPH
- Patrick Maloney, PhD, MPH
- Sharon Medcalf, PhD
- Abraham D Mengist, PhD
- Edward S. Peters, DMD, SM, ScD, FACE
- Kendra L. Ratnapradipa, PhD
- Ariane Rung, PhD, MPH
- Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, PhD
- Current Students
- Academic Programs
- Research
- Health Promotion
- Health Services Research & Administration