Public Health and Health Professions
Berube Lab
Led by Sophie Berube · Biostatistics
What we study
Sophie Berube's lab studies how pathogens like malaria spread using computer models and data from Africa. They analyze immune and genetic data to understand disease patterns.
What working here is like
- Computational
- No organisms (data only)
- Coding required
- Projects
- 3
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Genomic Epidemiology of Antimalarial Resistance (GEAR) Study
Analyzes genetic data from Africa to track how malaria parasites develop resistance to antimalarial drugs.
P1-12 Understanding the impact of malaria vaccines in diverse transmission settings in Zambia
Studies vaccine effectiveness in Zambia using genomic and epidemiological data.
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Establishing an integrated serosurveillance analytics hub
Develops tools to track infectious diseases using immune and genomic data.
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Recent papers, explained
- Classification of outcomes in antimalarial therapeutic efficacy studies with Aster
2026 · Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Develops a tool to improve classification of malaria infections in drug efficacy studies by addressing genotyping challenges.
- Toward an Open Analysis Ecosystem for Plasmodium Genomic Epidemiology
2026 · American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Discusses challenges and solutions for integrating malaria genomic data into decision-making tools for control programs.
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- Improving mobility data for infectious disease research
2025 · Nature Human Behaviour
Identifies challenges and opportunities for using mobility data to study infectious disease dynamics.
- Multiplex bead assays enable integrated serological surveillance and reveal cross-pathogen vulnerabilities in Zambezia Province, Mozambique
2025 · Nature Communications
Uses multiplex bead assays to measure antibodies to multiple pathogens in Mozambique, revealing spatial and age differences in exposure.
- Impact of Late–Rainy Season Indoor Residual Spraying on Holoendemic Malaria Transmission: A Cohort Study in Northern Zambia
2024 · The Journal of Infectious Diseases
Tests whether late-season indoor residual spraying reduces malaria transmission in Zambia by studying vector and disease trends.
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