Matthew Scotch MPH, PhD, MA

Matthew's research focuses on the theory and application of phylogeography to study the migration of zoonotic RNA viruses with a particular interest in influenza A viruses. Work in his lab includes the integration, analysis, and presentation of viral genetics for public health/animal health surveillance. Current projects include studying approaches to advance phylogeography models and geospatial metadata in virus sequence databases for virus surveillance and analysis of viruses from wastewater, with a focus on influenza, using bioinformatics. Matthew’s lab group is also interested in the molecular epidemiology of RNA viruses including the amplification and sequencing of seasonal influenza for public health surveillance.