Chelsea Baker

Academic Qualifications

PhD, University of California, Irvine, 2024

MAS, Johns Hopkins University, 2018

BSN, Western Governors University, 2015

RN (registered nurse license)

Research Areas

Infectious disease epidemiology, global health, spatial epidemiology

Research Interests

Chelsea is interested in studying the role of contact patterns among people and zoonotic hosts in infectious disease transmission, and the impacts of the built and natural environments on health.

Biography

Chelsea is a Research Fellow at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health in the Climate, Environment, and Health Program. She has a background in public health nursing and infectious disease epidemiology.

Selected Publications

1. Baker, C. R., Barilar, I., de Araujo, L. S., Rimoin, A. W., Parker, D. M., Boyd, R., Tobias, J. L., Moonan, P. K., Click, E. S., Finlay, A., Oeltmann, J. E., Minin, V. N., Modongo, C., Zetola, N. M., Niemann, S., & Shin, S. S. (2023). Use of High-Resolution Geospatial and Genomic Data to Characterize Recent Tuberculosis Transmission, Botswana. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 29(5), 977–987. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2905.220796

Features and publications in popular media

• https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/eavesdropping-on-monkeys-to-watch-out-for-emerging-diseases

Conferences and presentations

Baker, C., Sebastian. J., Yniguez, L., Ramatlho, P., Otukile, D., Ookame, T., Mbulawa, M., Moyo, S., Kesamang, M., Niemann, S., Shin, S., Modongo, C. (2023, November 17). Phylogenetic analysis of the first documented outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 variant XBB.1.16 in Botswana. [Oral presentation]. The Union World Conference on Lung Health 2023, Paris, France.