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Probabilistic models for infectious diseases are important for understanding mechanisms underlying the spread of infection. I develop new models and computational approaches motivated by several research projects including a study of the dynamics of meningitis in Nigeria, measle…

The rate of accumulation of nucleic acid sequence data produced by next generation sequencing technology has in some ways outpaced the development of theory and methods for analyzing such data. In this dissertation, I explore the advantages of, and how to best implement, whole g…