dr. G. (Ganna) Rozhnova
- Department of Epidemiology
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Biography
Biography
Dr Ganna Rozhnova is an Assistant Professor in Infectious Disease Modeling at the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care and an affiliated researcher at the BioISI—Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute in Portugal. Her research centers on the application of infectious disease modeling to answer questions and support evidence-based policymaking in public health. She is interested in the emergence, evolution and spatio-temporal dynamics of infectious diseases on different scales (e.g., host, hospital or population) as well as in the evaluation of the impact of interventions on disease transmission. Her most recent research aims to address the prospects of HIV elimination, the impact of promising HIV cure strategies on HIV transmission, and (post-)pandemic dynamics of SARS-CoV-2. Other applications include influenza, CMV and childhood infections.
Dr Rozhnova is a recipient of highly competitive awards (PhD and postdoctoral fellowships from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, Award “Stimulus for Research” from Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation), institutional excellence programs (Research Career Development Program) and grants (PI on six projects with the total budget of €730,000 and co-Applicant on two projects with the total budget of €220,000). She held official appointments as an invited visiting scientist at the University of California (Santa Barbara, USA), the Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences (Cambridge, UK), the Gladstone Institute of Immunology and Virology (San Francisco, USA), and the MRC Biostatistics Unit (Cambridge, UK). The main funders of her current research are Aidsfonds, FCT and ZonMw.
Side Activities
Dr Rozhnova is an Editorial Board Member for Communications Medicine (Nature portfolio journal) and a member of several professional organizations (European Women in Mathematics, Institute of Physics, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics).
Fellowship and Awards
Selected for Research Carreer Development Program for Assistant Professors, the University Medical Center Utrecht (2021).
Aidsfonds grant (2020-2023). Principal Inverstigator. €275,000. Contract No. P-53902. "Prospects of HIV elimination among Dutch MSM by targeted screening for acute HIV infection and partner notification".
Aidsfonds grant (2020-2022). Principal Inverstigator. €275,000. Contract No. P-52901. "Making HIV cure work: impact on quality of life, risk behavior, and the Dutch epidemic".
RESEARCH 4 COVID-19 grant from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (2020). Principal Inverstigator. €17,500. Contract No. 131_596787873. "Making the way out: model-based evaluation of exit strategies from the COVID-19 lockdown in Portugal".
ZonMw grant (2019-2021). Role: Co-Applicant, main applicant: Kretzschmar. €47,000. Contract No. 522008010. "Gini in a bottle: Impact of PrEP on sexual behavior and sexually transmitted infections in the MSM population".
ZonMw grant (2018-2020). Role: Co-Applicant, main applicant: Kretzschmar. €170,000. Contract No. 522004009. "Risk underestimation, high-risk sexual behavior episodes and estimating the impact of tailored interventions".
Invited visiting scientist, MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge, UK (2016-2017).
Invited visiting scientist, Cologne University, Cologne, Germany (2011–2014). Position funded by SFB 680, Molecular Basis of Evolutionary Innovations.
Invited visiting scientist, Gladstone Institute of Immunology and Virology, San Francisco, CA, USA (2013).
Invited visiting scientist, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, UK (2013). Program "Infectious Disease Dynamics".
CALSIMLAB scholarship from the Institut du Calcul et de la Simulation, Paris, France (2013).
CoSyDy grant from the Warwick University, Warwick, UK (2012).
Invited visiting scientist, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA (2011). KITP Program "Microbial and Viral Evolution".
Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (2010-2013). Principal Inverstigator. €90,000. Contract No. SFRH/BPD/69137/2010. "Stochastic metapopulation models for infection dynamics and viral evolution".
Award "Stimulus for research" from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (2007-2010). Principal Inverstigator. €12,500. "The physics of populations: the role of the contact network in the competition of species and in the propagation of diseases".
PhD Fellowship from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (2006-2010). Principal Inverstigator. €60,000. Contract No. SFRH/BD/32164/2006. "Spatio-temporal patterns on complex networks: the role of the structure of the interaction network".
Merit Scholarship from V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine (2000-2004).
Gold Medal “For a Marked Progress in Studies" from the Ministry of Education of Ukraine (2000).
Research Output (23)
Gomes Manuel Carmo, Nunes Ana, Nogueira João, Rebelo Carlota, Viana João, Rozhnova Ganna 2 nov 2020, In: Acta medica portuguesa. 33 , p. 713-715 3 p.
Rouzine Igor M, Rozhnova Ganna aug 2020, In: PLoS Pathogens. 16 , p. e1008830
Kretzschmar Mirjam E, Rozhnova Ganna, Bootsma Martin C J, van Boven Michiel, van de Wijgert Janneke H H M, Bonten Marc J M 16 jul 2020, In: The Lancet Public Health. 5 , p. e452-e459
Rozhnova Ganna, Kretzschmar Mirjam E., Van Der Klis Fiona, Van Baarle Debbie, Korndewal Marjolein, C. Vossen Ann, Van Boven Michiel 2 jul 2020, In: BMC Medicine. 18
Teslya Alexandra, Pham Thi Mui, Godijk Noortje G., Kretzschmar Mirjam E., Bootsma Martin C.J., Rozhnova Ganna 1 jul 2020, In: PLoS Medicine. 17 , p. 1-21
van der Roest Bastiaan, Godijk Noortje Grejanne , Kretzschmar Mirjam, Rozhnova Ganna, Bootsma Martin jun 2020, In: Nederlandse Vereniging voor Medische Microbiologie. 28 , p. 68-72 5 p.
Rozhnova Ganna, Heijne Janneke C.M., Basten Maartje, den Daas Chantal, Matser Amy, Kretzschmar Mirjam 1 sep 2019, In: Epidemics. 28 9 p.
Rozhnova Ganna, Heijne Janneke, Bezemer Daniela, van Sighem Ard, Presanis Anne, De Angelis Daniela, Kretzschmar Mirjam 13 nov 2018, In: AIDS. 32 , p. 2615-2623 9 p.
Rouzine Igor M., Rozhnova Ganna 1 sep 2018, In: PLoS Pathogens. 14
Rozhnova G, Anastasaki Marilena, Kretzschmar MEE 2018, In: Infectious Disease Modelling. 3 , p. 160-170