Overview

Speakers

The program

SPEAKERS

Poster #25 - Ellie Graeden

Talus Analytics, United States

Biography

Dr. Ellie Graeden is the founder and CEO of Talus Analytics and a research affiliate of the Georgetown University Center for Global Health Science and Security. Dr. Graeden has developed extensive expertise applying complex systems analysis to the intersection of policy, science, and operations. She has led an interdisciplinary team at Talus in research and development efforts implemented at the national and international scales applying data analysis and computational modeling to practical decisions for public health implementation and emergency response. These projects have included a comprehensive assessment of the models used for emergency management for the US Federal emergency management community and an end-to-end analysis of international deliberate biological response requirements presented to the United Nations as part of the Biological Weapons Convention Meeting of Experts. Most recently, Dr. Graeden and her team have worked with CDC NCIRD to develop an integrated health care visibility and influenza response platform and with DHS Science and Technology Directorate to develop a platform to guide risk-based investments in flood resilience. Dr. Graeden earned her undergraduate in microbiology from Oregon State University and her doctorate in biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).