Education
- 2001-2007: PhD, MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Biological Oceanography
Research
Petra is a member of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, belonging to Infectious Disease Dynamics research group. Her work draws on optimal control and game theory to find how heterogeneities in demographic and socio-economic factors influence and shape optimal strategies for control of infectious diseases.
Selected Publications
- Klepac, P., Metcalf, C. J. E., McLean, A. and Hampson, K. (2013) Towards the endgame and beyond: complexities and challenges for the elimination of infectious diseases. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 368: 20120137. [open access]
- Henderson, D. A. and Klepac, P. (2013) Lessons from the eradication of smallpox: an interview with DA Henderson. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B368: 20130113. [open access]
- Klepac, P., Metcalf, C.J.E., Bjørnstad, O. N. and Grenfell, B.T. (2012) Optimizing reactive responses to outbreaks of immunizing infections: balancing case management and vaccination. PLOS ONE 8:e41428. [open access]
- Klepac, P., Laxminarayan, R. and Grenfell, B. T. (2011) Synthesizing epidemiological and economic optima for control of immunizing infections. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108: 14366–14370. [open access]
- Klepac, P. and Caswell, H. (2011) The stage-structured epidemic: linking disease and demography with a multi-state matrix model approach. Theoretical Ecology 4: 301-319.
Publications
The epidemiology of rubella in Mexico: Seasonality, stochasticity and regional variation
– Epidemiology and Infection
(2011)
139,
1029
(doi: 10.1017/S0950268810002165)
The epidemiology of rubella in Mexico: seasonality, stochasticity and regional variation.
– Epidemiology and infection
(2010)
139,
1029
(doi: 10.1017/s0950268810002165)
Modelling the first dose of measles vaccination: the role of maternal immunity, demographic factors, and delivery systems
– Epidemiology and infection
(2010)
139,
265
(doi: 10.1017/s0950268810001329)
The stage-structured epidemic: Linking disease and demography with a multi-state matrix approach model
– Theoretical Ecology
(2010)
4,
301
(doi: 10.1007/s12080-010-0079-8)
Stage-structured transmission of phocine distemper virus in the Dutch 2002 outbreak
– Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
(2009)
276,
2469
(doi: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0175)
Dispersal delays, predator–prey stability, and the paradox of enrichment
– Theoretical Population Biology
(2007)
71,
436
(doi: 10.1016/j.tpb.2007.02.002)
Mathematical epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in cuba during the period 1986-2000
– Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering
(2006)
3,
545
(doi: 10.3934/mbe.2006.3.545)
Stabilizing Dispersal Delays in Predator–Prey Metapopulation Models
– Theoretical population biology
(2002)
61,
339
(doi: 10.1006/tpbi.2002.1578)
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