Nita Bharti
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Assistant Professor of Biology, Lloyd Huck Early Career Professor
W253 Millennium Science ComplexUniversity Park, PA 16802
Education
- 2005-2009, Penn State University, State College, PA
- Ph.D. Biology (Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics)
- 2002-2004, Penn State University, State College, PA
- M.A. Biological Anthropology
- 1996-2000, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- B.S. Biology, Anthropology-Zoology (honors)
Postdoc Training
- 2009-2012, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs
Biography
2013-2017, Stanford
University, Stanford, CA
Visiting Scholar
Woods
Institute for the Environment
2012-2016, Penn State University,
University Park, PA
Research Associate
Center for
Infectious Disease Dynamics
Huck Institute
of the Life Sciences
Honors and Awards
- 2012-2017 Branco Weiss-Society in Science Fellow
- http://www.society-in-science.org
- Huck Early Career Professorship Chair
Selected Publications
Bharti, N., Tatem, A. (2018) Fluctuations in anthropogenic nighttime lights from satellite imagery for five cities in Niger and Nigeria. Nature, Scientific Data 5:108256, doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2018.256
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Bharti, N., Djibo, A., Tatem, AJ, Grenfell, BT, Ferrari, MJ. (2016) Measuring populations to improve vaccination coverage. Nature, Scientific Reports 6:34541, doi 10.1038/srep34541
Bharti, N., Lu, X., Bengtsson, L., Wetter, E., Tatem, A. (2015) Remotely measuring populations during a crisis by overlaying two data sources. International Health 7(2):90-98 doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihv003
Halloran, M.E, Vespignani, A., Bharti, N., Feldstein LR, Alexander KA, Ferrari MJ, Shaman J, Drake JM, Porco T, Eisenberg JNS, Del Valle SY, Lofgren E, Scarpino SV, Eisenberg MC, Gao D, Hyman JM, Eubank S, Longini RM. (2014) Ebola: Mobility data. Science 346(6208):433
Bharti, N. (2014) The importance of movement in environmental change and infectious disease. Institute of Medicine's Forum on Microbial Threats workshop summary on The Influence of Global Environmental Change on Infectious Disease Dynamics.
Lu, X., Wetter, E., Bharti, N., Tatem, A., Bengtsson, L. (2013) Approaching the limits of predictability in human mobility. Nature, Scientific Reports 3(2923): 1-9 doi: 10.1038/srep02923
Tatem, A., Adamo, S., Bharti, N., Burgert, C., Castro, M., Dorelien, A., Fink, G., Linard, C., Mendelsohn J., Montana, L., Montgomery, M., Nelson, A., Noor, A., Pindolia, D., Yetman G., and Balk, D. (2012) Mapping populations at risk: improving spatial demographic data for infectious disease modeling and metric derivation. Population Health Metrics 10(8):1-14 doi:10.1186/1478-7954-10-8 Review Article
Bharti, N., Tatem A., Ferrari, M., Grais, R., Djibo, A., Grenfell, B. (2011) Explaining seasonal fluctuations of measles in Niger using nighttime lights imagery. Science 334(6061):1424-1427. doi: 10.1126/science.1210554
Bharti, N., Broutin, H., Ferrari, M., Grais, R., Djibo, A., Tatem, A., Grenfell, B. (2011) Spatial dynamics of meningitis in Niger: observed patterns in comparison with measles. Epidemiology and Infectiondoi:10.1017/S0950268811002032
Metcalf, C.J.E., Bjornstad, O.N., Ferrari, M.J., Klepac, P., Bharti, N., Lopez-Gatall, H., Grenfell, B.T. (2010) The epidemiology of rubella in Mexico: seasonality, stochasticity, and regional variation. Epidemiology and Infection139:1029-1038.
Bharti, N., Djibo, A., Ferrari, M., Grais, R., Tatem, A., McCabe, C., Bjornstad, O., Grenfell, B. (2010) Measles hotspots and epidemiological connectivity. Epidemiology and Infection 138:1308-1316.
Ferrari, M., Djibo, A., Grais, R.F., Bharti, N., Grenfell, B.T., Bjornstad, O.N. (2010) Rural-urban gradient in seasonal forcing of measles transmission in Niger. Proc Biol Sci 277(1695):2775-82.
Ferrari, M., Grais, R., Bharti, N., Conlan, A., Bjornstand, O., Wolfson, L., Guerin., P., Djibo, A., Grenfell, B. (2008) The dynamics of measles in sub-Saharan Africa. Nature 451, 679-684. doi:10.1038/nature06509
Bharti, N., Xia, Y., Bjornstand, O., Grenfell, B. (2008) Measles on the edge: coastal heterogeneities and disease modeling. PloS ONE 3(4): e1941. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001941
Finkelman, B., Viboud, C., Koelle, K., Ferrari, M., Bharti, N., Grenfell, B. (2007) Global patterns in seasonal activity of influenza A/H3N2, A/H1N1, and B from 1997 to 2005: Viral coexistence and latitudinal gradients. PloS ONE 2(12): e1296. doi:10:1371/journal.pone.0001296