InForMID
Tufts Initiative for the Forecasting and Modeling of Infectious Diseases
Tufts Initiative for the Forecasting and Modeling of Infectious Diseases

Tania M. Alarcon Falconi | PhD

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Education
• PhD, 2018, Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Tufts University
• BS, 2006, Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Tufts University

Occupation
• Senior Scientist, Environmental Health & Engineering, Inc.
• Adjunct Assistant Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

Research Interests
• Effective communications with visualizations and interactive dashboards
• Modeling and surveillance of seasonal infections and time-referenced data
• Characterization of spatiotemporal uncertainties in time series analysis

Research Highlights

Alarcon Falconi TM, Estrella B, Sempertegui F, Naumova EN. (2020). Effects of data aggregation on time series analysis of seasonal infections. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(16): 5887. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17165887

Alarcon Falconi TM, Cruz MS, Naumova EN. (2018). The shift in seasonality of legionellosis in the USA. Epidemiology and Infection, 146 (14): 1824-1833. DOI:10.1017/S0950268818002182

Alarcon Falconi TM, Kulinkina AV, Mohan VR, Francis MR, Kattula D, Sarkar R, Ward H, Kang G, Balraj V, Naumova EN. (2017). Quantifying tap-to-household water quality deterioration in urban communities in Vellore, India: The impact of spatial assumptions. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 220(1), 29-36. DOI:10.1016/j.ijheh.2016.09.019

Scully MJ, Norris GA, Alarcon Falconi TM, MacIntosh DL. (2021). Carbon intensity of corn ethanol in the United States: state of the science. Environmental Research Letters, 16(4), 043001.