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Education
• MS, 2019, Biochemical and Molecular Nutrition, Friedman School, Tufts University
• BA, 2017, Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University
Research Interests
• Creating data visualizations to better interpret time series data
• Investigating the associations of sugar sweetened beverages and coffee consumption on chronic diseases and mortality outcome in large cohort studies
Research Highlights
Simpson RB, Zhou B, Naumova EN (2020). Seasonal synchronization of foodborne outbreaks in the United States, 1996-2017. Scientific Reports (Accepted).
Simpson RB, Zhou B, Alarcon Falconi TM, Naumova EN (2020). An analecta of visualizations for foodborne illness trends and seasonality. Nature Data (Accepted).
Simpson RB, Gottlieb J, Zhou B, Liang S, Jiang X, Hartwick MA, Naumova EN (2020). Navigating global public influenza surveillance systems for reliable forecasting. In Integrated Science of Global Epidemics. Springer (Under Revision).
Zhou B, Ichikawa R, Parnell LD, Noel SE, Zhang X, Bhupathiraju SN, Smith CE, Tucker KL, Ordovas JM, Lai CQ (2020). Metabolomic Links between Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake and Obesity. Journal of Obesity.
- Tuition scholarship, 2017-2019, Friedman School, Tufts University
- China National Scholarship, 2016
- Nutritional Epidemiology. Graduate course, Tufts University Friedman School. Teaching Assistant (Fall 2019)
- Intermediate Epidemiology. Graduate course, Tufts University Friedman School. Teaching Assistant (Spring 2020)
- Research Data Analyst, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University. Boston, MA., Boston, MA, March 2020– Present
- Research assistant, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University. Boston, MA., Boston, MA, Oct 2019 – Feb 2020
- Graduate research assistant, Nutrition and Genomics Lab, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Boston, MA, Feb 2018 – Feb 2019
- Veterinary intern, Veterinary teaching hospital, China Agricultural University. Beijing, China, Feb 2018 – May 2018
- Research assistant, National Animal Protozoa Lab, China Agricultural University. Beijing, China. Mar 2017 – April 2018
- Simpson RB, Zhou B, Naumova EN (2020). Seasonal synchronization of foodborne outbreaks in the United States, 1996-2017. Scientific Reports (Accepted).
- Simpson RB, Zhou B, Alarcon Falconi TM, Naumova EN (2020). An analecta of visualizations for foodborne illness trends and seasonality. Nature Data (Accepted).
- Zhou B, Ichikawa R, Parnell LD, Noel S, Zhang X, Bhupathiraju SN., ... & Lai CQ. (2020). Metabolomic Links between Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake and Obesity. Journal of Obesity, 2020.
- Simpson RB, Zhou B, Babool S, Naumova EN. (2019). Foodborne Outbreak Calendar Synchronization: A Time Series Analysis Application. 7th International Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics. Elsevier. Charleston, SC. (Poster Presentation)
- Naumova EN, Simpson RB, Venkat A, Zhou B. (2019). Synchronization of Foodborne Disease Seasonality. Symposium on Networks in Food Systems & Nutrition. University of Vermont. Burlington, VT. (Oral Presentation)
- Simpson RB, Zhou B, Naumova EN. (2019). Foodborne Infections: Methods for Characterizing Seasonality. Analytics Without Borders Conference. Bryant University. Providence, RI. (Oral Presentation)
- Simpson RB, Zhou B, Naumova EN. (2019). Visualizing Disease Seasonality: Comparisons Across Space and Time. 17th Annual Freeman Symposium on Infectious Diseases. Harvard University. Cambridge, MA. (Poster Presentation)
- Simpson RB, Zhou B, Naumova EN. (2019). Seasonality of Foodborne Infections: The Relationship Between Peak Timing and Amplitude. 17th Annual Freeman Symposium on Infectious Diseases. Harvard University. Cambridge, MA. (Poster Presentation)
- Zhou B, Simpson RB, Naumova EN. (2019). Visualizing Disease Seasonality: Challenges and Solutions. Analytics Without Borders Conference. Bryant University. Providence, RI. (Oral Presentation)
- Simpson RB, Venkat A, Zhou B, Naumova EN. (2019). Forecasting Influenza in Data-Rich and Data-Sparse Environments: Applications of Triangulating Disease Seasonal Patterns. International Conference on Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. World Academy of Science, Engineering, and Technology. Boston, MA. (Poster Presentation)
- Simpson RB, Waskow A, Venkat A, Zhou B, Naumova EN. (2019). Foodborne Outbreak Calendar: Applications of Time Series. International Conference on Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. World Academy of Science, Engineering, and Technology. Boston, MA. (Poster Presentation)
- Ichikawa R, Zhou B, Lai CQ et al. (2019). Metabolomic Links Between Sweetened Beverage Intake and Obesity. American Society for Nutrition Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD