Darcy Rao
Senior Program Officer at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDarcy Rao is an infectious disease epidemiologist and senior program officer with a decade of experience applying mathematical modeling, transmission dynamics, and economic evaluation to inform global health strategy for women and girls. Based in Seattle, she blends academic rigor—as Acting Assistant Professor at the University of Washington—with program-level decision support at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, translating complex quantitative analyses into actionable investment strategies. Her work spans compartmental, network, and Markov models for STI/HIV and HPV, and uniquely pairs model-driven insight with field-informed health behavior research and economic appraisal. She mentors and teaches emerging modelers, writes grants and disseminates findings to both scientific and community stakeholders, ensuring models drive real-world impact.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Epidemiology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Epidemiology at University of WashingtonMaster of Public Health, Global Health, Master of Public Health, Global Health at Emory University, Rollins School of Public HealthB.A., Human Biology, B.A., Human Biology at Stanford University
Spanish
Github Skills (1)
transmission2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
statnet/WHAMP
Oct 2017 - Jan 2019
Contributions:163 pushes, 1 branch, 59 comments in 1 year 3 months
darcyrao/EpiModelHIV
Feb 2018 - Apr 2019
Contributions:103 pushes, 2 comments in 1 year 2 months
transmissionnetwork-modelsdynamicshivmsm
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