Thomas Vilches
Assistant Professor at Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
São Paulo, Brazil
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Top SchoolThomas Vilches is an assistant professor and quantitative health scientist with 8 years of experience applying mathematical epidemiology and biometrics to infectious disease modeling and health data science. He holds a PhD in Biometrics (Mathematical Epidemiology) and an MBA in Data Science, combining rigorous theoretical modeling with practical analytics and consulting for institutions like Yale and NewFields Brasil. His postdoctoral work at IMECC-UNICAMP and York University sharpened his expertise in disease dynamics and cross-institutional research collaboration. Based in São Paulo, he bridges academia and industry as a data scientist specializing in health, and his background in medical physics and physics education gives him a strong foundation in quantitative methods that inform policy-relevant modeling.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Data Science and Analitics, Master of Business Administration - MBA, Data Science and Analitics at MBA USP/EsalqLicenciatura em Física, EDUCATION, Licenciatura em Física, EDUCATION at Universidade Cruzeiro do SulPhD in Biometrics, Mathematical Epidemiology, PhD in Biometrics, Mathematical Epidemiology at IBB-UNESP
Portuguese, Spanish, English
Github Skills (3)
graph3
julia2
graph-visualization2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
thomasvilches/covid_vac
Jun 2020 - Jan 2021
Contributions:27 commits, 14 pushes, 2 branches in 6 months
thomasvilches/schistosomiasis_abm
May 2022 - Sep 2025
Contributions:7 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 4 months
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