Position Title
Chief Operations Officer, Institute for Pandemic Insights
Program Manager, EpiCenter for EID Intelligence
Nicole is the Chief Operations Officer for the Institute for Pandemic Insights. In this role, she coordinates activities and partners across multiple international and interdisciplinary zoonotic disease research projects, including the EpiCenter for Emerging Infectious Disease Intelligence (NIH CREID Network) and the Pathogen Plasticity Project (NSF). She also serves as Compliance Officer for the NSF Center for Pandemic Insights. Nicole received her B.S. in Animal Physiology and Neuroscience and B.A. in Psychology from the University of California San Diego, and her M.S. in Biology from the University of Nebraska Kearney. Her career pursuits have mixed research coordination with laboratory and field activities, which have allowed her to work with a variety of wildlife (small mammals, birds, amphibians, fish) in natural and managed settings and fostered a passion for work that promotes wildlife conservation and public health.
Current projects
- EpiCenter for Emerging Infectious Disease Intelligence, a CREID Network Research Center (NIH)
- Pathogen Plasticity Project (NSF)
- NSF Center for Pandemic Insights
Previous projects
- Pathways to One Health
- PREDICT (USAID)