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		<i class="far fa-download" style="color:#1f7099"></i> &nbsp; 
		<a href="https://github.com/sjijon/sjijon.github.io/blob/master/files/CV/CV_EN_JIJON.pdf" target="_blank">EN</a> |
		<a href="https://github.com/sjijon/sjijon.github.io/blob/master/files/CV/CV_FR_JIJON.pdf" target="_blank">FR</a> |
		<a href="https://github.com/sjijon/sjijon.github.io/blob/master/files/CV/CV_ES_JIJON.pdf" target="_blank">ES</a>
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	<h5>EXPERIENCE</h5>

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				<strong> 2025, Jan&ndash;Jun</strong>
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			Postdoctoral research fellow at Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
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			<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/pef/php/about/index.html" target="_blank">Steven M. Teutsch Prevention Effectiveness Fellowship</a>, Analytics and Modeling Track
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			 <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/forecast-outbreak-analytics/" target="_blank">Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics</a> (CFA)
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			WA, United States
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				Joined the team led by <a href="https://confunguido.github.io" target="_blank">Guido Camargo</a> and contributed by conducting literature review and building a module to run cost-effectiveness analyses of non-pharmaceutical interventions against SARS-CoV-2 for a package developped by CFA to support decision-making. 
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			<p><strong>2023&ndash;2024</strong></p>
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			<strong>Independent Research</strong><br>
			The Hague, Netherlands
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			Worked with <a href="https://research.pasteur.fr/en/member/romulus-breban/">Romulus Breban</a> (Institut Pasteur, France) and <a href="https://www.rand.org/about/people/v/vardavas_raffaele.html" target="_blank">Raffaele Vardavas</a> (RAND Corporation, United States) to study epidemic elimination and reemergence dynamics induced by vaccine hesitancy/fatigue.
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				<strong> 2022&ndash;2023</strong>
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			<strong>Postdoctoral researcher at Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)</strong>
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			Institut d'Écologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement de Paris (IEES Paris, CNRS & Sorbonne Université)
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			<a href="https://iees-paris.fr/teams/interaction-networks/" target="_blank">Équipe Écologie et évolution des réseaux d'interactions</a> (EERI)
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			Paris, France
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			Worked with <a href="https://www.normalesup.org/~fdebarre/" target="_blank">Florence Débarre</a> (CNRS), <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/francoisblanquart/home" target="_blank">François Blanquart</a> (Collège de France) and <a href="https://czuppon.net" target="_blank">Peter Czuppon</a> (University of Münster) to estimate the date emergence of an epidemic outbreak using early case data.
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			Funding: MODCOV19 Platform (Insmi) fellowship granted to FD.
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	<p><strong>2020&ndash;2021</strong></p>
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		<strong>Postdoctoral researcher at Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (Cnam)</strong><br>
		<a href="https://mesurs.cnam.fr/?lang=fr" target="_blank">Modélisation, épidémiologie et surveillance des risques sanitaires</a> (MESuRS)
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		Paris, France
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		Worked with <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/kvnjean/" target="_blank">Kévin Jean</a> and 
		<a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=fr&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=laura+temime&btnG=&oq=Laura+temi" target="_blank">Laura Temime</a> in close collaboration with an on-site medical and research team led by <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vAdByMgAAAAJ&hl=en" target="_blank">Mohamed El-Kassas</a> to estimate and compare the risk of nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 transmission in three Egyptian COVID-19 quarantine hospitals.
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		Funding: ANRS COVID-19 grant for Nord-South collaborations, granted to KJ.
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			<p><strong>2019&ndash;2020</strong></p>
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			<strong>Teaching and research associate at Sorbonne Université (SU)</strong><br>
			('Attaché Temporaire d'Enseignement et de Recherche', ATER)
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			<a href="https://sciences.sorbonne-universite.fr/faculte/ufr-instituts-observatoires-ecoles/ufr-sciences-de-la-vie" target="_blank">Biology Faculty</a> (UFR 927)
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			Paris, France
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				I led Pre-calculus, Biostatistics and Biomathematics exercise sessions for undergrad Biology SU students.
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			<p><strong>2015&ndash;2019</strong></p>
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			<strong>PhD at Sorbonne Université</strong>
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			<a href="https://www.iplesp.upmc.fr/en/team/SUMO" target="_blank">Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health</a> (IPLESP, Inserm & SU)
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			Team: <a href="https://www.iplesp.upmc.fr/en/team/SUMO" target="_blank">Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Modelling</a> (SUMO)
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			Paris, France
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			Supervised by <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aw2YhuEAAAAJ&hl=en" target="_blank">Virginie Supervie</a> (Inserm) and <a href="https://research.pasteur.fr/en/member/romulus-breban/">Romulus Breban</a> (Institut Pasteur) I studied epidemic elimination under voluntary adoption of effective preventive methods. Two applications were explored: i) voluntary vaccination against childhood infectious diseases (such as measles) and ii) pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake to prevent HIV infection. 
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			Funding: 3-year doctoral grant via the EHESP Public Health Doctoral Network and 1-year ANRS research grant, both awarded to SJ.
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	<h5>DEGREES</h5>
	
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	<p><strong>2021</strong></p>
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		<strong>PhD in Epidemiology</strong>
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		Biomathematics Track
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		Sorbonne Université (SU)
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		(former Pierre et Marie Curie University)
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		Paris, France
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		Thesis: <em>Voluntary prevention in the context of efficient treatment: a game-theoretic approach</em>
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		Advisors: <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aw2YhuEAAAAJ&hl=en" target="_blank">Virginie Supervie</a> (Inserm) and <a href="https://research.pasteur.fr/en/member/romulus-breban/">Romulus Breban</a> (Institut Pasteur)
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		Research unit: Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health (IPLESP)
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		Team: <a href="https://www.iplesp.upmc.fr/en/team/SUMO" target="_blank">Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Modelling</a> (SUMO)
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		Doctoral School: ED 393, Pierre Louis Doctoral School of Epidemiology and Public Health
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		Defense jury: Chris Bauch (referee, University of Waterloo), Raffaele Vardavas (referee, RAND Corporation), Alberto D'Onofrio (Trieste University), Judith Mueller (EHESP), Sylvain Sorin (Sorbonne Université)<br>
		Funding: 3-year doctoral grant via the <a href="https://www.ehesp.fr/en/research/doctorate/doctoral-network/" target="_blank">EHESP Public Health Doctoral Network</a> and 1-year research grant from the <a href="https://anrs.fr/fr/" target="_blank">French Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis (ANRS)</a>, both awarded to SJ.<br>
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	<p><strong>2015</strong></p>
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		<strong>Masters in Applied Mathematics</strong><br>
		Mathematical Modeling Track 
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		Sorbonne Université
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		Paris, France
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		Program: <a href="https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/MathModel/presentation/mbio.html" target="_blank">Mathematics Applied to Biological and Medical Sciences</a> (MBIO)
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		Dissertation: <em>Modeling the impact of PrEP in HIV incidence among MSM</em>
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		Advisor: <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aw2YhuEAAAAJ&hl=en" target="_blank">Virginie Supervie</a> (Inserm)
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	<p><strong>2013</strong></p>
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		<strong>Bachelor in Mathematics</strong><br>
		Escuela Politécnica Nacional
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		Quito, Ecuador
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		Dissertation: <em>Reduction of a population spreading problem using Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) method</em>
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		Advisor: <a href="https://modemat.epn.edu.ec/~merino/" target="_blank">Pedro Merino</a>  (MODEMAT, EPN)
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	<h5>SKILLS</h5>

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		<p><strong>Infectious disease modeling</strong></p>
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				<li>SEIR, agent-based, stochastic, deterministic and Bayesian approaches</li>
				<li>Epidemic elimination and (re)emergence dynamics</li>
				<li>Behavioral models: game theory, utility maximization</li>
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		<p><strong>Public health</strong></p>
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				<li>Prevention interventions, vaccine hesitancy</li>
				<li>Health economic evaluations: disease burden, cost-effectiveness analyses</li>
				<li>SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19</li>
				<li>Measles and vaccination</li>
				<li>HIV and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis</li>
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		<p><strong>Programming languages</strong></p>
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				<li>R</li>
				<li>Julia</li>
				<li>Python</li>
				<li>C++</li>
				<li> Rust</li>
				<li>Matlab</li>
				<li>Mathematica</li>
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				<li>English</li>
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	<h5>OTHER QUALIFICATIONS</h5>

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    <p><strong>2022&ndash;2026</strong></p>
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      <strong>Qualification aux fonctions de maître de conférence</strong><br>
      <span style="font-style: italic;">(French qualification required for applying to lecturer positions)</span>
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      Sections CNU:
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      Section 26 – Mathématiques appliquées et applications des mathématiques
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      Section 85 – Ingénierie appliquée à la santé
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