
Nicholas B Defelice, PhD
About Me
Nicholas DeFelice, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and a member of the Mount Sinai Institute for Exposomic Research.
Dr. DeFelice studies environmental determinants of infectious disease transmission. He develops mathematical models that quantify disease burden attributable to poor infrastructure and other environmental exposures, along with systems to forecast infectious disease outbreaks. His current research focuses on forecasting West Nile virus outbreaks, SARS-CoV-2, Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, and Chagas disease. More broadly, his research addresses how climate change influences human health and environmental solutions that can promote positive health outcomes.
Dr. DeFelice holds a PhD in Environmental Science and Engineering from the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he also completed his Master of Science in Environmental Engineering. Prior to joining Mount Sinai, his postdoctoral training was completed at Columbia University with a focus on climate and health.
Language
English
Position
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Environmental Medicine, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Global Health and Health Systems Design
Multi-Disciplinary Training Areas
Immunology [IMM], Microbiology [MIC]
Publications
Selected Publications
- Evaluation of the 2022 West Nile virus forecasting challenge, USA. Ryan D. Harp, Karen M. Holcomb, Renata Retkute, Alisa Prusokiene, Augustinas Prusokas, Zeynep Ertem, Marco Ajelli, Allisandra G. Kummer, Maria Litvinova, Stefano Merler, Ana Pastore y. Piontti, Piero Poletti, Alessandro Vespignani, Andre B.B. Wilke, Agnese Zardini, Kelly Helm Smith, Philip Armstrong, Nicholas DeFelice, Alexander Keyel, John Shepard, Rebecca Smith, Andrew Tyre, John Humphreys, Lee W. Cohnstaedt, Saman Hosseini, Caterina Scoglio, Morgan E. Gorris, Martha Barnard, S. Kane Moser, Julie A. Spencer, Maggie S.J. McCarter, Christopher Lee, Melissa S. Nolan, Christopher M. Barker, J. Erin Staples, Randall J. Nett, Michael A. Johansson. Parasites and Vectors
- Berenice’s Legacy, Ending Silence, and Serving Justice: A Call for Comprehensive ChagasTesting in the US Pediatric Population. Priya Mallikarjuna, Nicholas DeFelice, Matthew J. Ward, Jose A. Suarez, Juan David Ramirez, Alberto Paniz-Mondolfi. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
- A Spatially Resolved and Environmentally Informed Forecast Model of West Nile Virus in Coachella Valley, California. Matthew J. Ward, Meytar Sorek-Hamer, Jennifer A. Henke, Eliza Little, Aman Patel, Jeffery Shaman, Krishna Vemuri, Nicholas B. DeFelice. GeoHealth