David M. Hartley
David M. Hartley graduated with a B.S. in Physics from WVU in 1989. He proceeded to study at the University of Maryland - Baltimore and graduated with his Ph.D. in 1996.
Dr. Hartley researches the factors governing the emergence and transmission of infectious diseases by applying mathematical modeling, computer simulation, and data analytics. He strives to used team-based, interdisciplinary research to improve children's health.
He used mathematical and computer simulation to understand the HIV epidemic in the early 1990s. That interest grew into mathematical disease ecology and research on how environmental variables affect the emergence and spread of different infectious diseases. Dr. Hartley's interest in public health surveillance followed from his study of epidemics, so he also studies the spread of ideas and cooperation in learning healthcare systems using mathematical tools like those applied to measuring and modeling epidemics.