Curriculum Vitae


Professional Experience

Research Interests

Data science, natural language processing (NLP), machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI), radiology, healthcare, global health, data management, biostatistics, epidemiology, emerging infectious diseases, zoonoses, parasitology, personality, innovation, social learning, commensalism, phylogenetic comparative methods, meta-analysis, social network analysis, simulation modeling of disease spread

Education

Select Publications

2018

McCabe CM, Nunn CL. Effective network size predicted from simulations of pathogen outbreaks through social networks provides a novel measure of structure-standardized group size. Front Vet Sci 5:71. DOI:10.3389/fvets.2018.00071


2018

Sumner K, McCabe CM, Nunn CL. Network size, structure, and pathogen transmission: a simulation study comparing different community detection algorithms. Behaviour 155(7-9). DOI:10.1163/1568539X-00003508


2015

Nunn CL, Jordan F, McCabe CM, Verdolin J, Fewell J. Parasitism and group size: More than just a numbers game. Phil Trans R Soc B 370:20140111. DOI:10.1098/rstb.2014.0111


2014

McCabe CM, Reader SM, Nunn CL. Infectious disease, behavioural flexibility, and the evolution of culture in primates. Proc R Soc B 282:20140862. DOI:10.1098/rspb.2014.2405


2014

McCabe CM, Rand DG. Coordinated punishment does not proliferate when defectors can also punish cooperators. In: JH Gallo (Ed.), Antisocial Behavior: Etiology, Genetic and Environmental Influences and Clinical Management. Nova Science Publishers: Hauppauge, NY. Manuscript available at SSRN.


2012

Garamszegi LZ, Nunn CL, McCabe CM. Informatics approaches to developing dynamic meta-analyses. Evol Ecol 26(5):1275-1276. DOI:10.1007/s10682-012-9592-0

Select Awards, Grants, and Fellowships

Select Presentations

2017

McCabe CM, Young HS, Weinstein SB, Nunn CL. “Unwelcome guests: Human-rodent commensalism and its implications for zoonotic disease transfer.” Podium presentation at: American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Meeting; New Orleans, LA.


2016

McCabe CM, Wrangham RW. “Habitat temperature and implications for total energy expenditure among mammals and primates.” Poster at: American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Meeting; Atlanta, GA.


2015

McCabe CM, Jordán F, Nunn CL. “More than just a numbers game: populations, networks, and disease dynamics in primates.” Podium presentation at: American Society of Primatologists; Bend, OR.


2013

McCabe CM, Reader SM, Nunn CL. “Social learning as a conduit for parasite transmission in the evolution of primates.” Podium presentation at: Göttinger Freilandtage IX; Göttingen, Germany.


2012

McCabe C, Nunn C, Reader S. “How do social learning and environmental exploration affect infectious disease risk in primates?” Poster at: Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Annual Meeting; Ann Arbor, MI.


2012

McCabe CM, Nunn CL, Reader SM. “Infectious disease risk in the evolution of culture.” Podium presentation at: American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Meeting; Portland, OR.


2009

McCabe CM, Lee T, Fuentes A. “Variation in parasite burdens among semi-free-ranging Barbary macaques, Macaca sylvanus, in the Upper Rock Nature Reserve, Gibraltar.” Poster at: Midwest Primate Interest Group Annual Meeting; Allendale, MI.

Research Experience

2017-2018

Surveillance of emerging mosquito-borne arboviruses in Mongolia

Veterinary Medicine Institute
(Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)


2015-2016

Dissertation labwork focusing on parasite identification behavior evaluation

Nunn Lab
(Durham, NC)


2012-2015

Dissertation work on zoonotic disease risks of rodent-human cohabitation

Mpala Research Centre
(Laikipia, Kenya)


2009-2011

Field study of environmental factors affecting gastrointestinal parasite distribution among Macaca sylvanus

Bruce's Farm, GONHS Field Station
(Upper Rock Nature Reserve, Gibraltar)


2009

Independent research on geospatial movement patterns and learning behavior in Marmota flaviventris

UNDERC-West
(Moiese, MO)


2008

Independent research on habitat disturbance and its effects on foraging strategies of Peromyscus maniculatus gracilis

UNDERC-East
(Land O' Lakes, WI)


2007-2010

Laboratory technician for G. Belovsky, working on project: "Ecosystem structure and function in palouse grasslands"

Belovsky Lab
(Notre Dame, IN)

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