Brinkley Raynor Bellotti

Public Health
Epidemiology
Emerging Diseases
Zoonotic Diseases
Tropical Diseases
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I am an infectious disease epidemiologist and veterinarian who researches infectious disease dynamics across multiple systems. A strong supporter of the One Health approach, I am interested in improving population health by studying disease transmission between people and animals in the context of their shared environment.

My research revolves around developing data driven strategies for infectious disease prevention and control. I use mathematical models to simulate disease transmission and explore mitigation strategies and make public health decisions.

Recent publications

Cave dogs around major urban areas threaten rabies elimination program.

Castillo-Neyra R, Díaz EW, Bellotti BR, Morucci K, De la Puente-León M, Ortiz-Cam L, Levy MZ

Journal: bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · Publish Date: 2025 Sep 30 · DOI: 10.1101/2025.09.28.679082 · PMID: 41256502

Challenging a paradigm: Staggered versus single-pulse mass dog vaccination strategy for rabies elimination.

Bellotti BR, Díaz EW, De la Puente-León M, Rieders MT, Recuenco SE, Levy MZ, Castillo-Neyra R

Journal: PLoS computational biology · Publish Date: 2025 Feb · DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012780 · PMID: 39919100

Cave dogs around major urban areas of Arequipa, Peru, threaten rabies elimination program.

Castillo-Neyra R, Díaz EW, Bellotti BR, Morucci K, De la Puente-León M, Ortiz-Cam L, Levy MZ

Journal: Frontiers in veterinary science · Publish Date: 2025 · DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2025.1649737 · PMID: 41346809

Optimizing the location of vaccination sites to stop a zoonotic epidemic.

Castillo-Neyra R, Xie S, Bellotti BR, Diaz EW, Saxena A, Toledo AM, Condori-Luna GF, Rieders M, Bhattacharya BB, Levy MZ

Journal: Scientific reports · Publish Date: 2024 Jul 10 · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-66674-x · PMID: 38987306

Quantifying individual-level heterogeneity in infectiousness and susceptibility through household studies.

Anderson TL, Nande A, Merenstein C, Raynor B, Oommen A, Kelly BJ, Levy MZ, Hill AL

Journal: Epidemics · Publish Date: 2023 Sep · DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2023.100710 · PMID: 37556994

Modeling the impact of xenointoxication in dogs to halt Trypanosoma cruzi transmission.

Rokhsar JL, Raynor B, Sheen J, Goldstein ND, Levy MZ, Castillo-Neyra R

Journal: PLoS computational biology · Publish Date: 2023 May · DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011115 · PMID: 37155680

Predicting climate-change induced heat-related illness risk in Grand Canyon National Park visitors.

Buttke DE, Raynor B, Schuurman GW

Journal: PloS one · Publish Date: 2023 · DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288812 · PMID: 37556450

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rabies reemergence in Latin America: The case of Arequipa, Peru.

Raynor B, Díaz EW, Shinnick J, Zegarra E, Monroy Y, Mena C, De la Puente-León M, Levy MZ, Castillo-Neyra R

Journal: PLoS neglected tropical diseases · Publish Date: 2021 May · DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009414 · PMID: 34019548