Open Research and Contributor Identifier

ORCID - 0000-0001-6393-1943

Department

Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Education

• University of Trento, Italy, Ph.D., 2016

• Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia, M.A., 2010

• Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia, B.A., 2008

Background

• 2019-2020 Postdoctoral Associate, ISI Foundation, Turin, Italy
• 2017-2019 Postdoctoral Associate, Network Science Institute, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA

Research Interests

Dr. Litvinova leverages multidisciplinary micro and macro data to investigate complex social, economic, and demographic contexts affecting infectious disease characteristics and dynamics. She also specializes in epidemiologic data analysis.

Selected Publications

Articles

Davis JT, Chinazzi M, Perra N, Mu K, Pastore Y Piontti A, Ajelli M, Dean NE, Gioannini C, Litvinova M, Merler S, Rossi L, Sun K, Xiong X, Longini IM Jr, Halloran ME, Viboud C, Vespignani A. Cryptic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and the first COVID-19 wave. Nature. 2021 Dec;600(7887):127-132. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8636257.

Mistry D, Litvinova M, Pastore Y Piontti A, Chinazzi M, Fumanelli L, Gomes MFC, Haque SA, Liu QH, Mu K, Xiong X, Halloran ME, Longini IM Jr, Merler S, Ajelli M, Vespignani A. Inferring high-resolution human mixing patterns for disease modeling. Nat Commun. 2021 Jan 12;12(1):323. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7803761.

Zhang J, Litvinova M, Liang Y, Wang Y, Wang W, Zhao S, Wu Q, Merler S, Viboud C, Vespignani A, Ajelli M, Yu H. Changes in contact patterns shape the dynamics of the COVID-19 outbreak in China. Science. 2020 Jun 26;368(6498):1481-1486. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7199529.

Liu QH, Zhang J, Peng C, Litvinova M, Huang S, Poletti P, Trentini F, Guzzetta G, Marziano V, Zhou T, Viboud C, Bento AI, Lv J, Vespignani A, Merler S, Yu H, Ajelli M. Model-based evaluation of alternative reactive class closure strategies against COVID-19. medRxiv. 2021 Apr 23;. doi: 10.1101/2021.04.18.21255683. PubMed PMID: 33907769; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8077629.

Zhang J, Litvinova M, Wang W, Wang Y, Deng X, Chen X, Li M, Zheng W, Yi L, Chen X, Wu Q, Liang Y, Wang X, Yang J, Sun K, Longini IM Jr, Halloran ME, Wu P, Cowling BJ, Merler S, Viboud C, Vespignani A, Ajelli M, Yu H. Evolving epidemiology and transmission dynamics of coronavirus disease 2019 outside Hubei province, China: a descriptive and modelling study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 Jul;20(7):793-802. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30230-9. Epub 2020 Apr 2. PubMed PMID: 32247326; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7269887.

Sun K, Wang W, Gao L, Wang Y, Luo K, Ren L, Zhan Z, Chen X, Zhao S, Huang Y, Sun Q, Liu Z, Litvinova M, Vespignani A, Ajelli M, Viboud C, Yu H. Transmission heterogeneities, kinetics, and controllability of SARS-CoV-2. Science. 2021 Jan 15;371(6526). doi: 10.1126/science.abe2424. Epub 2020 Nov 24. PubMed PMID: 33234698; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7857413.

Litvinova M, Liu QH, Kulikov ES, Ajelli M. Reactive school closure weakens the network of social interactions and reduces the spread of influenza. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Jul 2;116(27):13174-13181. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1821298116. Epub 2019 Jun 17. PubMed PMID: 31209042; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6613079.