Dr. Natalya Kostandova is an epidemiologist, with training focused on infectious diseases and quantitative methods, including infectious disease modeling and causal inference. Her previous research focused on the integration of human mobility to better capture the dynamics of diseases like measles, the use of serology to identify gaps in population immunity, understanding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health outcomes in humanitarian emergencies, and quantifying the impact of attacks on healthcare. 

Currently, Dr. Kostandova works as a Sr. Research Advisor at International Medical Corps, a non-governmental organization providing multi-sectorial response in conflict and post-conflict settings. Her work focuses on increasing the use of secondary data from routine monitoring and evaluation systems to inform emergency programming in complex humanitarian settings, including during disease outbreaks and active conflict.

Dr. Kostandova holds an MPH in Global Epidemiology from Emory University, and MHS in Biostatistics, and a PhD in Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.