Why Computational Biology Matters? Infectious Diseases & Vaccine Strategies| Neha Bansal

Can mathematics, computational biology, and AI help us predict how infectious diseases spread? In this episode of Why Research Matters, Varunika Goyal speaks with Neha Bansal, a computational biology researcher at Cardiff University, about how mathematical models help scientists understand infectious diseases like malaria, COVID-19, Ebola, and HIV. Neha explains how compartment models, agent-based models, population dynamics, contact networks, vaccine deployment, health economics, and AI tools can help researchers and policymakers estimate disease spread, test interventions, and make better public health decisions. This conversation makes computational biology accessible for anyone curious about how math, biology, and code come together to solve real-world health problems. Subscribe to Why Research Matters for more conversations with researchers about the science shaping our lives. #ComputationalBiology #DiseaseModeling #WhyResearchMatters