Medical Advisory Board

Dr. Robert Hayes, MD

Infectious Disease Specialist

Zoonotic diseases, viral hemorrhagic fevers

MD, Harvard Medical School, 2008 · Reviewer at Hanta.today since 2024

Dr. Hayes is an infectious disease physician with more than a decade of experience treating severe viral and bacterial syndromes in hospital settings. His work focuses on zoonotic outbreaks, respiratory isolation protocols, and translating evolving guidance from major public health agencies into practical clinical language. He has supported outbreak preparedness teams, reviewed case definitions, and helped clinicians interpret rapidly changing guidance during high-risk respiratory events. At Hanta.today, he reviews symptom, treatment, and clinical triage pages to make sure risk framing is accurate and calm.

Dr. Jennifer Coleman, PhD

Epidemiologist

Outbreak surveillance, disease modeling

PhD in Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2011 · Reviewer at Hanta.today since 2024

Dr. Coleman is an epidemiologist who works at the intersection of outbreak surveillance, public data systems, and disease modeling. She has built and audited surveillance workflows for respiratory and zoonotic threats, with an emphasis on case definition consistency and interpretation of incomplete reporting. Her role at Hanta.today is to review outbreak statistics, map methodology, and trend language so readers can understand what the data does and does not show. She is especially focused on how uncertainty should be communicated in fast-moving public health events.

Dr. Angela Brooks, MPH

Public Health Advisor

Community health, risk communication

MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010 · Reviewer at Hanta.today since 2024

Dr. Brooks is a public health advisor focused on community-level outbreak response, preparedness messaging, and practical prevention guidance. She has worked on public-facing communication for respiratory outbreaks and knows how quickly confusing language can erode trust during a health scare. At Hanta.today, she reviews prevention, risk communication, and contact guidance to ensure the language is calm, actionable, and consistent with official recommendations from public health agencies.

Dr. Daniel Reed, PhD

Virologist

RNA viruses, hantavirus pathogenesis

PhD in Virology, University of California, San Francisco, 2014 · Reviewer at Hanta.today since 2024

Dr. Reed is a virologist studying RNA virus evolution, host-pathogen dynamics, and the laboratory evidence that underpins real-world transmission claims. He reviews strain-level pages and mechanistic content, especially where the literature on Andes virus and person-to-person spread is nuanced. His priority at Hanta.today is making sure the language separates confirmed evidence from hypotheses and keeps technical statements aligned with current consensus.