Shweta Bansal is Professor at the Department of Biology at Georgetown University. At Georgetown University, Dr. Bansal leads an interdisciplinary research group that develops data-driven mathematical models for human and animal disease systems using tools from network science, statistical physics, computer science, and statistics. Her research group is integrative and includes undergraduate, post-baccalaureate, Masters, PhD, and postdoctoral researchers, and is committed to rigorous and ethical science.