Shelby M Scott

Shelby M Scott

Health Data Scientist and Senior Consultant using Mathematical and Statistical models to answer client questions at the interface of policy and healthcare.

Publications

COVID-19 and Crime: Analysis of Crime Amidst Social Distancing Protocols

Published in PLoS One, 2021

We analyze shifts in crime types by comparing crimes before the implementation of stay at home orders and the time period shortly after these orders were put in place across three cities.

Recommended citation: Scott SM, Gross LJ (2021) COVID-19 and crime: Analysis of crime dynamics amidst social distancing protocols. PLoS ONE 16(4): e0249414. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249414 http://shelbymscott.github.io/files/Scott_2021.pdf

A Report from the NIMBioS/DySoC Investigative Workshop on the Mathematics of Gun Violence

Published in NIMBioS Website, 2020

We review the relevant background information for each of the breakout topics discussed in the workshop, present some of the major perspectives discussed, and list the future directions within that topic to provide a starting point for future research projects.

Recommended citation: Scott S. (2020). A Report from the NIMBioS/DySoC Investigative Workshop on the Mathematics of Gun Violence. May 2019. National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, Knoxville, TN. http://shelbymscott.github.io/files/MathematicsofGunViolence_WSReport.pdf

An Agent-Based Model of the Spatial Distribution and Density of the Santa Cruz Island Fox:The Effects of Golden Eagle Predation and Island Fox Recovery

Published in Integrative Population Biology and Modeling, 2019

This paper incorporates GIS data into an agent-based model to observe the impacts of golden eagle predation on the Santa Cruz Island fox.

Recommended citation: Scott, Shelby M., Middleton, Casey E., and Bodine, Erin N. An Agent-Based Model of the Spatial Distribution and Density of the Santa Cruz Island Fox: The Effects of Golden Eagle Predation and Island Fox Recovery. In Integrative Population Biology and Modeling, Handbook of Statistics. Elsevier, 2019. http://shelbymscott.github.io/files/Scott_2019.pdf

Technology as a Tool in Teaching Quantitative Biology at the Secondary and Undergraduate Levels: A Review

Published in Letters in Biomathematics, 2017

We summarize and review the available technological tools for teaching quantitative biology at the secondary and undergraduate levels, including some evaluations of these tools

Recommended citation: Chen, Miranda M., Scott, S.M., and Stevens, Jessica D. Technology as a tool in teaching quantitative biology at the secondary and undergraduate levels: a review. Letters in Biomathematics, 5(1): 30 - 48, 2017. http://shelbymscott.github.io/files/Chen_2017.pdf

An Agent-Based Model of Santa Cruz Island Foxes (Urocyon littoralis santacruzae) which Exhibits and Allee Effect

Published in Letters in Biomathematics, 2015

This project uses agent-based modeling to observe the existence of an Allee Effect in the Santa Cruz Island fox, and evaluates how this could have contributed to population decline in the early 1990s.

Recommended citation: Shelby M. Scott, Erin N. Bodine, and Anne Yust (2014) An Agent-Based Model of Santa Cruz Island Foxes (Urocyon littoralis santacruzae) which Exhibits and Allee Effect, Letters in Biomathematics, 1:1, 97 109, DOI: 10.1080/23737867.2014.11414473 http://shelbymscott.github.io/files/Scott_2014.pdf