Adrienne Keen BA BSc MSc

Research Degree Student

My background includes undergraduate studies in biology and physiology and a master's degree in ecology and evolution, with a thesis on population genetics. In addition, my research experiences prior to LSHTM include projects on the phylogenetics of plant communities, data archiving, and antibiotic resistance and population genetics of E. coli.

Affiliation

Teaching

As a master's student I served as a university teaching assistant for an upper-division ecology class; I also spent a year as a guest primary school science teacher in the NSF GK-12 program. I look forward to more teaching experience while at LSHTM.

Research

At LSHTM I study mathematical modelling of infectious diseases, particularly M. tuberculosis transmission in the UK. 

Although most TB cases in the UK occur in immigrants, it is unclear what proportion of these cases was infected recently. I plan to use simulation modelling to facilitate interpretation of DNA fingerprints of M. tuberculosis isolates, for estimating the proportion of disease due to recent transmission and due to reactivation of older or imported M. tuberculosis infections. The broader goal of this work is to inform TB control and prevention efforts.

I am also interested in HIV modelling and methods for individual-based modelling, particularly event-based simulation.

Research areas

  • Modelling

Disciplines

  • Epidemiology
  • Molecular epidemiology

Disease and Health Conditions

  • Infectious disease
  • Tuberculosis
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