Kate Mitchell BSc MSc PhD

Research Fellow in Mathematical Modelling

  

Following a BSc in Microbiology from the University of Edinburgh (awarded in 2004), I studied for an MSc in Modern Epidemiology at Imperial College London (awarded in 2006), during which I became interested in using mathematical models to examine host-pathogen interactions at the population level. I returned to Edinburgh to study for a PhD, for which I developed mathematical models describing levels of infection with, and immunity against, the blood fluke Schistosoma haematobium in endemic human populations. These models were used to explore different hypotheses for the slow development of protective immunity in human schistosome infection, and to predict the potential impact of mass chemotherapy programmes upon the development of natural resistance to infection.

Affiliation

Teaching

I teach on the Basic Maths support sessions and on the Basic Statistics for PHP MSc study module. I am a tutor for the Control of Infectious Diseases MSc.

Research

I am currently working as a Research Fellow in mathematical modelling of HIV and STIs, based within the Social and Mathematical Epidemiology Group (SaME). I am developing and analysing dynamical models of HIV and STI transmission in Southern India, focussing on transmission within high-risk groups (including female sex workers and their clients, and men who have sex with men), and onwards transmission from these core groups to the general population.

Research areas

  • Modelling
  • Public health

Disciplines

  • Epidemiology

Disease and Health Conditions

  • HIV/AIDS
  • Infectious disease
  • Sexually transmitted disease

Other interests

  • MSM
  • Population modelling
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