Dr James Rudge BSc MSc PhD

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I joined the Communicable Diseases Policy Research Group (www.cdprg.org) in June 2009. Based in Thailand, my work focuses on the emergence and spread of infectious diseases in Southeast Asia, and the capacity of health systems to respond. I am currently involved in a number of projects including analyses of healthcare resource capacities for responding to pandemic influenza across six territories in Asia (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan, and Vietnam) (www.asiaflucap.org), and surveillence and characterisation of influenza like-illness in Bali, Indonesia.

Before joining CDPRG, I completed my PhD in Infectious Disease Epidemiology at Imperial College London, researching the zoonotic transmission and population genetics of schistosomiasis in China and the Philippines. Prior to this I gained a BSc in Microbiology and an MSc in Modern Epidemiology, also at Imperial. I have fieldwork experience in both parasitological and health systems research in several countries in Asia and Africa, and experience with mathematical modelling and molecular techniques. I am interested in using a multi-disciplinary approach to addressing policy-relevant research questions on the epidemiology and control of infectious diseases, particularly zoonoses.

Affiliation

• Department of Global Health and Development

Teaching

I am a tutor and project supervisor for the Distance Learning programme.

Research

I am currently involved in the following research projects:

Health systems analysis to support capacity development for responding to pandemic influenza in Asia (AsiaFluCap) (PI: Richard Coker, Funding: EU and Rockefeller Foundation)

Molecular Epidemiology of Influenza A in Bali, Indonesia (BaliMEI) (PI: Richard Coker, Funding: Roche)

Developing evidence-based investment options in support of pandemic preparedness policy in Cambodia (PI: Richard Coker, Funding: GIZ)

Surge in demand for health services: evaluating health system impact and capacity to respond in low- and middle-income countries (PI: Richard Coker, Funding: GIZ)

Previous projects include:

The integration of Global Fund portfolios into health systems in five countries in Asia (PI: Richard Coker, Funding: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria)

Social mixing patterns for influenza-like illness in Asia (SMILI) (PI: John Edmunds, Funding: WHO)

• Selected publications

• Health System Resource Gaps and Associated Mortality from Pandemic Influenza across Six Asian Territories.

  Rudge, J.W. ; Hanvoravongchai, P. ; Krumkamp, R. ; Chavez, I. ; Adisasmito, W. ; Ngoc Chau, P. ; Phommasak, B. ; Putthasri, W. ; Shih, C.S. ; Stein, M. ; Timen, A. ; Touch, S. ; Reintjes, R. ; Coker, R. ; on behalf of the AsiaFluCap Project Consortium, . ;

  PLoS One, 2012; 7(2):e31800

• Emerging infectious diseases in southeast Asia: regional challenges to control.

  Coker, R.J.; Hunter, B.M.; Rudge, J.W.; Liverani, M.; Hanvoravongchai, P.;

  Lancet, 2011;

• Health service resource needs for pandemic influenza in developing countries: a linked transmission dynamics, interventions and resource demand model.

  Krumkamp, R.; Kretzschmar, M.; Rudge, J.W.; Ahmad, A.; Hanvoravongchai, P.; Westenhoefer, J.; Stein, M.; Putthasri, W.; Coker, R.;

  Epidemiol Infect, 2010; 139(1):59-67

• Critical interactions between Global Fund-supported programmes and health systems: a case study in Papua New Guinea.

  Rudge, J.W.; Phuanakoonon, S.; Nema, K.H.; Mounier-Jack, S.; Coker, R.;

  Health Policy Plan, 2010; 25 Suppl 1:i48-52

• Parasite genetic differentiation by habitat type and host species: molecular epidemiology of Schistosoma japonicum in hilly and marshland areas of Anhui Province, China

  Rudge, J.W.; Lu, D.B.; Fang, G.R.; Wang, T.P.; Basanez, M.G.; Webster, J.P.

  Molecular Ecology, 2009; 18(10):2134-47

• Evolution in a multi-host parasite: chronobiological circadian rhythm and population genetics of Schistosoma japonicum cercariae indicates contrasting definitive host reservoirs by habitat

  Lu, D.B.; Wang, T.P.; Rudge, J.W.; Donnelly, C.A.; Fang, G.R.; Webster, J.P.

  International Journal of Parasitology, 2009; 39(14):1581-8

• Micro-epidemiology of urinary schistosomiasis in Zanzibar: Local risk factors associated with distribution of infections among schoolchildren and relevance for control

  Rudge, J.W.; Stothard, J.R.; Basanez, M.G.; Mgeni, A.F.; Khamis, I.S.; Khamis, A.N.; Rollinson, D.

  Acta Tropica, 2008; 105(1):45-54

• Population genetics of Schistosoma japonicum within the Philippines suggest high levels of transmission between humans and dogs

  Rudge, J.W.; Carabin, H.; Balolong, E.; Tallo, V.; Shrivastava, J.; Lu, D.B.; Basanez, M.G.; Olveda, R.; McGarvey, S.T.; Webster, J.P.

  PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2008; 2(11):e340

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