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Mr Hikaru Bolt

BSc MSc

Research Degree Student

LSHTM
Keppel Street
London
WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom

I joined LSHTM in 2020 as a Research Degree Student. Prior to this I worked for Public Health England for six years, primarily in field epidemiology (investigating outbreaks and surveillance of infectious diseases). I've completed the MSc in Epidemiology at LSHTM and the UK Field Epidemiology Training Programme (FETP). I continue to be a reserve field epidemiologist for the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team, with whom I've previously worked with in Sierra Leone and Nigeria.

Affiliations

Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health

Centres

Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases (CMMID)

Research

My PhD is funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Unit (NIHR HPRU) in Modelling and Economics. My project involves using a Bayesian framework to investigate whether transmission dynamics of gastrointestinal viruses drive trends in hospitalisations due to acute kidney injury. I'm also aiming to model the impact of vaccine candidates for gastrointestinal viruses, including the possible impact on acute kidney injury hospitalisations.

Research Area
Surveillance
Vaccines
Bayesian Analysis
Outbreaks
Modelling
Discipline
Epidemiology
Mathematical modelling
Disease and Health Conditions
Chronic disease
Diarrhoeal diseases
Infectious disease
Kidney disease
Country
United Kingdom

Selected Publications

The impact of repeated vaccination on relative influenza vaccine effectiveness among vaccinated adults in the United Kingdom
Lim WW; Cowling BJ; Nakafero G; Feng S; Nguyen-Van-Tam JS; Bolt H
2022
Epidemiology and infection
Transmission dynamics of COVID-19 in household and community settings in the United Kingdom, January to March 2020.
Lopez Bernal J; Panagiotopoulos N; Byers C; Garcia Vilaplana T; Boddington N; Zhang X-S; Charlett A; Elgohari S; Coughlan L; Whillock R
2022
Eurosurveillance
Risk of symptomatic COVID-19 due to aircraft transmission: a retrospective cohort study of contact-traced flights during England's containment phase.
Blomquist PB; Bolt H; Packer S; Schaefer U; Platt S; Dabrera G; Gobin M; Oliver I
2021
Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
Factors associated with delayed presentation to healthcare facilities for Lassa fever cases, Nigeria 2019: a retrospective cohort study.
Chandra NL; Bolt H; Dan-Nwafor C; Ipadeola O; Ilori E; Namara G; Olayinka AT; Ukponu W; Iniobong A; Amedu M
2021
BMC Infectious Diseases
The One Health approach to incident management of the 2019 Lassa fever outbreak response in Nigeria.
Nwafor CD; Ilori E; Olayinka A; Ochu C; Olorundare R; Edeh E; Okwor T; Oyebanji O; Namukose E; Ukponu W
2021
One Health
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