My main research uses mathematical and statistical models to inform vaccination resource allocation against respiratory viruses. My work on RSV evaluates the impact of future vaccine candidates and determines cost-effective ways to roll-out potential vaccination programmes. My work on Influenza has previously explored ways to re-allocate the existing seasonal vaccination programme to generate a greater level of herd immunity. My current research is still focused on Influenza, but now looking at host-level Influenza antibody dynamics to try and answer questions such as i) how does influenza immunity influence the severity of disease? and ii) how does influenza immunity affect the effectiveness of vaccination strategies?

From a statistical and mathematical perspective, I’m interested in research into Bayesian parameter estimation though Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods.