My research focuses on making better use of data and analytics for understanding infectious disease dynamics, to inform epidemic preparedness and response. This includes large-scale studies of social behaviour and immunity, as well as development of open source software tools. I am also co-director of the Centre for Epidemic Preparedness and Response at LSHTM.
From 2017–21, I was a Wellcome Trust/Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellow and from 2013–17, I held a Medical Research Council Career Development Award in Biostatistics. Prior to joining the School in October 2013, I was a postdoc at Imperial College London. I have a degree in mathematics from the University of Warwick (2009) and a PhD in applied mathematics from the University of Cambridge (2012).
From 2017–21, I was a Wellcome Trust/Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellow and from 2013–17, I held a Medical Research Council Career Development Award in Biostatistics. Prior to joining the School in October 2013, I was a postdoc at Imperial College London. I have a degree in mathematics from the University of Warwick (2009) and a PhD in applied mathematics from the University of Cambridge (2012).
Affiliations
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Dynamics
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
Centres
Centre for Epidemic Preparedness and Response
Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases
Teaching
I co-organise the MSc module Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases (2437), and teach about outbreak analysis and modelling on a range of other modules.
Research
Much of my work involves developing new mathematical and statistical approaches to understand the dynamics of infectious disease outbreaks. I am particularly interested in how to combine multiple data sources – including surveillance data, social behaviour studies and novel serological surveys – to uncover transmission dynamics and impact of interventions. This research covers directly transmitted infections like COVID-19, influenza and Ebola as well as arboviruses like dengue and Zika.
Public engagement is also an important part of my work: as well as running events in schools, museums and festivals, I have worked on several projects linking citizen science with large-scale data collection.
Public engagement is also an important part of my work: as well as running events in schools, museums and festivals, I have worked on several projects linking citizen science with large-scale data collection.
Selected Publications
Early dynamics of transmission and control of COVID-19: a mathematical modelling study.
2020
The Lancet. Infectious diseases
Spatial prediction of immunity gaps during a pandemic to inform decision making: A geostatistical case study of COVID-19 in Dominican Republic.
2025
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH
