My research focuses on using data-driven approaches and modeling techniques to predict the geographic distribution of mosquito-borne diseases. Currently my work revolves around two main areas:
1. Building, maintaining and updating a global dengue incidence database (opendengue.org)
2. Generating global risk maps for dengue, zika, chikungunya and yellow fever, by fitting a machine learning model to global disease occurrence data and leveraging similarities among them
As a member of the Dengue Mapping and Modelling Group at LSHTM, led by Dr Oliver Brady, I actively collaborate with modellers, epidemiologists and public health experts, including the WHO Global Arbovirus Initiative.
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Teaching
I teach on MSc modules including Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases and Modelling and Dynamics of Infectious Diseases, as well as short courses on infectious disease modelling and spatial analysis in R (ISAIR).