I am an epidemiologist specialising in One Health research on the ecology, evolution and impact of infectious diseases to inform risk-based surveillance and control strategies. I have extensive experience steering interdisciplinary research programmes with a focus on (but not limited to) low- and middle-income countries in Southeast Asia, where I was based overseas as part of my role at LSHTM between 2009-2024. Key areas of expertise and experience include designing and conducting observational studies, leading quantitative and modelling analyses, developing and sustaining international collaborations, and providing technical support for governmental, academic, and development partners.
Before joining LSHTM, I completed my PhD in Infectious Disease Epidemiology at Imperial College London, researching the transmission dynamics 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.
Affiliations
Centres
Teaching
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Module Organiser, MSc Public Health (Distance Learning Programme): Applied Communicable Disease Control (2017-2024)
Module Organiser, MSc Public Health (DL): Communicable Disease Control (2015-2017)
Deputy Module Organiser, MSc Public Health (DL), Communicable Disease Control (2014-2015)
Tutor, MSc Public Health (DL): Communicable Disease Control (2011-2024), Issues in Public Health (2009-2011)
Project Supervisor, various in-house and DL MSc programmes (Public Health, One Health, Control of Infectious Diseases, Veterinary Epidemiology, Epidemiology)
Mahidol University, Faculty of Public Health, Thailand (2015-2024)
Adjunct Associate Professor, Guest lecturer, Doctoral Programme (e.g. Introduction to mathematical modelling in infectious disease epidemiology, Emerging infectious Diseases and Pandemic Preparedness, Infectious Diseases and Global Health).
Research
Current and previous research projects include:
- British Academy ODA Challenges (Co-Investigator; £190,000; 2024-2026). Breaking silos: understanding and developing cross-sectoral cooperation to tackle epidemic threats.
- U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Biological Threat Reduction Program (Principal Investigator; $3,907,307; 2018-2024). Understanding zoonotic and pandemic risk in relation to swine production systems in Cambodia (‘PigFluCam+’).
- Global Emerging Infections Surveillance (LSHTM Co-Principal Investigator; $341,433; 2020-2024). Characterizing Influenza Risk at the Poultry-Pig Interface to Strengthen Surveillance for Novel Influenza Viruses in Lao PDR.
- Wellcome LSHTM Institutional Strategic Support Fund (Co-Investigator; £20,000; 2022-2023). Epidemiology of leptospirosis at the human-swine interface.
- U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Scientific & Technical Engagement Partnership Program (Principal Investigator; $630,479; 2022). Improving biosurveillance for African Swine Fever in Cambodia (PigFluCam+: ASF Follow-on).
- World Health Organization (Principal Investigator; £39,000; 2020). COVID-19 Modelling support for the WHO Western Pacific Region Office and Ministries of Health from Member States.
- Bloomsbury SET, UKRI (Co-Investigator; £208,000; 2019-2021). A multi-disciplinary approach to optimize the impact of a novel point of care diagnostic test for targeted treatment of zoonotic hybrid and livestock schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Co-Investigator; £77,000; 2017-2018). Model evaluation of novel diagnostics for the endgame for soil-transmitted helminths.
- US Naval Medical Research Center (Co-Investigator; $220K; 2014-2019) Respiratory infectious diseases among a community-based cohort in Vientiane Province, Lao PDR (‘LaCoRIS’).
- London International Development Centre (Co-Principal Investigator; £6,000; 2016-2017). Livestock systems and zoonotic risk: porcine cysticercosis in Cambodia.
- US Naval Medical Research Center (Principal Investigator; $265,124; 2014-2016). Determining the association between livestock systems and influenza prevalence and diversity in swine, Cambodia (PigFluCam).
- Hoffman-La Roche (Co-Investigator; £1.09M; 2009-2014). Molecular Epidemiology of Influenza A in Bali, Indonesia.
- German Society of International Cooperation (GIZ) (Co-Principal Investigator; £323K; 2011-2013). Surge in demand for health services: evaluating health system impact and capacity to respond.
- German Society of International Cooperation (GIZ) (Co-Investigator, £311K, 2011-2013). Developing evidence-based investment options in support of pandemic preparedness policy in Cambodia.
Selected Publications
