I currently lead the Communicable Diseases Policy Research Group at LSHTM, which I joined in 2009. I am interested in conducting “One-Health”-focussed research on the emergence, transmission and burden of infectious diseases at the human-animal interface, and the capacity of health systems to respond. My main research experience is with mathematical, field and molecular epidemiology. Based in Southeast Asia, my current programme of research focusses on characterising zoonotic risk in relation to livestock systems (see projects below), where my roles include conceiving and designing epidemiological studies, overseeing and coordinating research projects, and leading quantitative data analyses.
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.
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
Department of Global Health and Development
Faculty of Public Health and Policy
Centres
Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases
Antimicrobial Resistance Centre
Teaching
I am involved in the LSHTM MSc Public Health (Distance Learning) programme, as Module Organiser and tutor for the Applied Communicable Disease Control module (PHM218), and as MSc project supervisor.
I am also Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Thailand.
I am also Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Thailand.
Research
Current research projects include:
Understanding zoonotic and pandemic risk in relation to swine production and exchange systems in Cambodia (Role: PI, Funding: U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency)
Characterising the risk of interspecies transmission of influenza to inform surveillance for novel influenza A viruses in Laos (Funding: Global Emerging Infections Surveillance programme))
Previous projects include:
Respiratory infectious disease among Cohorts in Vientiane Province, Laos (LaCoRIS). (Role: Co-Investigator; PI: Silaphet Somphavong; Funding: US Naval Medical Research Center)
Model evaluation of novel diagnostics for the endgame for soil-transmitted helminths. (Role: Co-investigator; PI: Graham Medley, Funding: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
Determining the association between livestock systems and inflenza prevalence and diversity in swine, Cambodia (PigFluCam) (Role: Principal Investigator, Funding: US Naval Medical Research Center)
Molecular Epidemiology of Influenza A in Bali, Indonesia (BaliMEI) (PI: Richard Coker, Funding: Roche)
Developing evidence-based investment options in support of pandemic preparedness policy in Cambodia (PI: Richard Coker, Funding: GIZ)
Surge in demand for health services: evaluating health system impact and capacity to respond in low- and middle-income countries (PI: Richard Coker, Funding: GIZ)
Health systems analysis to support capacity development for responding to pandemic influenza in Asia (AsiaFluCap) (PI: Richard Coker, Funding: EU and Rockefeller Foundation)
The integration of Global Fund portfolios into health systems in five countries in Asia (PI: Richard Coker, Funding: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria)
Social mixing patterns for influenza-like illness in Asia (SMILI) (PI: John Edmunds, Funding: WHO)
Understanding zoonotic and pandemic risk in relation to swine production and exchange systems in Cambodia (Role: PI, Funding: U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency)
Characterising the risk of interspecies transmission of influenza to inform surveillance for novel influenza A viruses in Laos (Funding: Global Emerging Infections Surveillance programme))
Previous projects include:
Respiratory infectious disease among Cohorts in Vientiane Province, Laos (LaCoRIS). (Role: Co-Investigator; PI: Silaphet Somphavong; Funding: US Naval Medical Research Center)
Model evaluation of novel diagnostics for the endgame for soil-transmitted helminths. (Role: Co-investigator; PI: Graham Medley, Funding: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
Determining the association between livestock systems and inflenza prevalence and diversity in swine, Cambodia (PigFluCam) (Role: Principal Investigator, Funding: US Naval Medical Research Center)
Molecular Epidemiology of Influenza A in Bali, Indonesia (BaliMEI) (PI: Richard Coker, Funding: Roche)
Developing evidence-based investment options in support of pandemic preparedness policy in Cambodia (PI: Richard Coker, Funding: GIZ)
Surge in demand for health services: evaluating health system impact and capacity to respond in low- and middle-income countries (PI: Richard Coker, Funding: GIZ)
Health systems analysis to support capacity development for responding to pandemic influenza in Asia (AsiaFluCap) (PI: Richard Coker, Funding: EU and Rockefeller Foundation)
The integration of Global Fund portfolios into health systems in five countries in Asia (PI: Richard Coker, Funding: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria)
Social mixing patterns for influenza-like illness in Asia (SMILI) (PI: John Edmunds, Funding: WHO)
Research Area
Epidemiology
Surveillance
Mathematical modelling
Ecology, environment
Global health
Food production (agriculture)
Capacity development
Disease and Health Conditions
Influenza
Emerging infectious diseases
Respiratory diseases
Zoonoses
Schistosomiasis
Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)
Country
Thailand
Cambodia
Laos
Indonesia
Region
East Asia & Pacific (all income levels)
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)
Selected Publications
The genomic landscape of swine influenza A viruses in Southeast Asia.
2023
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Simulating contact networks for livestock disease epidemiology: a systematic review.
2023
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface
Social contact patterns relevant for infectious disease transmission in Cambodia.
2023
Scientific reports
Spillover, hybridization, and persistence in schistosome transmission dynamics at the human-animal interface.
2021
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Drivers of zoonotic disease risk in the Indian subcontinent: A scoping review.
2021
One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Seroprevalence and awareness of porcine cysticercosis across different pig production systems in south-central Cambodia.
2017
Parasite epidemiology and control
