Kristian is the TB Modelling Group Programme Manager for the TB Modelling group, providing administrative, logistical and financial management leadership across the group’s various grants since 2015. His previous roles included stints with the Transparency & Accountability Initiative at Open Society Foundation and the Maternal & Newborn Health Unit at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.

In her role as Programme Coordinator, Christina provides administrative, logistical and financial management support for the group. Christina joined LSHTM in 2014 as a Programme Manager and since that time has worked on a variety of projects within the School. Her earlier roles at Imperial College London and the MRC Clinical Trials Unit were also in programme management and administration.

Miyo works as a Programme Coordinator, providing administrative, logistical and financial management support for the group. Her background is in international development management and prior to joining LSHTM in 2017, she worked for various ODA projects in Latin America and Asia primarily in the field of higher education.

Richard is Director of the TB Modelling and Analysis Consortium (TB MAC) and co-leads the LSHTM TB Modelling Group with Rein. He is co-chair of the Epidemiology, Modelling, and Trial Designs Research Community in the Consortium for TB Vaccine Discovery; and TB lead of the Global Fund for Aids, TB, and Malaria Modelling Guidance Committee.

He has particular interests in the use of models to improve TB prevention and care decision making at global and country level, and to accelerate the development and implementation preparedness of new TB vaccines.

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Rein is a TB epidemiologist and mathematical modeller. He co-leads the TB modelling group, where his research has a strong focus on the natural history of TB and community-wide screening. In addition, Rein has a wide interest in using modelling to decisions on TB funding as well as global and national TB policy. He also works on understanding the social and structural determinants of TB and paediatric TB. Follow Rein on Bluesky at: @reinhouben.bsky.social.

Gwen's research focuses on the spread of antibiotic resistance: by understanding where it comes from can we design novel methods for control? She has worked on estimating the fitness costs of resistance in TB, the impact of vaccination and estimates of the latent burden of drug-resistant TB infection.

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Emilia works at Public Health England (PHE) and has an affiliation with LSHTM. She works on modelling infectious diseases with a focus on rubella and TB. Her current TB research interest includes the effect of diagnostic delays.

Nicky is interested in understanding the role of heterogeneity (e.g. in contact patterns, infectiousness, natural history, and health seeking behaviour) in the transmission and control of TB, and in modelling TB active case finding. She also works on calibration methodology.

Finn is interested in TB treatment and care, and the impact of crises such as climate change on TB. He is also the secretariat epidemiologist for the TB Modelling and Analysis Consortium (TB MAC). His background is in maths. Follow Finn on Bluesky at: @cfmcquaid.bsky.social.

Tom is interested in using models to predict and understand the impact of interventions. His current work is focused on active case finding and the potential impact of new TB vaccines.

Katherine is an epidemiologist and mathematical modeller interested understanding and addressing disparities that increase TB burden and limit access to diagnosis and treatment.

Lara is a mathematical modeller of infectious diseases, her main research interest is studying transmission mechanisms and population dynamics. She mostly works on TB modelling and cost-effectiveness analysis.

Rebecca is an assistant professor interested in modelling tuberculosis vaccine delivery strategies as well as other interventions to address socioeconomic factors both nationally and subnationally. Her background is in math, statistics, and epidemiology. Follow Rebecca on Bluesky at: @raclark18.bsky.social.

John is a research fellow working on modelling tuberculosis vaccination strategies. His background is in mathematical modelling applied to ecology and epidemiology and he has previously worked on modelling public health interventions against neglected tropical diseases.

Alvaro is a research fellow at LSHTM, focusing on tuberculosis burden and trend estimation. He has a background in medicine and epidemiology. Follow Alvaro on Bluesky: @aschwalbc.bsky.social.

Lily is a Research Assistant working on the mathematical modelling of COVID-19 transmission. Her background is in Biomedical Sciences and Public Health (Pandemics).

Elena is a research assistant focusing on using mathematical modelling to study tuberculosis natural history along its interventions. Her background is in biology and epidemiology.

Abel is a Research Assistant focusing on age and sex differences in drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) burden, the dynamics of acquisition versus transmission, and DR-TB in the broader antimicrobial resistance context. He has a background in social sciences, data science, and mathematical modelling for global health.

Kathy is an epidemiologist with a particular focus on the implementation and evaluation of public health interventions in LMICs. Her research currently focuses on collecting empirical data to inform the implementation of a potential new TB vaccine.

Martin is a research fellow and research degree student in transmission and health economic modelling. He works on the economics of a range of TB interventions, with a particular focus on the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of TB preventive therapy for multidrug-resistant TB. His background is in biological sciences, maths and public health.

Kate is a research degree student at LSHTM interested in modelling the impact of interventions on TB transmission. Her background is in geospatial epidemiology and medical anthropology. Follow Kate on Bluesky: @lekate.bsky.social.

Chaelin is a research degree student interested in comparing different empirical treatment choices for drug-resistant tuberculosis through modelling. Her background is in policy and economic research.

Thirapa Nivesvivat is a research degree student interested in the natural history of tuberculosis in children, particularly the progression and regression of disease states. She previously worked as a paediatric infectious disease specialist.

Zsofia is a research degree student working on modelling different novel TB vaccine delivery strategies, including risk group targeting (e.g. Sex), in different country and regional settings. She has a background in both medical and social sciences.

Hira is a research degree student studying the long-term health and economic impacts of social housing interventions on infectious disease transmission among people experiencing homelessness in the UK. She has a background in vaccine impact modelling for TB, measles, Hib, pneumococcal disease, and rotavirus in low- and middle-income countries.

Maria is a PhD student whose research will focus on the impact of climate change on tuberculosis outcomes, using mathematical modelling as the main approach. She is particularly interested in exploring differences between rural and urban settings, as well as assessing the broader economic implications.

Nabila is a research degree student at LSHTM interested in the use of real-world data to improve patient-centric outcomes for infectious disease research. Her background is in the epidemiology of respiratory pathogens.

Shukrah is a research degree student working on tuberculosis modelling in Nigeria, with interests in subnational burden estimation, transmission dynamics, and economic evaluation of vaccination and screening strategies. She previously trained in veterinary medicine and public health.

Sarra is a part-time PhD student focusing on modelling the impact of novel tuberculosis vaccines in high-income countries. She has a background in pharmacy and experience in consultancy, contributing to modelling and analytical work in global health.

Mathamsanqa is a research degree student working on TB transmission and health economic modelling, with a focus on the epidemiology and cost-effectiveness of radiographically apparent, bacteriologically unconfirmed TB in Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Pakistan. With a background in epidemiology, biostatistics, and implementation science, he aims to generate evidence to improve TB diagnosis strategies and guide policy in high-burden settings.

Tom is developing software tools to better understand the impact of TB vaccination. Much of his work uses the group’s tbvax model and its running on high performance computing clusters. His background is in bioinformatics and paleoecology, specifically analysing ancient DNA and understanding the impact of historical mammal extinctions on current pathogen diversity.

Roel Bakker has 40 years of experience in mathematical modelling of infectious disease dynamics. He works as a senior modelling consultant for the TB Modelling Group at LSHTM, for the KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation in the Hague, and for RadboudUMC Nijmegen. Roel has extensive experience in developing and teaching mathematical models of dynamical systems, in particular models of physiological systems and infectious disease dynamics.

Christina was a TB Modelling group administrator. She moved to a project administrator role within the School.

John did a PhD with the group, researching the application of PK/PD methods to vaccine dose optimisation

Sean did a PhD project with the group on TB contact tracing in the UK. He started a postdoc at the University of Notre Dame, USA in 2018.

Madeleine worked as part of the TB Modelling and Analysis Consortium secretariat. She left to take up a PhD position at the University of St Andrews

Arminder worked on projects on ventilation and TB vaccine modelling. She left in 2021 to take up a position as a Senior Epidemiologist at CEPI.

Pete worked on TB/HIV modelling within the group. He left to join the School of Health and Related Research at Sheffield University.

Marek worked on the TIME project, supporting country-level TB policy decisions. He left in 2019 to work for the World Health Organization as a Technical Officer in the TB Monitoring, Evaluation and Strategic Information Unit of the Global TB Programme.

Adrienne did a PhD in TB modelling as part of the group. She moved on to a Senior Research Associate role at HEOR & Strategic Market Access (Greater Boston, USA).

Natascha did a PhD on bovine TB. She went on to do a postdoc at the University of Edinburgh.

Christinah worked on TB vaccine modelling. She left in 2022 to take up a position at CEPI

Deborah worked on expanding the evidence base on the socioeconomic determinants of TB. She left to work at the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) at the World Health Organization.

Sophie worked on mathematical modelling to inform vaccine dosing decisions. She left the group in 2021 and now works for Certara as a pharmacometric consultant.

Olivia was a TB Modelling group administrator. She went on to be a sports fitness trainer and social media star.

Jamie worked on the TIME project, supporting country-level TB policy decisions. He left the School in 2020, but continues to work as a consultant in TIME modelling.

Tina was a TB Modelling group administrator. She left in 2018 to be a Project Manager at Stellenbosh University in South Africa.

Chathika worked on on the probable impact of new TB vaccines, their cost-effectiveness and their impact of multi-drug resistance. He left the School to work as a Principle Data Scientist at GSK, UK.

Danny worked on a project to develop a history matching and model emulation R package. He left in 2023 to take up a position at CEPI.

Jon used modelling methods to infer the underlying natural history of TB from empirical data. He left in 2023 to work at the Atlantic Salmon Trust. 

Nicola worked on the measurement and analysis of the social determinants of tuberculosis. She left in 2024 to work as a Research Fellow at UCL.

Arkaprabha Gun worked as a Research Assistant in the group, and left to start a PhD at McGill University.

Alex did a PhD and worked as a research fellow with the group, studying natural history and gender disparities. She left in 2025 to take a position at the University of Glasgow, continuing her work in TB.

Rebecca’s research focussed on modelling to inform development and implementation of new and existing TB vaccines. She left in 2019 to work for Sanofi Singapore.

Matt worked with the group as a Health Economist. He left in 2021 to work at Evidera.

Puck worked with the group exploring implementation strategies for late-stage tuberculosis vaccine candidates, as part of her work for KNCV.

Naomi completed her PhD on modelling the effects bacterial heterogeneity on drug-resistant tuberculosis. She finished in 2026 and has joined Imperial College London as a Research Associate.