The Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases (CMMID) is a multidisciplinary grouping of more than 150 epidemiologists, mathematicians, economists, statisticians and clinicians from across all faculties of the LSHTM. 

Centre vision

At the Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, researchers at LSHTM develop and apply models that inform public health policy and improve understanding of infectious disease dynamics. 

We aim to strengthen and connect the community of infectious disease modellers (both within and beyond LSHTM), promote excellence in research and collaboration, and ensure modelling continues to inform effective and equitable public-health action. 

Strategic aims

Our strategic aims are to:

• Support members with a collaborative, inclusive environment for research excellence and career development
• Support modelling at LSHTM by ensuring they can access the tools and support they need and encourage cross-School collaboration
• Build our profile as an internal hub of excellence, networking, and information exchange in infectious disease modelling

Our research focuses on understanding and predicting the epidemiology of infectious diseases so that more effective control programmes can be devised. CMMID is structured into multiple research themes in which researchers are developing and applying mathematical models to a range of infections including HIV, HPV and other sexually transmitted infections, tuberculosis, hepatitis C, influenza, rotavirus, measles, varicella, pneumococci, Hib, malaria, Ebola, SARS-CoV-2 and sleeping sickness.

More fundamental research includes developing methods to measure underlying contact patterns, sampling hard-to-reach populations (such as drug users or internally displaced people), efficiently fitting complex mathematical models to data, and the integration of epidemiological models with economic analyses.

CMMID is actively engaged in developing links with other (modelling) groups; members of the CMMID include mathematical modellers working at Public Health England (formerly the HPA) and the Royal Veterinary College.