Introduction
I am a Lecturer in Probability and Statistics at The Queen’s College, Oxford University and an Associate Professor in Mathematics for Public Health Policy Support at the Pandemic Sciences Institute at the University of Oxford.
I was at Queen’s during my undergraduate and graduate studies in Mathematics at Oxford University between 1996 and 2005. I completed my DPhil in computational mathematics under the supervision of Prof Philip Maini and Prof Helen Byrne in 2005. Following academic posts at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and at UCL, in June 2021 I moved back to Oxford, to take up a Lecturer post at Queen’s and as part of Christophe Fraser’s Pathogen Dynamics Group.
I now lead my own Mathematical Modelling for Public Health Policy Support group spread across the Pandemic Science Institute within the Nuffield Department of Medicine at University of Oxford and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). My group comprises modellers and data-scientists at UKHSA and at the University of Oxford and DPhil students at the University of Oxford.
I am a Fellow of The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, The Royal Statistical Society and The Royal Society for Public Health, and I am on the advisory body of The Academy for Mathematical Sciences. I am also actively involved in promoting mathematics and statistics as well as other STEM subjects across schools in the UK.
Teaching
At Queen’s I teach a number of applied mathematics modules to first-, second- and third-year undergraduates together with option topics in applied statistics and mathematical biology. Within the Mathematical Institute at Oxford, I also supervise BSP (third year) and Dissertation (fourth year) mathematics undergraduate projects. To date I have supervised to completion five PhD/DPhil students and over 50 projects.
I also serve as a co-director of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Healthcare Data Science, leading the infectious disease modelling stream.
Research
My research combines mathematical and statistical methods with data analysis and numerical simulations to answer existing and emerging questions in public health. I am an experienced mathematical modeller with extensive training in applied mathematics and statistics who delivers ground-breaking, innovative research in disease modelling that is policy relevant, impactful and has methodological rigour. Details of my research and publications can be found on my website.