PRISM - Key Persons
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- Student at the Australian Institute of Tropical
Abdul Kuddus is a PhD student at the Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University. His study aims to combine mathematical models of tuberculosis transmission with pharmacological models (PK-PD) and evolution models of acquired drug resistance to determine the optimal deployment of novel and emerging drugs for tuberculosis. Abdul has one Master in Applied Mathematics and another Master in Public Health which is Global Health. Before he joined as a PhD student in James Cook University, he worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. His previous areas of research include infectious diseases modelling.
Adeshina Adekunle is an applied mathematician within the Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine (AITHM) at the James Cook University. He has experience in infectious diseases modelling at both within and between host levels. He holds a PhD in Mathematical Biology from the University of New South Wales where he was modelling the dynamics of malaria infection and correlates of acquired immunity in individuals living in malaria endemic regions. His post-doctorate research work will focus on modelling the risk and control of infection associated with emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases in order to help enhance health system strength, health security and research capacity in the Pacific region.
Alexandra Hogan is an infectious disease modeller, currently working on mathematical models for malaria transmission and vaccine impact at Imperial College London. Alexandra recently completed her PhD at the Research School of Population Health, the Australian National University, under the supervision of Kathryn Glass. For her PhD, Alexandra developed mathematical models for the transmission of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in children, with a particular focus on seasonality and the potential impact of a maternal vaccine. More information about Alexandra's research and contact details can be found at http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/a.hogan.
Andrew Black is an ARC DECRA fellow in the School of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Adelaide. He has a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Manchester, UK. His research interests are in stochastic modelling applied to epidemiological and evolutionary problems. In particular, he is interested in developing efficient computational methodologies for use in inference of epidemiological models.
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- Student in the Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Angus McLure is a PhD student in the Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Modelling group, in the Research School of Population Health at the Australian National University, where he is supervised by Kathryn Glass,Archie Clements and Martyn Kirk. Angus is developing mathematical models of Clostridium difficile infection in hospital and community settings, and extending some of the basic modelling tools used to construct and evaluate stochastic disease models.
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- Research Fellow at Cancer Council Victoria
Anna Wilkinson is currently a Research Fellow at Cancer Council Victoria, examining the population-level impact of interventions on tobacco use. Anna completed her PhD in 2016 at the Burnet Institute and Monash University, which focussed on HIV epidemiology and prevention. Anna has experience with longitudinal analysis of population-level surveillance and complex survey data and methods including survival analysis, latent class analysis and factor analysis. With a strong interest in biostatistics and generating evidence to inform policy, Anna is undertaking a Master of Biostatistics in 2017 and will use this to build her skills in biostatistics, econometrics and mathematical modelling.
Christopher Baker is interested in using mathematical modelling to help inform the way that we manage complex systems. He has primarily worked on environmental systems, where he had developed models of species interactions to predict how management of one species will affect other species. During his PhD, he worked extensively in solving optimal control problems for the control of invasive species. Bringing these two research aspects together leads to problems about optimising management of interacting species, which is an ongoing area of research. Species removal problems cover many areas of biology and Chris has worked across a wide range of them. These includes managing invasive predators, such as feral cats, and plants in Australia, the removal of diseased Tasmanian devils from isolated regions to create devil facial tumour disease free areas, and modelling the effect of antibiotics on microbes to develop treatment strategies that prevent the emergence of treatment resistant infections. He is currently a John Stocker Fellow at The University of Queensland. He is currently a Lecturer in the School of Mathematical Sciences at Queensland University of Technology.
Associate Professor Regan is a mathematical epidemiologist at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney. He uses mathematical modelling to study infectious disease transmission dynamics and for evaluating interventions for their control and prevention. His research has focused on sexually transmitted infections and has included evaluations of a wide range of interventions for HIV, human papillomavirus, chlamydia, gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis, and hepatitis A. He has recently developed an interest in neglected tropical diseases and is currently collaborating with PRISM 2 investigators on a model for evaluating mass drug administration for scabies in Fiji.
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- Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee
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- Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee
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- Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee
- Head, Unit Modelling Infectious Disease Epidemiology, RIVM, Netherlands
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- Principal Medical Adviser, Office of Health Protection Australian Government Department of Health
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- Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee
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- Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee
- Professor of Infectious Disease Dynamics, Imperial College London
Emma McBryde is an infectious diseases physician and mathematical modeller with specific interest in Tuberculosis, emerging infectious diseases, and antibiotic resistant bacteria in hospitals. Current activities include assisting policy makers and funders in public health program design using mathematical and economic models. This work has involved the Australian Government, the Government of PNG and Medecins Sans Frontiers as well as the Gates Foundation and Global Fund.
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- Professor of Mathematical Biology
- Staff Chief
James McCaw is Professor of Mathematical Biology and an infectious diseases epidemiologist at the University of Melbourne, Australia, where he holds a split appointment between the School of Mathematics and Statistics and the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and was awarded an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (2011-15). His interests span from modelling the within-host dynamics of infection to public health control strategies, with a particular emphasis on influenza and malaria.
Within PRISM², James co-leads the respiratory viruses theme, with projects focusing on the host-immune response to influenza and developing real-time outbreak detection and forecasting tools. He has further interests in the emergence of drug-resistance under the emerging diseases theme, with projects on artemisinin resistance for malaria and ivermectin resistance for onchocerciasis.
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- Director, Biointelect Pty Ltd
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- Australian Government Therapeutic Goods Administration
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- Assistant Secretary, Health Emergency Management Branch, Australian Government Department of Health
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- Head, Centre for Population Health, Burnet Institute
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- Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee
- Spatial and Stochastic Effects on Disease Dynamics & Control
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- Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee
- Royal Society Fellow and Chair of Mathematics, Massey University, NZ
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- Emeritus Professor, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, Australian National University
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- Director, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases
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- Head, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW
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- Director, the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
Prof Sharon Lewin, Director, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, The University of Melbourne and Lead, NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Emergency Infectious Disease Response (APPRISE)
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- Head, Melbourne School of Population & Global Health, and Member WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunisation ( SAGE )