Governance
Imperial College Steering Committee
This advises the Director on the strategic direction of the Centre, and consists of the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, the Director of the School of Public Health and other senior College leadership as needed. It meets every 6-12 months as required.
Centre Director and Associate Directors
The Centre is directed by Professor Neil Ferguson who has an international reputation as one of the world's leading researchers on the epidemiological modelling of infectious diseases, and in translating that work into disease control policy advice.
Centre director
Professor Neil Ferguson
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Professor Neil Ferguson
Professor of Mathematical Biology and Head of Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Professor Christl Donnelly
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Professor Christl Donnelly
Professor of Statistical Epidemiology
Professor Azra Ghani
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Professor Azra Ghani
Chair in Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Professor Nicholas Grassly
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Professor Nicholas Grassly
Professor of Infectious Disease & Vaccine Epidemiology
Professor Timothy Hallett
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Professor Timothy Hallett
Professor of Global Health
Scientific advisory board
A scientific advisory board (independently chaired) provides independent external scientific review of Centre activities and future plans. Current membership comprises:
Scienfitifc advisory board members
Scientific advisory board members
Professor Donald Burke
University of Pittsburgh
Professor Mike Catchpole
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Professor Myron Cohen
University of North Carolina
Professor Gavin Gibson
Heriot-Watt University
Professor Bryan Grenfell
Princeton University
Professor David Heymann
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Professor Kate O'Brien
Johns Hopkins University
Professor Laura Piddock
University of Birmingham
Professor Anna Vassall
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dr Anna Kinsey
UK Research and Innovation
Centre Management Committee
The Director and the Principal Investigators of the Centre form the Management Committee, which is central to strategic policy formulation and centre management. They are assisted by a Centre Scientific Manager and other core staff. The Associate Directors Group (comprising the Director, the four Associate Directors and the Centre Scientific Manager) also meets regularly.
Position of the Centre within Imperial College
The Centre lies within the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology within the School of Public Health - one of the five departments of the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London. The Centre's Principal Investigators are faculty staff in the Department.
