Hosted initiatives and groups

The MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis hosts a number of initiatives and groups working in a variety of areas. Find out more about each group below.

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NIHR-HPRU in Modelling Methodology

The NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Modelling Methodology has a core mission to develop novel analytical and computational tools to improve public health.

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London Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research

The London Centre brings together leading experts to conduct cutting-edge research to build the evidence base around the design, implementation and evaluation of neglected tropical disease (NTD) control and elimination programmes.

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Health Economics Group

An active research program in health systems and health economics to inform the optimal coordination of policy instruments and service delivery platforms.

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UNAIDS Reference Group

An international group of epidemiologists, demographers, statisticians and public health experts that work together to develop the methods used to generate global HIV and AIDS statistics.

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HIV Modelling Consortium

Helping to improve scientific support for decision making by coordinating a wide range of research activities in mathematically modelling the HIV epidemic.

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HPTN Modelling Centre

The Centre's mission is to design and conduct mathematical modelling and computer simulation studies anchored to the best available data to support and inform HPTN research activities.

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Vaccine Impact Modelling Consortium

The Vaccine Impact Modelling Consortium coordinates the work of several research groups modelling the impact of vaccination programmes worldwide. The Consortium aims to deliver a more sustainable, efficient, and transparent approach to generating disease burden and vaccine impact estimates.

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Vaccine Epidemiology Research Group

The group works on the epidemiology and immunology of enteric viruses, with a particular interest in vaccines.

Global Health Development Group

The Global Health & Development Group aims to harness the skills and expertise of its technical and managerial staff to contribute to better health around the world through more effective and equitable use of resources.

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R Epidemics Consortium

The R Epidemics Consortium (RECON) assembles a group of international experts in infectious disease modelling, Public Health, and software development to create the next generation of tools for disease outbreak analysis using the R software.

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Fisher Lab

The Fisher Lab is focused on developing genomic, epidemiological and experimental models to uncover the factors driving these diseases, and to attempt to develop new methods of control.

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Malaria Modelling

This interdisciplinary group of researchers has an interest in developing models to inform public health decision-making.The group has a diverse range of academic backgrounds (including maths & statistics, biology and clinical medicine).

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Bacterial Evolutionary Epidemiology Group

The group uses laboratory experiments, statistical analysis of genomic data and mathematical modelling to improve our understanding of how bacteria diversify and transmit between individuals.

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