Summary
I am a PhD student in the Department of Infectious Disease Epiedmiology where I am supervised by Professor Azra Ghani, Dr Alexandra Hogan and Dr Patrick Walker.
My project is focused around the next-generation of malaria vaccine candidates, where I am investigating mathematical models of vaccine induced correlates of protection and integrating these models into a mathematical model of malaria transmission to explore the impact of next-generation vaccines on malaria incidence and deaths across Sub-Saharan Africa.
More broadly I am interested in vaccine epidemiology and the utility of vaccines in preventing childhood illness with a focus in low and middle income countries, vulnerable populations and outbreak scenarios.
Publications
Journals
Thompson HA, Hogan AB, Walker PGT, et al. , 2022, Seasonal use case for the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine: a mathematical modelling study, The Lancet Global Health, Vol:10, ISSN:2214-109X, Pages:e1782-e1792
Whittaker C, Watson O, Alvarez-Moreno C, et al. , 2022, Understanding the Potential Impact of Different Drug Properties On SARS-CoV-2 Transmission and Disease Burden: A Modelling Analysis, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol:75, ISSN:1058-4838, Pages:e224-e233
Thompson H, Mousa A, Dighe A, et al. , 2021, SARS-CoV-2 setting-specific transmission rates: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol:73, ISSN:1058-4838, Pages:e754-e764
Watson O, Alhaffar M, Mehchy Z, et al. , 2021, Leveraging community mortality indicators to infer COVID-19 mortality and transmission dynamics in Damascus, Syria, Nature Communications, Vol:12, ISSN:2041-1723, Pages:1-10
Ragonnet-Cronin M, Boyd O, Geidelberg L, et al. , 2021, Genetic evidence for the association between COVID-19 epidemic severity and timing of non-pharmaceutical interventions, Nature Communications, Vol:12, ISSN:2041-1723, Pages:1-7