DrLilithWhittles

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

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School of Public HealthWhite City Campus

Summary

I am an infectious disease modeller with a background in mathematics and statistics. I use Bayesian methods to study the transmission of bacterial pathogens, including Group A Streptococcus and the causative agents of gonorrhoea and bubonic plague. In particular, I am interested in the spread and control of antimicrobial resistance, as well as broader questions around the natural history, evolution and transmission dynamics of pathogenic bacteria.

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Journal Articles

Whittles L, Didelot X, White P, 2022, Public health impact and cost-effectiveness of gonorrhoea vaccination: an integrated transmission-dynamic health-economic modelling analysis, Lancet Infectious Diseases, Vol:22, ISSN:1473-3099

Andrejko K, Whittles LK, Lewnard JA, 2022, Health-Economic Value of Vaccination Against Group A <i>Streptococcus</i> in the United States, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol:74, ISSN:1058-4838, Pages:983-992

Knock ES, Whittles LK, Lees JA, et al.Knock ES, Whittles LK, Lees JA, Perez-Guzman PN, Verity R, FitzJohn RG, Gaythorpe KAM, Imai N, Hinsley W, Okell LC, Rosello A, Kantas N, Walters CE, Bhatia S, Watson OJ, Whittaker C, Cattarino L, Boonyasiri A, Djaafara BA, Fraser K, Fu H, Wang H, Xi X, Donnelly CA, Jauneikaite E, Laydon DJ, White PJ, Ghani AC, Ferguson NM, Cori A, Baguelin M close, 2021, Key epidemiological drivers and impact of interventions in the 2020 SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in England, Science Translational Medicine, Vol:13, ISSN:1946-6234, Pages:1-12

FitzJohn RG, Knock ES, Whittles LK, et al.FitzJohn RG, Knock ES, Whittles LK, Perez-Guzman PN, Bhatia S, Guntoro F, Watson OJ, Whittaker C, Ferguson NM, Cori A, Baguelin M, Lees JA close, 2021, Reproducible parallel inference and simulation of stochastic state space models using odin, dust, and mcstate [version 2; peer review: 2 approved], Wellcome Open Research, Vol:5, ISSN:2398-502X

Whittles LK, White PJ, Didelot X, 2020, Assessment of the potential of vaccination to combat antibiotic resistance in gonorrhea: a modeling analysis to determine preferred product characteristics, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol:71, ISSN:1058-4838, Pages:1912-1919

Lewnard JA, Whittles LK, Rick A-M, et al.Lewnard JA, Whittles LK, Rick A-M, Martin JM close, 2020, Naturally-acquired protection against upper respiratory symptoms involving group A Streptococcus in a longitudinal cohort study, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol:71, ISSN:1058-4838, Pages:e244-e254

Whittles L, White P, Didelot X, 2019, A dynamic power-law sexual network model of gonorrhoea outbreaks, PLOS Computational Biology, Vol:15, ISSN:1553-734X

Whittles L, White PJ, Didelot X, 2017, Estimating the fitness cost and benefit of cefixime resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae to inform prescription policy: a modelling study, PLOS Medicine, Vol:14, ISSN:1549-1277

Whittles L, Didelot X, 2016, Epidemiological analysis of the Eyam plague outbreak of 1665-6, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, Vol:283, ISSN:0080-4649

Reports

Knock E, Whittles L, Lees J, et al.Knock E, Whittles L, Lees J, Perez Guzman P, Verity R, Fitzjohn R, Gaythorpe K, Imai N, Hinsley W, Okell L, Rosello A, Kantas N, Walters C, Bhatia S, Watson O, Whittaker C, Cattarino L, Boonyasiri A, Djaafara A, Fraser K, Fu H, Wang H, Xi X, Donnelly C, Jauneikaite E, Laydon D, White P, Ghani A, Ferguson N, Cori A, Baguelin M close, 2020, Report 41: The 2020 SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in England: key epidemiological drivers and impact of interventions

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