Summary
I am a biometrician working on statistical genetics of pathogen populations. I am currently working as a research associate with Neil Ferguson, Christophe Fraser and Simon Cauchemez. My work aims to develop novel statistical approaches for extracting information from pathogen genomes and gain insights into the spatio-temporal dynamics of infectious diseases. The methodological approaches I use include multivariate analysis, Bayesian statistics, spatial statistics, graph theory, and phylogenetics. I am also interested in using simulations to understand which and how biological processes shape the genetic diversity observed in biological populations.
I am also extensively involved with the development of free software for the analysis of genetic and epidemiological data. I have recently organized a R hackathon on disease outbreak modelling using molecular data, hosted by the MRC Center for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling in January 2013
I am author or contributor for the following R packages:
- adegenet (author): multivariate analysis for genetic/genomic data
- adephylo (author): tools for testing and describing the phylogenetic signal
- geoGraph (author): large-scale modelling of spatial data
- ade4 (contributor): multivariate analysis, graphics, spatial statistics
- phylobase (contributor): handling and analyses of phylogenetic comparative data
- sedaR (contributor): spatial statistics for ecological data
- outbreaker (author): Bayesian reconstruction of disease outbreaks using genomic data
- epibase (author): basic tools for the disease outbreak analysis
More information is available from my webpage.
Publications
Journals
Jarvis CI, Gimma A, Finger F, et al., 2022, Measuring the unknown: An estimator and simulation study for assessing case reporting during epidemics., Plos Comput Biol, Vol:18
Brooks-Pollock E, Danon L, Jombart T, et al., 2021, Modelling that shaped the early COVID-19 pandemic response in the UK, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-biological Sciences, Vol:376, ISSN:0962-8436
Jombart T, Ghozzi S, Schumacher D, et al., 2021, Real-time monitoring of COVID-19 dynamics using automated trend fitting and anomaly detection, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-biological Sciences, Vol:376, ISSN:0962-8436
Jit M, Jombart T, Nightingale ES, et al., 2020, Estimating number of cases and spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) using critical care admissions, United Kingdom, February to March 2020, Eurosurveillance, Vol:25, ISSN:1025-496X, Pages:6-10
Jombart T, Jarvis CI, Mesfin S, et al., 2020, The cost of insecurity: from flare-up to control of a major Ebola virus disease hotspot during the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2019, Eurosurveillance, Vol:25, ISSN:1560-7917, Pages:19-22