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I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Simon Fraser University. My group are part of the Mathematics, Genomics and Prediction in Infection and Evolution (MAGPIE) research group, and I am a member of The Pacific Institute on Pathogens, Pandemics and Society (PIPPS). My research is in mathematical modelling for health and health care. This includes infectious disease modelling, modelling and data analytics in public health and health service design, and genomic epidemiology. I am interested in how quantitative approaches can help us understand and tackle health inequities - from who is most affected by disease transmission to provision of safe and effective health care. My group uses diverse mathematical and statistical tools across modelling, statistical inference, phylogenetics, machine learning and operations research, and incorporates interdisciplinary approaches from qualitative research, Implementation Science, and more. Since 2024, I have been co-leading an Embedded Research Program in modelling and operations research with Vancouver Coastal Health.
Originally from the UK, I received an MMath in Mathematics from the University of Nottingham, where I also completed my PhD working on computional Bayesian methods for stochastic epidemic models. I moved to SFU in 2018 as a postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Caroline Colijn, before beginning my faculty position in 2022. Since 2020, I have taught the course 'Reconstructing Transmission with Genomic Data' alongside C. Colijn at the Summer Institute in Statistics and Modeling in Infectious Diseases (SISMID), originally at the University of Washington and at Emory University since 2024. Like many other disease modellers, much of my research from 2020 until [unspecified end date!] was focused on response to the COVID-19 pandemic in BC and further afield. Outside of research I enjoy hiking, vegetarian food, and skiing (badly!).
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