Contact details
Professor Christophe Fraser
Professor of Theoretical Epidemiology
School of Public Health
G28
Norfolk Place
St Mary's Campus
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Professor Christophe Fraser
Evolutionary Epidemiology
I lead the evolutionary epidemiology group, which works on developing theory, on integrating data, and on developing applications for public health.
Bio
Chair of Theoretical Epidemiology (since 2009) and Royal Society University Research Fellow (2004-2012) in the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at Imperial College. Previous to that I was a Lecturer (2004-2006) and Reader (2006-2009) in the same department. Full publication list.
I trained in theoretical physics (BSc Edinburgh 1994, PhD Swansea 1997), and after a very brief foray into M-theory, converted to epidemiology with a Wellcome Trust Biomathematics Training Fellowship (Oxford University and Imperial College, 1999-2002).
I am the deputy director of the MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling. I co-direct a two week Short Course in Infectious Disease Modelling held each September and teach on and help organise our other taught courses.
Selected topics
Outbreak analysis and modelling
Evolution and epidemiology of common bacterial pathogens
Walking up Pen y Fan with Hugo (9) and Iselin (7)
Selected Publications
Journals
- Hollingsworth TD; Laeyendecker O; Shirreff G; Donnelly CA; Serwadda D; Wawer MJ; Kiwanuka N; Nalugoda F; et alCollinson-Streng A; Ssempijja V; Hanage WP; Quinn TC; Gray RH; Fraser C. (May 2010). HIV-1 transmitting couples have similar viral load set-points in Rakai, Uganda. PLoS Pathog. 6:e1000876. DOI Open Access copy.
- Fraser C; Donnelly CA; Cauchemez S; Hanage WP; Van Kerkhove MD; Hollingsworth TD; Griffin J; Baggaley RF; et alJenkins HE; Lyons EJ; Jombart T; Hinsley WR; Grassly NC; Balloux F; Ghani AC; Ferguson NM; Rambaut A; Pybus OG; Lopez-Gatell H; Alpuche-Aranda CM; Chapela IB; Zavala EP; Guevara DME; Checchi F; Garcia E; Hugonnet S; Roth C; WHO Rapid Pandemic Assessment Coll. (19 Jun 2009). Pandemic Potential of a Strain of Influenza A (H1N1): Early Findings. SCIENCE. 324:1557-1561. DOI.
- Hanage WP; Fraser C; Tang J; Connor TR; Corander J. (12 Jun 2009). Hyper-Recombination, Diversity, and Antibiotic Resistance in Pneumococcus. SCIENCE. 324:1454-1457. DOI.
- Fraser C; Alm EJ; Polz MF; Spratt BG; Hanage WP. (6 Feb 2009). The bacterial species challenge: making sense of genetic and ecological diversity. Science. 323:741-746. DOI.
- Fraser C; Hollingsworth TD; Chapman R; de Wolf F; Hanage WP. (30 Oct 2007). Variation in HIV-1 set-point viral load: epidemiological analysis and an evolutionary hypothesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 104:17441-17446. DOI.
- Fraser C; Riley S; Anderson RM; Ferguson NM. (20 Apr 2004). Factors that make an infectious disease outbreak controllable. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 101:6146-6151. DOI.
- Riley S; Fraser C; Donnelly CA; Ghani AC; Abu-Raddad LJ; Hedley AJ; Leung GM; Ho LM; et alLam TH; Thach TQ; Chau P; Chan KP; Lo SV; Leung PY; Tsang T; Ho W; Lee KH; Lau EM; Ferguson NM; Anderson RM. (20 Jun 2003). Transmission dynamics of the etiological agent of SARS in Hong Kong: impact of public health interventions. Science. 300:1961-1966. DOI.
