People
Professor Maria-Gloria Basanez
Professor of Neglected Tropical Diseases
My research, funded by the MRC, focuses on epidemiology and control of helminthiases in general, and population biology of indirectly-transmitted macroparasites in particular, with emphasis on River Blindness. My interests range from vector biology and transmission studies, to development of mathematical models to aid control policy. I also organise our MSc in Modern Epidemiology.
- Webpage:
- /medicine/people/m.basanez/
Dr Thomas S Churcher
Junior Research Fellow
My research focuses on the use of mathematical models to understand the epidemiology and control of malaria. Of particular interest is how the biology of the parasite will influence the resilience of the parasite to the success of different control interventions. This work spans a number of other parasitic infections, including onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases.
- Address:
- G35, Medical School, St Mary's Campus
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- Webpage:
- /medicine/people/thomas.churcher/
Dr Lesong Conteh
Senior Lecturer in Health Economics
- Address:
- 15 Prince's Gardens, South Kensington Campus
- Tel:
- +44 (0)20 7594 5029
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- Webpage:
- /medicine/people/l.conteh/
Professor Neil M Ferguson
Professor of Mathematical Biology
My research aims to understand the epidemiological factors shaping infectious disease transmission in human and animal populations. A key practical focus is aiding disease control policy making through intervention modelling. Recent work has considered the containment and mitigation of emergent infectious diseases such as pandemic influenza, smallpox, avian influenza and foot and mouth disease.
- Address:
- Medical School, St Mary's Campus
- Tel:
- +44 (0)20 7594 3296
- Email:
- Webpage:
- /medicine/people/neil.ferguson/
Professor Azra C Ghani
Chair in Infectious Disease Epidemiology
I am an infectious disease epidemiologist with a background in mathematical modelling and statistics. My current focus is to develop models that can inform policies on how, where and when to implement different interventions against malaria to aid control and eventual local elimination of the parasite.
- Tel:
- +44 (0)20 7594 5764
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- Webpage:
- /medicine/people/a.ghani/
Dr Jamie T Griffin
MRC Research Fellow
I am a statistician and modeller, currently working on models of malaria transmission. This work includes estimating unknown quantities in the natural history of infection, and modelling various interventions.
- Address:
- G35 Ground Floor, Medical School, St Mary's Campus
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- Webpage:
- /medicine/people/j.t.griffin/
Dr Wes R Hinsley
- Address:
- Praed Street, St Mary's Campus
- Tel:
- +44 (0)20 7594 3269
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- Webpage:
- /medicine/people/w.hinsley/
Dr T Deirdre Hollingsworth
Junior Research Fellow
I develop mathematical models to inform the design of effective interventions for the control of infectious diseases.
- Address:
- Norfolk Place, St Mary's Campus
- Tel:
- +44 (0)20 7594 3007
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- Webpage:
- /medicine/people/d.hollingsworth/
Dr Emily J Lyons
- Address:
- Norfolk Place, St Mary's Campus
- Tel:
- +44 (0)20 7594 9011
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- Webpage:
- /medicine/people/e.lyons/

Dr John M Marshall
- Webpage:
- /medicine/people/john.marshall/
Dr Lucy Okell
MRC Fellow
MRC Centre
- Address:
- Medical School, St Mary's Campus
- Tel:
- +44 (0)20 7594 3265
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- Webpage:
- /medicine/people/l.okell/
Emilie Pothin
- Address:
- Norfolk Place, St Mary's Campus
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- Webpage:
- /medicine/people/e.pothin10/

Dr V Bhargavi Rao
I am a clinician currently exploring the use of modelling techniques to understand how health systems barriers impact on the effective implementation of interventions such as Artemisinin Combination Therapies (ACT) in reducing malaria transmission.
- Webpage:
- /medicine/people/bhargavi.rao/

Emeritus Professor Robert E Sinden
Senior Research Investigator
- Tel:
- +44 (0)20 7594 5425
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- /medicine/people/r.sinden/


Mr Michael T White
- Webpage:
- /medicine/people/m.white08/











