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Dr

Nicholas Davies

Associate Professor Modelling

Infectious Dis. Epidemiology & Dynamics

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  • Associate Professor Modelling
    Infectious Dis. Epidemiology & Dynamics

BIO

Since 2020, my research has focused on outbreak response. I helped to produce evidence for the UK government during the pandemic as a member of SPI-M and during a secondment to the UK Cabinet Office COVID-19 Task Force. I am now a member of the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team and the NIHR HPRU in Modelling and Health Economics, and I lead the Modelling and Health Economics Theme for the NIHR HPRU in Immunisation.

I am also interested in the evolution of antibiotic resistance in commensal microbes, at both the within-host level and in person-to-person transmission. This involves applying evolutionary epidemiology to understand what forces shape selection for antibiotic resistance.

LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE APPOINTMENTS

  • Research Fellow in Mathematical Modelling
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London, United Kingdom1 Dec 2016 - 31 Jul 2020
  • Assistant Professor of Mathematical Modelling
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London, United Kingdom1 Aug 2020 - 31 Mar 2023
  • Associate Professor of Modelling
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London, United Kingdom1 Apr 2023 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Epidemiologist
    UK Cabinet Office COVID-19 Task Force1 Apr 2021 - 1 Oct 2021

DEGREES

  • D. Phil., Mathematics
    University of Oxford, Zoology, United Kingdom1 Sep 2011 - 1 Oct 2016
  • M. Sc., Integrative Biosciences
    University of Oxford, United Kingdom1 Sep 2010 - 31 Aug 2011
  • B. Arts. Sc., Arts & Sciences
    McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada1 Sep 2004 - 31 Aug 2009

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Associate Fellow
    Higher Education Academy, United Kingdom10 Oct 2018 - present

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • French
    Can read, write, speak and understand

RESEARCH CENTRES

  • Antimicrobial Resistance Centre
  • Centre for Epidemic Preparedness and Response
  • Vaccine Centre
  • Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases