Dr Jonathan Read
Senior Lecturer in BiostatisticsResearch Overview
My research interests focus on understanding the transmission and evolutionary dynamics of infectious diseases. A substantial part of this interest lies in understanding transmission patterns and their relation to networks of interaction between hosts. This has motivated the development of methods and ways to measure social contact patterns, to improve population-scale and individual-based models of transmission. I am also intersted in understanding the behavioural responses of people to infections and epidemics, as well as interaction patterns at larger spatial scales and human mobility modelling.
Qualifications
PhD Ecology, University of Stirling, 1996.
BSc Biology, York University, 1991.
PhD Supervision Interests
I am happy to discuss potential PhD projects, related to any of the following topics: infectious disease epidemiology; - disease dynamics and transmission; - surveillance and control of infectious disease; - mathematical modelling of epidemics; - outbreak assessment methods; - evolutionary dynamics of pathogens. I am happy to supervise both primary data collection and secondary data analysis approaches. YOU SHOULD CONTACT ME TO DISCUSS PHD PROPOSALS PRIOR TO SUBMISSION -- unsolicited PhD applications naming me as a supervisor without prior contact are highly likely to be rejected.
DSI: Tackling epidemic threats by advancing the science of human interactions and infection
01/09/2024 → 31/05/2025
Research
DSI: Evaluation of Testing Effectiveness in Schools during the SARS COVID-19 Pandemic
01/01/2024 → 31/12/2024
Research
Evaluation of Testing Effectiveness in Schools during the SARS COVID-19 Pandemic
01/01/2024 → 31/12/2024
Research
DSI: A critical assessment of mobility models to quantify infections and interventions
01/04/2021 → 31/03/2026
Research
COVID-19 Modelling Consortium: Quantitative epidemiological predictions in response to an evolving pandemic.
19/11/2020 → 31/03/2023
Research
Covid: DSI: Nosocomial transmission of SARS-CoV-2
01/09/2020 → 31/10/2021
Research
DSI: Covid: SARS-CoV-2 immunoepidemiology in Wellcome-funded urban and rural cohorts in Malawi: generating evidence to inform regional medium and long term decision making
01/09/2020 → 28/02/2022
Research
Drivers of resistance in Uganda and Malawi: The DRUM Consortium
01/05/2018 → 31/10/2021
Research
Emerging infectious diseases
01/10/2017 → …
Research
Social Mixing and Respiratory Transmission in Schools
01/10/2015 → …
Other
Social interactions patterns
01/08/2014 → …
Research
EPSRC Centre for Mathematics in Healthcare (LCMH)
01/02/2014 → …
Other
FluScape -- Immune Landscapes of Human Influenza in Households, Towns and Cities in Southern China
01/09/2009 → …
Other
DSI: Quantifying the structure of transmission networks for future epidemics
01/01/1900 → …
Research
Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling, Operational sub-group (External organisation)
Member of Advisory Panel
Quantifying influenza transmission risks for school-age children.
Invited talk
Epidemics
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
MLW Annual Scientific meeting
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
GEOMED 2017
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
UK-Thailand Workshop on Infectious Diseases and Non-Communicable Diseases
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Plenary talk
Invited talk
Weldon Memorial Prize
Prize (including medals and awards)
- CHICAS
- DSI - Health