Dr Jonathan Read

Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics

Research 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.

DSI: Quantifying the structure of transmission networks for future epidemics
01/09/2024 → 30/06/2027
Research

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

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