Project: Modelling spatial and demographic heterogeneity of malaria transmission risk
McVernon Group
As part of this project you will apply advanced statistical methods to extensive longitudinal and cross-sectional dataset (incl. epidemiological, genetic and immunological variables) from Papua New Guinea, Cambodia, Thailand and Brazil investigate key factors that contribute to these differences and develop novel metrics to quantify heterogeneity. Integrating this knowledge into mathematical malaria transmission models (White et al 2018), you will explore how current and novel intervention can be used to target transmission ‘hotspots’.
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McVernon Group
13 vacancies
Professor Jodie McVernon is a physician with subspecialty qualifications in public health and vaccinology. She has extensive expertise in clinical vaccine trials, epidemiologic studies and mathematical modelling of infectious diseases, gained at the University of Oxford, Health Protection Agency London and the University of Melbourne. Her work focuses on the application of a range of cross-disciplinary methodological approaches, including mathematical and computational models, to synthesise insights from basic biology, epidemiological data and sociological research. These models advance understanding of the observed epidemiology of infectious diseases and inform understanding of optimal interventions for disease control.
McVernon Group Current Projects
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Modelling spatial and demographic heterogeneity of malaria transmission risk
PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science
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Investigating combined impacts of interventions against scabies and group A Streptococcus using transmission models
PhD/MPhil
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Mathematical modelling of soil-transmitted helminths
PhD/MPhil
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Understanding the impact of new testing for infectious diseases
PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science
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Investigating the household risk of group A Streptococcus infection
Master of Biomedical Science
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Optimal design of competitive mixture experiments
PhD/MPhil, Master of Biomedical Science
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Invasive Streptococcus A – piecing together clinical, genomic and public health aspects of the puzzle
PhD/MPhil
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Buruli ulcers’ Most Wanted – Understanding the mosquito associated with the flesh-eating bacteria, Mycobacterium ulcerans.
Master of Biomedical Science
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Bias in vaccine effectiveness studies
Master of Biomedical Science
Research degrees at the Doherty Institute are administered by the University of Melbourne.