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Next-generation molecular and evolutionary epidemiology of infectious disease

14 - 15 May 2012 09:00 - 17:00

Scientific discussion meeting organised by Dr Oliver Pybus, Professor Christophe Fraser and Professor Andrew Rambaut

Event details

The dynamic interaction between genetically-variable infectious diseases and their host populations represents one of the most complex and intensively-studied phenomena in biology. Spurred by enormous advances in genomics, immunology and information technology, new inter-disciplinary approaches are being forged. This meeting will bring together researchers sharing a common aim - integrating currently unconnected data and models of infectious disease to address issues in human and animal health.

Biographies of the organisers and speakers are available below and you can also download the programme (PDF). Recorded audio of the presentations will be available on this page after the event and papers will be published in a future issue of Philosophical Transactions B.

Satellite Meeting

This meeting was followed by a related satellite meeting Next-generation molecular and evolutionary epidemiology of infectious disease: challenges and opportunities 16 - 17 May 2012.

Organisers

  • Professor Oliver Pybus, University of Oxford and Royal Veterinary College London, UK

    Oliver Pybus is Professor of Evolution & Infectious Disease at the University of Oxford and Professor of Infectious Diseases at the Royal Veterinary College London. He is co-Director of the Oxford Martin School Program for Pandemic Genomics and Chief Editor of the journal Virus Evolution. He researches the evolutionary and ecological dynamics of infectious diseases, particularly rapidly-evolving RNA viruses, and helped to establish the field of phylodynamics. 

  • Professor Andrew Rambaut University of Edinburgh UK

    Andrew Rambaut is Professor of Molecular Evolution at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, where he also studied as an undergraduate. He received his DPhil from the University of Oxford in 1997. His research is centred on the molecular epidemiology and evolution of RNA viruses and the development of computational methods for understanding these.

  • Professor Christophe Fraser, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, UK

    Christophe Fraser a Senior Group Leader in Pathogen Dynamics at the Big Data Institute, and Professor in the Nuffield Department of Medicine. He is interested in the population dynamics and epidemiology of pathogens, and translating this knowledge to public health. The primary tools used in his group are mathematical modelling and pathogen genomics. He trained in theoretical particle physics, and converted to mathematical biology after his PhD, in 1998. He was Royal Society URF and then Professor in the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at Imperial College before joining the BDI at Oxford in 2016. In recent years he has focused on HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, using genomics and modelling to discover the structural drivers of the epidemic. During COVID, his group and collaborators provided modelling, genomics, and Christophe led the scientific deployment of contact tracing apps, working with the NHS, with Google and with Apple.