👋 Hi there! I'm Charlie Whittaker! I'm the Sir Henry Wellcome Research Fellow in Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Mathematical Modelling at the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis.
🔬 My research centres around mathematical modelling of infectious disease transmission, with a focus on the detectability, dynamics and control of pathogens with pandemic potential. Some of the current questions I'm working on include:
- 🦠Characterising the impact and epidemiological properties of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern.
- 🔜Developing tools for pathogen-agnostic metagenomic screening of wastewater with the folks a the Nucleic Acid Observatory.
- 🦟Improving our understanding of malaria seasonality, with a particular focus on the invasive species Anopheles stephensi.
- 🐛Modelling the impact of different interventions strategies on the burden of loiasis in Central Africa.
- 💉Characterising transmission dynamics and optimising vaccine deployment for Ebola control, in work carried out with the WHO during the 2018-2020 North Kivu Ebola Outbreak.
You can find out more at my website: https://www.charleswhittaker.net/
📫 How to reach me: charles.whittaker16@imperial.ac.uk
🙋♂️ Pronouns: He/Him