Who am I?

I am a Warwick Zeeman Lecturer in infectious disease epidemiology at the Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick. I use mathematical models and statistical methods to analyse the dynamics of endemic and emerging diseases, with a particular focus on the surveillance and elimination of vector-borne Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs).

I run an outreach YouTube channel, Epi with Emma, and currently lecture courses in mathematical modelling (University of Warwick) and infectious disease epidemiology (University of Oxford).

COVID-19 response

I joined the UK COVID-19 response through the Royal Society RAMP initiative in early 2020. This has led to a number of ongoing conversations with groups such as: SPI-M, SPI-B, the NHS Test & Trace program, and JBC. Across the pandemic, my research direction has been led by these conversations and I have contributed modelling results on topics such as contact tracing effectiveness, backwards tracing, isolation adherence, lockdown easing and test sensitivity.