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  • 2017 - Chalmers Medal, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Overview

Azra C. Ghani is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily within the field of Medicine, with significant contributions across related subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Modeling and Simulation, Infectious Diseases, Health, and Economics and Econometrics.

Their work spans multiple key topics, reflecting an emphasis on infectious disease epidemiology and control. These include:

  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts

Azra C. Ghani has been involved in several recent publications, including:

  • "Estimates of the severity of coronavirus disease 2019: a model-based analysis" (2020), published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • "Estimating the effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19 in Europe" (2020), published in Nature
  • "Global impact of the first year of COVID-19 vaccination: a mathematical modelling study" (2022), published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • "Comparative analysis of the risks of hospitalisation and death associated with SARS-CoV-2 omicron (B.1.1.529) and delta (B.1.617.2) variants in England: a cohort study." (2022), published by Bristol Research (University of Bristol)
  • "The impact of COVID-19 and strategies for mitigation and suppression in low- and middle-income countries" (2020), published in Science

The frequent co-authors in their collaborations include Oliver J. Watson, Peter Winskill, Neil M. Ferguson, Charles Whittaker, and Patrick Walker. These partnerships highlight extensive teamwork in epidemiological modeling and public health research.

Publication venues featuring their work most frequently are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Spiral (Imperial College London)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Wellcome Open Research

Azra C. Ghani has been recognized with the Chalmers Medal from the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Estimates of the severity of coronavirus disease 2019: a model-based analysis.

    Robert Verity;Lucy C Okell;Ilaria Dorigatti;Peter Winskill

  • Report 9: Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID19 mortality and healthcare demand

    N Ferguson;D Laydon;G Nedjati Gilani;N Imai

  • Estimating the effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19 in Europe.

    Seth Flaxman;Swapnil Mishra;Axel Gandy;H. Juliette T. Unwin

  • Pandemic Potential of a Strain of Influenza A (H1N1) : Early Findings

    Christophe Fraser;Christl A. Donnelly;Simon Cauchemez;William P. Hanage

  • Transmission dynamics of the etiological agent of SARS in Hong Kong: impact of public health interventions.

    Steven Riley;Christophe Fraser;Christl A. Donnelly;Azra C. Ghani

  • Epidemiological determinants of spread of causal agent of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong

    Christl A Donnelly;Azra C Ghani;Gabriel M Leung;Anthony J Hedley

  • The impact of COVID-19 and strategies for mitigation and suppression in low- and middle-income countries.

    Patrick G. T. Walker;Charles Whittaker;Oliver J. Watson;Oliver J. Watson;Marc Baguelin;Marc Baguelin

  • Potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria in low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling study.

    Alexandra B Hogan;Britta L Jewell;Ellie Sherrard-Smith;Juan F Vesga

  • Global technical strategy for malaria 2016–2030

    Pedro L. Alonso;Abdisalan Noor;Ana Carolina Santelli;Azra Ghani

  • Factors determining the occurrence of submicroscopic malaria infections and their relevance for control.

    Lucy C. Okell;Teun Bousema;Teun Bousema;Jamie T. Griffin;André Lin Ouédraogo

  • Report 13: Estimating the number of infections and the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19 in 11 European countries

    S Flaxman;S Mishra;A Gandy;H Unwin

  • Reducing Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Transmission in Africa: A Model-Based Evaluation of Intervention Strategies

    Jamie T. Griffin;T. Deirdre Hollingsworth;Lucy C. Okell;Thomas S. Churcher

  • Submicroscopic Infection in Plasmodium falciparum-Endemic Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Lucy C. Okell;Azra C. Ghani;Emily Lyons;Chris J. Drakeley

  • Hitting Hotspots: Spatial Targeting of Malaria for Control and Elimination

    Teun Bousema;Jamie T. Griffin;Robert W. Sauerwein;David L. Smith

  • Household transmission of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus in the United States.

    Simon Cauchemez;Christl A. Donnelly;Carrie Reed;Azra C. Ghani

  • Epidemiology, transmission dynamics and control of SARS: the 2002-2003 epidemic

    Roy M. Anderson;Christophe Fraser;Azra C. Ghani;Christl A. Donnelly

  • Report 12: The global impact of COVID-19 and strategies for mitigation and suppression

    P Walker;C Whittaker;O Watson;M Baguelin

  • Prevalence of lymphoreticular prion protein accumulation in UK tissue samples.

    David A Hilton;Azra C Ghani;Lisa Conyers;Philip Edwards

  • The Epidemiology of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in the 2003 Hong Kong Epidemic: An Analysis of All 1755 Patients

    Gabriel M Leung;Anthony J Hedley;Lai-Ming Ho;Patsy Chau

  • Estimates of the severity of COVID-19 disease

    Verity R;Okell Lc;Dorigatti I;Winskill P

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil M. Ferguson
Neil M. Ferguson Imperial College London
Christl A. Donnelly
Christl A. Donnelly University of Oxford
Roy M. Anderson
Roy M. Anderson Imperial College London
Chris Drakeley
Chris Drakeley London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Samir Bhatt
Samir Bhatt Imperial College London
Christophe Fraser
Christophe Fraser University of Oxford
Teun Bousema
Teun Bousema Radboud University
Thomas S. Churcher
Thomas S. Churcher Imperial College London
Eleanor M. Riley
Eleanor M. Riley University of Edinburgh

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