Azra Ghani
Azra Ghani | |
|---|---|
| Born | Azra Catherine Hilary Ghani |
| Alma mater | Imperial College London University of Southampton University of Cambridge |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Imperial College London University of Oxford London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
| Thesis | Sexual partner networks and the epidemiology of gonorrhoea(1997) |
Azra Catherine Hilary Ghaniis a British epidemiologist who is a professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology atImperial College London.Her research considers the mathematical modelling of infectious diseases, includingmalaria,bovine spongiform encephalopathyandcoronavirus.She has worked with theWorld Health Organizationon their technical strategy for malaria. She is associate director of theMRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Ghani was born to Feroz and Hilary Ghani.[citation needed]} She studiedmathematicsatNewnham College, Cambridge,at theUniversity of Cambridge,matriculating in 1989.[2][3]After graduating, she moved to theUniversity of Southamptonto complete a master's degree inoperations research.She joinedImperial College Londonin 1993, where she researched the epidemiology ofgonorrheaandsexual partnernetworks.[4]After earning her doctorate Ghani moved to theUniversity of Oxford,where she was supported by aWellcome Trustfellowship. She moved to Imperial College London as aRoyal SocietyDorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow.[5]
Research and career
[edit]In 2005 Ghani was appointed to the faculty at theLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.Here she became interested in malaria, particularly the disease's complexity, and the need to understand many aspects of science and society to better control it.[5]She returned to Imperial College London in 2007, where she serves as Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Head of the Malaria Modelling Research Group.[5]Her research considers the epidemiology of infectious disease, includingmalaria,bovine spongiform encephalopathy,HIV,SARSandcoronavirus.[6]She develops mathematical models that can better describe the transmission dynamics of malaria, to visualise how it impacts both humans and mosquitoes, and use this insight to fight the disease.[6][7]Ghani serves on the malaria policy advisory committee of theWorld Health Organization.[6]She was elected to the spongiformencephalopathyadvisory committee.[8]
In 2017 Ghani was elected to theAcademy of Medical Sciences.[9]Through her understanding of infectious diseases, Ghani looks to better inform public health interventions.[10]In 2020, during theCOVID-19 pandemic,Ghani reported self-isolation, home quarantine and social distancing could limit the number of UK deaths caused by thecoronavirusto 20,000.[11][12]She worked withNeil Fergusonto show that during the course of the pandemic, theNational Health Servicewould become overwhelmed by the number of cases.[11][13]
Awards and honours
[edit]- 2017 Elected to theAcademy of Medical Sciences[9]
- 2017Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneChalmers medal[14]
Ghani is a Fellow of theRoyal Statistical Society.[15]
She was appointedMember of the Order of the British Empire(MBE) in the2021 Birthday Honoursfor services to infectious disease control and epidemiological research.[16]
Selected publications
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- Cheng, Allen (13 May 2009)."Faculty of 1000 evaluation for Pandemic potential of a strain of influenza A (H1N1): early findings".doi:10.3410/f.1159624.619929.
{{cite journal}}:Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Whittaker, Charles; Slater, Hannah; Bousema, Teun; Drakeley, Chris; Ghani, Azra; Okell, Lucy (2020)."Global & Temporal Patterns of Submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Infection"(PDF).doi:10.1101/554311.S2CID214722456.
{{cite journal}}:Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Donnelly, Christl A; Ghani, Azra C; Leung, Gabriel M; Hedley, Anthony J; Fraser, Christophe; Riley, Steven; Abu-Raddad, Laith J; Ho, Lai-Ming; Thach, Thuan-Quoc; Chau, Patsy; Chan, King-Pan (May 2003)."Epidemiological determinants of spread of causal agent of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong".The Lancet.361(9371): 1761–1766.doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(03)13410-1.ISSN0140-6736.PMC7112380.PMID12781533.
- Imperial College COVID-19 Response Team (16 March 2020)."Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID19 mortality and healthcare demand"(PDF).
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References
[edit]- ^"Governance".Imperial College London.Retrieved8 July2020.
- ^Matriculation records of Newnham College, Cambridge.archives of Newnham College, Cambridge: Newnham College, Cambridge.
- ^"Bio Ghani - International Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamic - Elsevier".elsevier.Retrieved18 March2020.
- ^Ghani, Azra Catherine Hilary (1997).Sexual partner networks and the epidemiology of gonorrhea(Thesis).OCLC1006193417.
- ^abc"WHO | Modelling: from runways to bednets".WHO.Archived fromthe originalon 14 June 2018.Retrieved18 March2020.
- ^abc"WHO | Current MPAC members".WHO.Archived fromthe originalon 1 April 2014.Retrieved18 March2020.
- ^"Faces behind MNMUK".Malaria No More UK.Archived fromthe originalon 18 March 2020.Retrieved18 March2020.
- ^The Government's Review of the Principles Applying to the Treatment of Independent Scientific Advice Provided to Government: Third Report of Session 2009-10, Vol. 2: Written Evidence.The Stationery Office. 2009.ISBN978-0-215-54281-6.
- ^ab"Professor Azra Ghani | The Academy of Medical Sciences".acmedsci.ac.uk.Retrieved18 March2020.
- ^"Does travel make you ill? | Royal Society".royalsociety.org.Retrieved18 March2020.
- ^ab"UK's original coronavirus plan risked 'hundreds of thousands' dead".Financial Times.16 March 2020.Retrieved18 March2020.
- ^"Sobering coronavirus study prompted Britain to toughen its approach".Reuters.17 March 2020.Retrieved18 March2020.
- ^"COVID-19: Scientists Question UK Government Plans".Medscape.Retrieved18 March2020.
- ^"11 reasons 2017 was a success for RSTMH".Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.14 December 2017. Archived fromthe originalon 18 March 2020.Retrieved18 March2020.
- ^"Honours and Memberships - Professor Azra Ghani".imperial.ac.uk.Retrieved18 March2020.
- ^"No. 63377".The London Gazette(Supplement). 12 June 2021. p. B18.
