ProfessorAzra Ghani
Chair in Infectious Disease Epidemiology
School of Public Health - Faculty of Medicine
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- Chair in Infectious Disease EpidemiologySchool of Public Health - Faculty of Medicine
- 020 7594 5764 (Work)
- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, School of Public Health, 90 Wood Lane, London, W12 0BZ, United Kingdom
- Imperial Global Singapore, 1 CREATE Way, #11-01, CREATE Tower, 138602, Singapore
BIO
Professor Azra Ghani MBE FMedSci holds a joint appointment as Professor in Infectious Disease Epidemiology at Imperial College London and the National University of Singapore. She is Academic Director of Imperial Global Singapore and Director of the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis. She also holds a Visiting Professor appointment at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
She has worked on a wide range of infectious diseases, including BSE and vCJD, sexually transmitted infections, SARS, COVID-19, influenza and malaria. She is currently a member of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) Scientific Advisory Committee and previously served on the WHO Malaria Policy Advisory Group and the Gavi Vaccine Investment Strategy Steering Committee. She is a Trustee for the Science Media Centre and was previously a Trustee for the international charity Malaria No More UK whose work she continues to support as a special advisor.
She was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2017, awarded the Chalmers Medal by the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in 2017, the Unilver Colworth Prize by the Microbiology Society in 2021 and appointed a Member of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours.
Professor Ghani teaches on Imperial College London's short course on Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases. This is aimed at public health professionals, policy-makers and researchers who want to learn about the basic principles and practical applications of mathematical modelling and modern quantitative methods.
Short course on Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases: www.infectiousdiseasemodels.org
She has worked on a wide range of infectious diseases, including BSE and vCJD, sexually transmitted infections, SARS, COVID-19, influenza and malaria. She is currently a member of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) Scientific Advisory Committee and previously served on the WHO Malaria Policy Advisory Group and the Gavi Vaccine Investment Strategy Steering Committee. She is a Trustee for the Science Media Centre and was previously a Trustee for the international charity Malaria No More UK whose work she continues to support as a special advisor.
She was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2017, awarded the Chalmers Medal by the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in 2017, the Unilver Colworth Prize by the Microbiology Society in 2021 and appointed a Member of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours.
Professor Ghani teaches on Imperial College London's short course on Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases. This is aimed at public health professionals, policy-makers and researchers who want to learn about the basic principles and practical applications of mathematical modelling and modern quantitative methods.
Short course on Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases: www.infectiousdiseasemodels.org
FACULTY
- Faculty of Medicine
POSITION NAME
- Chair in Infectious Disease Epidemiology