DrVictoria Cox
Research Associate in Infectious Disease Modelling
School of Public Health - Faculty of Medicine
- Research Associate in Infectious Disease ModellingSchool of Public Health - Faculty of Medicine
BIO
I am a Research Associate at the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, School of Public Health, Imperial College London. My research focuses on infectious disease modelling, with expertise in outbreak response, vaccination impact assessment, and climate-sensitive health risks. I am part of the Mpox Response and Data Analytics team, working with partners in Central Africa to address the ongoing epidemics.
Prior to my current role, I completed my PhD in the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at Imperial College London, funded by a Wellcome Trust award. My research applied spatial epidemiological modelling techniques to entomological, environmental, and population health surveillance data, assessing climatic drivers of vector-borne disease transmission, identifying at-risk populations, and forecasting force-of-infection in data-sparse settings. For my undergraduate degree I studied Biochemistry at the University of Oxford, where I first became interested in genetics and immunology and their applications to public health.
I have previously served as an Advanced Epidemiological Modeller at the United Kingdom Health Security Agency. Outside of research I am a STEM ambassador in the London STEM Learning programme and I am committed to science communication and education outreach.
DEGREES
- PhDImperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- MResImperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- MBiochemUniversity of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
FACULTY
- Faculty of Medicine
POSITION NAME
- Research Associate in Infectious Disease Modelling