Professor Deirdre Hollingsworth
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Deirdre Hollingsworth
Senior Group Leader
Deirdre is an infectious disease epidemiologist who uses mathematical models and statistical analyses to study the evolution and transmission dynamics of infectious diseases with the aim of informing the design of more effective control interventions. She is particularly interested in neglected tropical diseases, a group of diseases which cause suffering amongst the poorest populations of the world. She leads the NTD Modelling Consortium, an international network of neglected tropical disease modellers.
Her research foci are lymphatic filariasis, visceral leishmaniasis and a group of intestinal worms (soil transmitted helminths or STHs) which affect a large number of children and adults in low income settings. She has ongoing interests in the transmission and evolution of HIV in both Africa and European/North American settings as well as malaria and influenza.
Recent publications
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The impact of mass drug administration on Schistosoma haematobium infection: what is required to achieve morbidity control and elimination?
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Kura K. et al, (2020), Parasites & vectors, 13
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Towards a comprehensive research and development plan to support the control, elimination and eradication of neglected tropical diseases.
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Mabey D. et al, (2020), Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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A novel age-structured mosquito model for assessing the mechanisms behind vector control success
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Davis EL. et al, (2020)
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Inferring transmission trees to guide targeting of interventions against visceral leishmaniasis and post–kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis
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Chapman LAC. et al, (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117, 25742 - 25750
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Defining a prevalence level to describe the elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) transmission and designing monitoring & evaluating (M&E) programmes post the cessation of mass drug administration (MDA)
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Collyer BS. et al, (2020), PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14, e0008644 - e0008644