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ISOBEL ROUTLEDGE DIDE, Medical School Building, Norfolk Place, Imperial College St Mary’s Campus, London, W2 1PG [email protected] EDUCATION 2016 – PhD Candidate, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Imperial College London, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology Thesis: The epidemiology of malaria approaching elimination in El Salvador Supervisors: Dr. Samir Bhatt, Professor Azra Ghani 2015 – 2016 MRes Epidemiology, Evolution and Control of Infectious Disease (Distinction) Imperial College London, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology Project 1: Exploring the spatial heterogeneity of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic in England Project 2: Modelling the effect of focal vector control on the population dynamics of Simulium damnosum s.l. for onchocerciasis elimination 2011 – 2014 BA Biological Sciences (1st Class) Wadham College, University of Oxford Dissertation: Spatial co-evolution of spiteful toxins in Pseudomonas fluorescens 2009 – 2011 A Levels: Biology (A*), Maths (A), Chemistry (A), Spanish (A) EMPLOYMENT 2014 – 2015 Graduate Development Programme, Wellcome Trust Qualitative and quantitative analysis on research uptake in policy and practice Science writing – policy briefings, press releases and blog pieces Science funding – reviewing small grants, assessing gaps in social sciences/humanities research related to public health Event organisation – organised high-profile stakeholder meeting around use of research in policy and practice, and two seasons of weekly speaker series and film screenings RESEARCH INTERESTS My research interests lie in vector-borne diseases and their interaction with environmental, demographic and social factors. I am particularly interested in spatial epidemiology and global change. From a methodological perpective, I am interested in integrating mapping and geostatistical methods with mechanistic mathematical modelling. I also am interested in interdisciplinary approaches which integrate primary data collection in the field and/or lab with mathematical modelling. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE PhD: Bayesian approaches to parameter estimation, fitting and model selection; collaboration/negotiation with ministry of health officials (conducted entirely in Spanish); MRes Projects: R programming, univariate and multivariate statistical analysis, retrospective outbreak analysis, mathematical modelling of population dynamics, parameter estimation and fitting to data, analysis of large datasets. Undergraduate project (12 weeks): Spatial co-evolution of spiteful toxins in Pseudomonas fluorescens. Sterile technique, environmental sampling and isolation of bacteria (from soil), PCR, gel electrophoresis, inhibition assays, experimental design, generalized linear modelling. Research/Curatorial Assistant (8 weeks): Taxonomy, electron microscopy and curation of museum collections of bivalves and molluscs. Nuffield Bursary Project (4 weeks): The effect of fluctuating temperatures on the life history of Culex pipiens and Aedes aegypti. Mosquito collection, rearing and sexing; survival analysis; experimental design. TEACHING Oct - Dec 2016 Aug 2016 2014 - 2016 Jun - Aug 2013 Demonstrator, “Principles of Global Epidemiology”, MSc Epidemiology/MPH, Imperial College London Leader (devised and delivered), “Disease detectives: An introduction to Epidemiology”, Sutton Trust Summer School, Imperial College London Mentor/Tutor (A-Level Biology), The Access Project Activities Co-ordinator, Oxford and Cambridge Summer School SCIENCE COMMUNICATION I am heavily involved in science communication and strongly feel that engaging with a wider audience is beneficial to my work. I have participated and/or organised science communication/engagement activities at the following events: Green Man Festival, Wychwood Music Fesitval, Imperial Festival, Science Museum Lates, New Atlantis (an immersive theatre event about climate change), The Big Bang Fair, Science Saturdays (Oxford University Museum of Natural History). I have written blog posts for the Wellcome Trust and Bang! Science Magazine. Recently I was involved in the early stages of The Sound of Contagion, a project between Prof. Elizabeth Pisani and the Grand Union Orchestra, which uses music to illustrate characteristics of disease and disparities in attention and funding given to them. SKILLS Mathematical modelling; R programming; statistical methods; basic molecular and microbiological techniques (PCR; sterile technique; bacterial cultures; inhibition assays); basic genetic techniques (sequence alignment; BLAST search; simple tree building), basic ecological sampling techniques (transects; sampling methods for wide variety of taxa) ; mosquito sampling and rearing; Spanish (level B2) FUNDING and ACADEMIC AWARDS 2015 – 2019 2013, 2014 2013 2013 2011 2010 Wellcome Trust Four Year PhD studentship Wadham College academic scholarship Wadham College travel grant Royal Entomological Society Student writing prize RCUK best use of research, National Science and Engineering Competition Nuffield bursary CONFERENCES and COURSES ATTENDED 2016 2016 2016 2015 2013 ASTMH Annual Meeting (attended) Graduate School: Introduction to teaching and demonstrating Simulidae symposium, Zaragoza (oral presentation) Global Health and climate Climate Change, Barcelona (attended) Field course: tropical rainforest ecology PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS British Ecological Society (2015-present); Society for Biology (2013-2014) POSITIONS OF REPONSIBILITY Course Representative, MRes Biomedical Sciences; President, Oxford and Cambridge Judo Club; Organising Committee, Oxford University Biological Society REFEREES Dr Samir Bhatt PhD Supervisor Department Infectious Disease Epidemiology Norfolk Place, London, W1 2PG [email protected] Dr Anne Cori MRes Project Supervisor Department Infectious Disease Epidemiology Norfolk Place, London, W1 2PG [email protected] Prof. Azra Ghani PhD Supervisor Department Infectious Disease Epidemiology Norfolk Place, London, W1 2PG [email protected] Dr David Carr Line Manager, Wellcome Trust Gibbs Building, Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE [email protected]