Emma Davis
PhD MSc MRes
Postdoctoral researcher
I am a Postdoctoral Researcher in infectious disease epidemiology working with Deirdre Hollingsworth and the Neglected Tropical Disease Modelling Consortium. My main disease of focus is currently lymphatic filariasis, a human nematode transmitted by mosquitoes that can cause permanent disability.
I trained as a mathematician at the University of Warwick, with a dissertation in mathematical modelling of STH, before moving to Imperial College London, where I completed a MRes in Biomedical Research focusing on infectious disease epidemiology and control of malaria. I then returned to Warwick for an MSc+PhD in mathematics of real-world systems under Deirdre Hollingsworth and Matt Keeling, with a specialism in modelling for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
My current projects include: assessing the predicted impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on lymphatic filariasis control and elimination programs; modelling COVID-19 contact tracing for the UK; and investigating the impact of vector control (e.g. insecticide-treated bednets) on achieving the WHO 2030 goals for lymphatic filariasis and preventing resurgence.
Recent publications
Xenografted human microglia display diverse transcriptomic states in response to Alzheimer's disease-related amyloid-β pathology.
Journal article
Mancuso R. et al, (2024), Nature neuroscience, 27, 886 - 900
Accelerating Progress Towards the 2030 Neglected Tropical Diseases Targets: How Can Quantitative Modeling Support Programmatic Decisions?
Journal article
Vasconcelos A. et al, (2024), Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 78, S83 - S92
Reducing the Antigen Prevalence Target Threshold for Stopping and Restarting Mass Drug Administration for Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination: A Model-Based Cost-effectiveness Simulation in Tanzania, India and Haiti.
Journal article
Antony Oliver MC. et al, (2024), Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 78, S160 - S168
An analytically tractable, age-structured model of the impact of vector control on mosquito-transmitted infections.
Journal article
Davis EL. et al, (2024), PLoS computational biology, 20
A modelling analysis of a new multi-stage pathway for classifying achievement of public health milestones for leprosy.
Journal article
Davis EL. et al, (2023), Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 378