Andrew J Shattock

Infectious disease modeller in Perth, Australia

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Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia / Telethon Kids Institute, Senior Scientist at the University of Basel / Swiss Tropical Public Health Institute, and Expert Consultant at the World Health Organization. Proud dad and wannabe footballer.

An infectious disease modeller with a background in mathematics. I specialise in individual-based model development, surrogate model emulators, and Bayesian approaches to model calibration. I love to write beautiful code, and enjoy a good grapple with high-dimensional calibration problems. However my primary modelling love has always been bringing numbers to life with tangible, relatable interpretations and conclusions.

My modelling portfolio spans 18 diseases including HIV/AIDS [1,2], malaria [3,4], and COVID-19 [5,6]. I've provided policy advice for governments in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australasia. As a consultant, I built the European CDC's COVID-19 model during the critical outbreak period in Europe [7,8], and the WHO's global vaccine impact model for the 50th anniversary of their flagship Essential Programme on Immunization [9,10].

For gory details of my work, check out my scholar and github profiles.

  • Education
    • University of Reading (BSc)
    • University of Warwick (MSc)
    • University of New South Wales (PhD)
    • University of Basel (postdoc)
    • University of Western Australia (tenure)