Ben S Cooper

My work uses mathematical modelling and statistical techniques to help understand infectious diseases dynamics and evaluate potential control measures. This involves developing mathematical models to help evaluate the likely impact and cost-effectiveness of control measures, developing and applying new statistical approaches based on mechanistic models for the analysis of longitudinal infectious disease data (increasingly making use of whole genome sequence data), and designing and analysing epidemiological studies. The major focus of this work is on antibiotic-resistant bacteria in resource-limited hospital settings. Additional projects include within-host dynamics of Plasmodium vivax, ecological interactions of the nasopharyngeal flora, cost-effectiveness of seasonal influenza vaccination in Thailand, and dynamics and control of Hepatitis E infections in refugee camps.