Molecular Epidemiology for Infectious Diseases An Introduction to Understanding and Interpreting Molecular Epidemiology

Nigel Field is Professor of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Director of the UCL Centre of Molecular Epidemiology and Translational Research at the Institute for Global Health (IGH), Co-Director of the MSc Applied Infectious Diseases Epidemiology AIDE, Author of STROME-ID and of STROBE-Metagenomics on molecular epidemiology. He is an infectious disease epidemiologist specialising in large-scale studies using molecular epidemiology to gain insights about acquisition and transmission of gut microbiota and a range of pathogens.

Clarissa Oeser is an Infectious Diseases Epidemiologist with a background in paediatric infectious diseases and molecular diagnostics. She is co-lead of the Molecular Epidemiology for Infectious Diseases MSc AIDE module at UCL and co-author of STROBE-Metagenomics.  Her research interest is in early life exposures and their effect on infectious outcomes in childhood.

Cordelia E. M. Coltart  is Consultant Clinical Academic in Infectious Diseases in the Division of Infection and Immunity at UCL and the Royal Free Hosptial NHS trust, dividing her time between clinical work and academia. Her research investigates the utility of pathogen genomics for public health benefit - focussing on integrating pathogen genomics with epidemiology to inform the early detection, management and control of infectious diseases, both at a patient and population level. She developed and co-led the Molecular Epidemiology for Infectious Diseases MSc module at UCL. 

Heather Bailey  is an Associate Professor in Infectious Disease Epidemiology at the Institute for Global Health, University College London. Her research interests lie in the impact of infections on maternal and child health, including vertical transmission, its consequences, and prevention. 

Maryam Shahmanesh is Professor of Global Health at IGH, UCL, Consultant Physician in HIV at the Mortimer Market Centre, and Faculty Lead for clinical research at the Africa Health Research Institute in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. She brings expertise in working in the interdisciplinary space between social science, clinical research, and epidemiology. She has developed two interdisciplinary MSc courses at UCL, in Population Health, and in Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology.