Mathematical models and the epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections and HIV in industrialised populations
Lead Research Organisation:
Imperial College London
Department Name: Unlisted
Abstract
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Organisations
- Imperial College London, United Kingdom (Lead Research Organisation)
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) (Collaboration)
- Washington University in St. Louis (Collaboration)
- University College London, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (Collaboration)
- University of Sussex, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) (Collaboration)
- National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Geoff Garnett (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Burington B
(2010)
Estimating duration in partnership studies: issues, methods and examples.
in Sexually transmitted infections
Choi YH
(2010)
Transmission dynamic modelling of the impact of human papillomavirus vaccination in the United Kingdom.
in Vaccine
Cutts FT
(2007)
Human papillomavirus and HPV vaccines: a review.
in Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Dodd PJ
(2010)
Notions of synergy for combinations of interventions against infectious diseases in heterogeneously mixing populations.
in Mathematical biosciences
French KM
(2007)
Strategies for the introduction of human papillomavirus vaccination: modelling the optimum age- and sex-specific pattern of vaccination in Finland.
in British journal of cancer
Fung IC
(2010)
Superinfection with a heterologous HIV strain per se does not lead to faster progression.
in Mathematical biosciences
Gomez GB
(2009)
Self-medication prevalence for sexually transmitted diseases: meta-analysis and meta-regression of population level determinants.
in Sexually transmitted diseases
Gregson S
(2007)
Critique of early models of the demographic impact of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa based on contemporary empirical data from Zimbabwe.
in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Hallett TB
(2008)
The impact of monitoring HIV patients prior to treatment in resource-poor settings: insights from mathematical modelling.
in PLoS medicine
Hallett TB
(2011)
Estimating the risk of HIV transmission from homosexual men receiving treatment to their HIV-uninfected partners.
in Sexually transmitted infections
| Description | Expert Advisory Committee on AIDS |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in advisory committee |
| Impact | Policy on AIDS; Developed strateges for early identification of HIV infections |
| Description | EU Commission LSHC-CT-2004-503465 Cancer control using population-based registries and biobanks (CCPRB) 6m euros across 22 participants |
| Amount | £225,500 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 06/2004 |
| End | 05/2009 |
| Description | Henry Wellcome Fellowship |
| Amount | £250,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2009 |
| End | 09/2012 |
| Description | Henry Wellcome Post Doctoral Fellowship |
| Amount | £250,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2009 |
| End | 09/2011 |
| Description | Wellcome Trust Programme Grant (Developing and applying theoretical frameworks in the epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections) |
| Amount | £470,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2010 |
| End | 12/2013 |
| Title | Modes of Transmission |
| Description | A model to calculate pattern of expect HIV impact over the next year 'Modes of Transmission' is being used by UNAIDS and WHO with countries |
| Type Of Material | Data analysis technique |
| Year Produced | 2007 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This has lead to more focussed prevantion and an acknowledgement of previously ignored risk groups |
| Description | Dr Jackie Cassels, University of Sussex |
| Organisation | University of Sussex |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Scientific; Ongoing; Sharing insights and data |
| Impact | Scientific; Ongoing; Sharing insights and data |
| Description | Dr Matti Lehtinen, Finish Public Health Institute |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) |
| Country | Finland |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Scientific; Ongoing; Sharing insights and data and developing phase IV community randomised HPV vaccination trials |
| Impact | NA |
| Description | Modelling the impact of HSV-2 vaccines |
| Organisation | GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) |
| Country | Global |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Work to explore the potential impact of HSV-2 vacciones |
| Collaborator Contribution | Access to trial results prior to publication |
| Impact | Lead to a phase 3 trial funded by the uS NIH |
| Description | Professor Anne Johnson; University College London |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Sharing insights and data |
| Impact | NA |
| Description | Professor King Holmes, University of Washington Seattle |
| Organisation | University of Washington |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Scientific; Ongoing; Sharing insights and data - collaboration on a community randomised trial of STD screening and treatment in urban Peru. |
| Impact | NA |
| Description | Sevgi Aral, US Centers For Disease Control |
| Organisation | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Scientific; Ongoing; Sharing insights |
| Impact | NA |
| Description | UNAIDS |
| Organisation | Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) |
| Country | Global |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Scientific and funding; Sharing insights |
| Impact | NA |
| Description | Advisory Comittee |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Member WHO Committee on Health Statistics Development of methods |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008,2009 |
| Description | Member Expert Advisory Group on AIDS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Regular expert advice to DoH Letter from CMO |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008,2009 |
| Description | Plenary Lecture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | Health professionals |
| Results and Impact | Plenary Lecture AIDS 2008 Press conference and report in Science |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | Reference Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Chair UNAIDS Reference Group on Estimates Models and Projections Generation of estimates and trends in HIV globally |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006,2007,2008,2009 |