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John Edmunds

Fellow - 2013

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

My interests are in designing effective and cost-effective control programmes against infectious diseases. This entails a mixture of mathematical models, statistical and economic analysis, and sociological studies (trying to understand how we mix, so that we can model the spread of diseases better). The emphasis is placed on the application of these methods to real-world problems to enable decision-makers to optimise the design of public-health control programmes. I have published over 100 peer-reviewed articles in this field (confusingly my initials are WJ Edmunds!) and I have acted as an advisor on national and international committees on many occasions on topics ranging from HPV vaccination to pandemic influenza. Before joining the School I was the Head of the Modelling and Economics Unit at the HPA, and I still work for the HPA on a part-time basis, on issues related to the UK vaccination programme.

Publications

Unsupervised extraction of epidemic syndromes from participatory influenza surveillance self-reported symptoms

K. Kalimeri, M. Delfino, C. Cattuto, D. Perrotta, V. Colizza, C. Guerrisi, C. Turbelin, J. Duggan, J. Edmunds, C. Obi, R. Peabody, A. Franco, Y. Moreno, S. Meloni, C. Koppeschaar, C. Kjelsø, R. Mexia, D. Paolotti

PLOS Computational Biology 15(4): e1006173 (2019)

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Self-Swabbing for Virological Confirmation of Influenza-Like Illness Among an Internet-Based Cohort in the UK During the 2014-2015 Flu Season: Pilot Study

C. Wenham, E. Gray, C. Keane, M. Donati, D. Paolotti, R. Pebody, E. Fragaszy, R. McKendry, J. Edmunds

J Med Internet Res 20,3 (2018)

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Influenzanet: Citizens Among 10 Countries Collaborating to Monitor Influenza in Europe

C. Koppeschaar, V. Colizza, C. Guerrisi, C. Turbelin, J. Duggan, J. Edmunds, C. Kjelsø, R. Mexia, Y. Moreno, S. Meloni, D. Paolotti, D. Perrotta, E. van Straten, A. O Franco

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 3(3):e66 (2017)

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Participatory Syndromic Surveillance of Influenza in Europe

C. Guerrisi, C. Turbelin, T. Blanchon, T. Hanslik, I. Bonmarin, D. Levy-Bruhl, D. Perrotta, D. Paolotti, R. Smallenburg, C. Koppeschaar, A. O Franco, R. Mexia, J. Edmunds, R. Vasile, R. Pebody, E. van Straten, S. Meloni, Y. Moreno, J. Duggan, C. Kjelsø, V. Colizza

J Infect Dis. 214 (supp 4): S386-S392 (2016)

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Association between Recruitment Methods and Attrition in Internet-Based Studies

P. Bajardi, D. Paolotti, A. Vespignani, K. Eames, S. Funk, J. Edmunds, C. Turbelin, M. Debin, V. Colizza, R. Smallenburg, C. Koppeschaar, A. Franco, V. Faustino, A. Carnahan, M. Rehn, F. Merletti, J. Douwes, R. Firestone, L. Richiardi

PLoS ONE 9 (12) (2014)

Complex Systems

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The representativeness of a European multi-center network for influenza-like-illness participatory surveillance

P. Cantarelli, M. Debin, C. Turbelin, C. Poletto, T. Blanchon, A. Falchi, T. Hanslik, I. Bonmarin, D. Levy-Bruhl, A. Micheletti, D. Paolotti, A. Vespignani, J. Edmunds, K. Eames, R. Smallenburg, C. Koppeschaar, A. O Franco, V. Faustino, A. Carnahan, M. Rehn, V. Colizza

BMC Public Health 14 (2014)

Complex Systems, Infectious diseases, Network Science

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Determinants of Follow-Up Participation in the Internet-Based European Influenza Surveillance Platform Influenzanet

P. Bajardi, A. Vespignani, S. Funk, K. Eames, J. Edmunds, C. Turbelin, M. Debin, V. Colizza, R. Smallenburg, C. Koppeschaar, A. Franco, V. Faustino, A. Carnahan, M. Rehn, D. Paolotti

J Med Internet Res 16, 3 (2014)

Complex Systems, Digital Epidemiology, Infectious diseases

Web-based participatory surveillance of infectious diseases: the Influenzanet participatory surveillance experience

D. Paolotti, A. Carnahan, V. Colizza, K. Eames, J. Edmunds, G. Gomes, C. Koppeschaar, M. Rehn, R. Smallenburg, C. Turbelin, S. Van Noort, A. Vespignani

Clinical Microbiology and Infection 20 (2014)

Infectious diseases