Executive board
These people are currently heading RECON.
Cyril Geismar
PhD in Clinial Medical Research (Public Health) : Developing methodologies and software for Bayesian inference of transmission trees (outbreaker2)., Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Noam Ross
Vice-President. Disease Ecologist and Principal Scientist, Computational Research. Software peer review lead for rOpenSci., EcoHealth Alliance, United States
Members
Members are people actively involved in, and contributing to, RECON’s activities. See this page if you would like more information on membership.
Jamalludin Ab Rahman
Professor of epidemiology, International islamic University of Malaysia, Malaysia
Monday Osagie Adenomon
Senior Lecturer & Chartered Statistician (RSS-UK); coord, NSUK-LISA; Chair, IASC African mem Group; Time series and Biostatistics, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria
Tomas Aragon
R instructor; infectious disease epidemiologist; public health official, University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health, United States
Callum Arnold
PhD in Mathematical Biology studying measles outbreaks and intervention impacts, Pennsylvania State University, United States
Marc Baguelin
Mathematical modeller and health economist specialised in Public Health intervention. Strong believer in open code and sharing., Public Health England, UK., NA
Amrish Baidjoe
Field epidemiologist/microbiologist, outbreak response expert., President of the EPIET alumni network., NA
Neale Batra
Communicable disease epidemiologist specialized in emergency response and preparedness, NA, NA
Cici Bauer
Academic faculty (assistant professor) - Bayesian spatiotemporal modeling, Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, United States
Mahendra Bhandari
Head Intelligent Automation , Predictive Modelling , Ensemble Forecast , Location Based Intelligence , Python / R, AINQA, India
Sangeeta Bhatia
Modeller and software developer contributing packages for outbreak analysis using digital surveillance data., Imperial College London, UK., NA
Matthew Biggerstaff
Epidemiologist focused on using modeling and forecasting outputs to inform public health decision making., U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA., NA
Olivia Boyd
Postgrad researcher - Epidemiology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Hannah Brindle
Research Fellow with the Emergency and Epidemic Data at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Current work on electronic data collection methods, automated reporting and research during health emergencies., London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
Jun Cai
PhD candidate interested in influenza transmission dynamics and R programming., Center for Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, China., NA
Finlay Campbell
Data scientist interested in outbreak analysis and R package development., WHO Geneva, Switzerland., NA
Anne Cori
Statistician specialized in disease modelling and outbreak response., Imperial College London, UK., NA
Zulma Cucunuba
Vector borne disease modelling to inform public health policy, emphasis in Latin America., Imperial College London, UK., NA
Jeroen de Korte
Data Scientist / Product manager, working on an IoT platform to enable cities to become more sustainable, n/a, Netherlands
Amy Dighe
PhD Student - using mathematical modelling and statistical analyses to better characterise the transmission dynamics of emerging infectious diseases, MRC centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Roz Eggo
Infectious disease modeller of outbreaks, epidemics, and endemic infections., LSHTM, UK., NA
Rich Fitzjohn
R developper specialized in data analysis infrastructures., Imperial College London, UK., NA
Amy Gimma
Software development / data management & analysis / research fellow, LSHTM, United Kingdom
Michael Höhle
Statistical modelling in infectious disease epidemiology., Stockholm University, Sweden., NA
Benido Impouma
Preparedness for, surveillance of and response to disease outbreaks and other public health emergencies., World Health Organization, Congo, Republic., NA
Yalda Jafari
DPhil Candidate, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Samuel Jenness
Epidemic modeling, network science, HIV/STI epidemiology., Emory University, USA., NA
Michael Johansson
Biologist. I develop statistical and mechanistic modeling tools for vector-borne diseases and emerging epidemics., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Outbreak Science, United States
Thibaut Jombart
RECON Founder. Statistician and R programmer specialized in outbreak analysis., London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine / Imperial College London, UK., France
David Jørgensen
PhD student in infectious disease epidemiology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Patrick Keating
Infectious disease epidemiologist using R for analysis., Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Austria., NA
Mohammad Kibria
Technical advisor in Health Information Systems and Monitoring and Evaluation systems., USAID STAR Senior Fellow, Bangladesh
Henry Kyobe-Bosa
Epidemiologist with interest in outbreak risk analysis, surveillance and response to emerging infectious diseases., African Risk Capacity, South Africa., Uganda
Olivier Le Polain
Senior Epidemiologist,, UK-Public Health Rapid Support Team, UK., NA
Rafael Lopes Paixão da Silva
PhD Candidate in physics researching on drivers of epidemics dynamics and Health System impact, Instituto de Física Teórica - IFT (UNESP), Brazil
Greg Martin
Health service executive; host of Global Health and R Programming 101 YouTube series, NA, NA
Arun Mitra
PhD Scholar, Epidemiology, Public Health Data Science, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, India
Ghiwa Nassereddine
A passionate public health professional with a concentration in epidemiology and biostatistics., American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Pierre Nouvellet
Modelling for outbreak response and zoonotic diseases., Imperial College London, UK., NA
Timothy Ogunleye
Executive Director, Tim-R Programming. Statistical Modelling, Econometrics, Morphometrics and Biostatistics, PhD Candidate, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria, Nigeria
Lulla Opatowski
Lecturer in mathematical epidemiology., Universite Versailles St Quentin / Institut Pasteur / Inserm, France., NA
Pawel Piatkowski
Bioinformatician, avid R/Shiny programmer. Independent contractor (working for Genentech/Roche), Poland., NA, NA
Jonathan Polonsky
Epidemiologist focusing on humanitarian and outbreak settings. I use R for automating analyses and reproducible reporting., World Health Organisation, Switzerland., NA
Juliet Pulliam
Infectious disease modeler focusing on outbreaks and zoonotic diseases., Acting Program Director of the ICI3D. Director, South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA), South Africa
Nistara Randhawa
Epidemiologist and R programmer contributing to the Epicontacts package., University of California, Davis, USA., NA
Matthieu Rolland
Statistician - Environmental Epidemiologist, Institute for Advanced Biosciences - INSERM, France
Ilana Schafer
Veterinary epidemiologist with expertise in field outbreak response, and software development for outbreak data management and contact tracing., US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA., NA
Dirk Schumacher
R developer with experience in infectious disease epidemiology, surveillance and outbreak response., Berlin, Germany., NA
Alex Spina
Infectious disease epidemiologist using R for surveillance data and outbreak response., Austrian Agency for Food and Health Safety / European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Austria., NA
Savina Stoitsova
Infectious disease epidemiologist (EPIET alumni) based in Bulgaria, interested in affordable analytic tools for outbreak response., National center of infectious and parasitic diseases, Bulgaria., NA
Tim Taylor
Research Software Engineer interested in outbreak analytics and R package development., London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK., United Kingdom
Scott Teesdale
Product management; epidemiology, Resolve to Save Lives, Louisiana Department of Health, United States
Claire Thomson
Deputy Secretary and Deputy Treasurer. Project coordinator with a Public Health background., Imperial College London, UK., NA
Achilleas Tsoumanis
Biostatistician - R programmer - PhD candidate, Clinical Trials Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
Nsikak Udoh
Data analyst, University of Lagos, Nigeria
Aliyu Usman Kinafa
Lecturer, Gombe State University, Nigeria
Esther van Kleef
Senior epidemiologist. Special interest in (modelling) the transmission dynamics of antimicrobial resistance and outbreak analytics., Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium
Jean-Pierre Veyrenche
International expert (WHO, IOM, UNICEF) in WASH and operations management for emergency response to health crises., Freelance consultant, France., NA
Charlie Whittaker
Treasurer, Vice-president. PhD student, epidemiologist, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
K.M. Rukhsad Asif Zaman
Field monitoring officer, data management and analysis using R, International Health Regulation (IHR), CDC, DGHS, Bangladesh
Advisory board
We are extremely lucky to have the following people supporting and guiding our efforts:
Gregory Armstrong
Director of the Advanced Molecular Detection initiative, with extensive experience in epidemiology and outbreak response at CDC, Atlanta, USA., NA, NA
Gabor Csardi
Computer scientist with a strong background in statistics and network theory, Gabor is a prominent member of the R community who develops and contributes to a number of major packages such as igraph, roxygen and R6. Mango Solutions, Chippenham, UK., NA, NA
Christl Donnelly
Professor of Statistical Epidemiology, Fellow of the Royal Society, Christl has extensive experience in epidemics analysis and emergency outbreak response. Imperial College London, UK., NA, NA
Jennifer Gardy
Canada Research Chair in Public Health genomics at the university of British Columbia and BC Centre for Disease Control, with extensive experience in inferring disease transmission from genomic data. Vancouver, Canada., NA, NA
Oliver Morgan
Acting Director, Health Emergency Information and Risk Assessment Department, World Health Organisation. Geneva, Switzerland., NA, NA