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Personal profile
SUMMARY of research interests (100 words)
My research interests focus on understanding the transmission and evolutionary dynamics of infectious diseases. A substantial part of this interest lies in understanding transmission patterns and their relation to networks of interaction between hosts. This has motivated the development of methods and ways to measure social contact patterns, to improve population-scale and individual-based models of transmission. I am also intersted in understanding the behavioural responses of people to infections and epidemics, as well as interaction patterns at larger spatial scales and human mobility modelling.
Qualifications
PhD Ecology, University of Stirling, 1996.
BSc Biology, York University, 1991.
External positions
Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Liverpool
1/10/2015 → …
User-defined keywords
- epidemiology
- disease dynamics
- transmission
- infection
- viral evolution
- influenza
- network
- mathematical models
- Infectious diseases
- social mixing
- human mobility
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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DSI: Control without closure: school-level approaches for pathogen control within and between schools (Fellow: Dr Trystan Leng)
Read, J. (Principal Investigator)
18/08/25 → 17/08/30
Project: Research
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DSI: Quantifying the structure of transmission networks for future epidemics
Read, J. (Principal Investigator)
1/09/24 → 30/06/27
Project: Research
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DSI: A critical assessment of mobility models to quantify infections and interventions
Jewell, C. (Co-Investigator), Read, J. (Principal Investigator) & Jewell, C. (Co-Investigator)
National Institutes of Health USA
1/04/21 → 31/03/26
Project: Research
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SMART: Social Mixing and Respiratory Transmission in Schools
Read, J. (Principal Investigator)
1/10/15 → …
Project: Other
Research output
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First- and second-order social contact network structure in southern China
Smith, C. P., Read, J. M., Riley, S., Cummings, D., Kwok, K. O., Jiang, C. Q. & Lessler, J., 30/11/2025, In: Interface. 22, 232Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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Improving mobility data for infectious disease research
Kostandova, N., Corgel, R., Bansal, S., Bérubé, S., Cleary, E., Hansen, C., Hitchings, M. D. T., García-Carreras, B., Gardner, L., Kraemer, M. U. G., Lai, S., Li, Y., Perofsky, A. C., Pullano, G., Read, J. M., Ribeiro dos Santos, G., Salje, H., Takahashi, S., Viboud, C. & Wang, J. & 2 others, , 24/03/2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Human Behaviour. 489.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Model-based methods for hospital infection prevention and control: potential and challenges
Bridgen, J. R. E., Jewell, C., Lewis, J. M., Todd, S., Semple, M. G., Feasey, N. & Read, J. M., 5/12/2025, In: BMC Global and Public Health. 3, 1, 111.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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Sex differences in antibody responses to influenza A/H3N2 across the life course
Metcalf, C. J., Chen, S., García-Carreras, B., Hay, J., Zhu, H., Jiang, C., Kwok, K., Riley, S., Read, J., Lessler, J. & Cummings, D., 17/11/2025, Research Square, (Research square).Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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Socioecological determinants of dog ownership in Mara region, Tanzania
Anderson, D., Sambo, M., Lugelo, A., Czupryna, A., Changalucha, J., Read, J. M., Lankester, F. & Hampson, K., 25/11/2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 106756.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
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Is it Groundhog Day? Social contact patterns in Southern China
Read, J. (Speaker)
15/12/2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling, Operational sub-group (External organisation)
Read, J. (Member)
01/2020 → …Activity: Membership types › Member of Advisory Panel
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Quantifying influenza transmission risks for school-age children.
Read, J. (Speaker)
04/2018 → …Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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MLW Annual Scientific meeting
Read, J. (Keynote/plenary speaker)
2/10/2017 → 4/10/2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Prizes
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Weldon Memorial Prize
Jewell, C. (Recipient) & Read, J. (Recipient), 14/11/2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Datasets
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CoCoNet manuscript data
Bridgen, J. (Creator), Jewell, C. (Creator) & Read, J. (Creator), Lancaster University, 2021
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Additional file 11 of The contribution of hospital-acquired infections to the COVID-19 epidemic in England in the first half of 2020
Knight, G. M. (Creator), Pham, T. M. (Creator), Stimson, J. (Creator), Funk, S. (Creator), Jafari, Y. (Creator), Pople, D. (Creator), Evans, S. (Creator), Yin, M. (Creator), Brown, C. S. (Creator), Bhattacharya, A. (Creator), Hope, R. (Creator), Semple, M. G. (Creator), Read, J. M. (Creator), Cooper, B. S. (Creator) & Robotham, J. V. (Creator), Figshare, 2022
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20098556.v1, https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Additional_file_11_of_The_contribution_of_hospital-acquired_infections_to_the_COVID-19_epidemic_in_England_in_the_first_half_of_2020/20098556/1
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Additional file 7 of The contribution of hospital-acquired infections to the COVID-19 epidemic in England in the first half of 2020
Knight, G. M. (Creator), Pham, T. M. (Creator), Stimson, J. (Creator), Funk, S. (Creator), Jafari, Y. (Creator), Pople, D. (Creator), Evans, S. (Creator), Yin, M. (Creator), Brown, C. S. (Creator), Bhattacharya, A. (Creator), Hope, R. (Creator), Semple, M. G. (Creator), Read, J. M. (Creator), Cooper, B. S. (Creator) & Robotham, J. V. (Creator), Figshare, 2022
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20098580, https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Additional_file_7_of_The_contribution_of_hospital-acquired_infections_to_the_COVID-19_epidemic_in_England_in_the_first_half_of_2020/20098580
Dataset
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SMART2: Age-specific social mixing of school-aged children in a US setting using proximity detecting sensors and contact surveys
Grantz, K. (Creator), Cummings, D. A. T. (Creator) & Read, J. M. (Creator), Zenodo, 12/07/2020
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3940772, https://zenodo.org/record/3940772
Dataset
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Additional file 5 of The contribution of hospital-acquired infections to the COVID-19 epidemic in England in the first half of 2020
Knight, G. M. (Creator), Pham, T. M. (Creator), Stimson, J. (Creator), Funk, S. (Creator), Jafari, Y. (Creator), Pople, D. (Creator), Evans, S. (Creator), Yin, M. (Creator), Brown, C. S. (Creator), Bhattacharya, A. (Creator), Hope, R. (Creator), Semple, M. G. (Creator), Read, J. M. (Creator), Cooper, B. S. (Creator) & Robotham, J. V. (Creator), Figshare, 2022
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20098574.v1, https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Additional_file_5_of_The_contribution_of_hospital-acquired_infections_to_the_COVID-19_epidemic_in_England_in_the_first_half_of_2020/20098574/1
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