Biography
My work focuses on the development and application of mathematical models to aid the interpretation of serological data, with a focus on arbovirus transmission and immune dynamics. I am also interested in the challenges posed for robust epidemiological analysis of emerging pathogens.
Research
- Arbovirus transmission & immune dynamics
- Patterns of SARS-CoV-2 mortality & transmission
- Quantifying pathogen transmissability in emerging epidemics
Publications
Key publications:
- O’Driscoll, M, Ribeiro Dos Santos, G, Wang, L, et al., 2020. Age-specific mortality and immunity patterns of SARS-CoV-2. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2918-0
- O’Driscoll, M*, Harry, C*, Donnelly, CA, et al., 2020. A comparative analysis of statistical methods to estimate the reproduction number in emerging epidemics with implications for the current COVID-19 pandemic. Clinical Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa1599
- O’Driscoll, M, Imai, N, Ferguson, NM, et al., 2020. Spatiotemporal Variability in Dengue Transmission Intensity in Jakarta, Indonesia. PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008102
