Prof. Mark Jit

Mark Jit is professor of vaccine epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), principal scientist in the Modelling and Economics Unit of Public Health England (PHE) and visiting professor at the School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong. His research group focuses on epidemiological and economic modelling of vaccines to support evidence-based public health decision making. He has published over 150 papers covering a range of antigens including measles, HPV, pneumococcus, rotavirus, influenza, dengue, EV71 and RSV as well as methodological papers advancing the ways vaccines are evaluated. This work has influenced many of the major changes to immunisation policy in the UK and globally. He currently leads the NIHR EPIC project which brings together academic and public health partners in the UK and China in order to collaborate on generating evidence to inform evidence-based decisions around vaccination.

 

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