Rosalind Eggo

Dr Rosalind Eggo is an infectious disease modeller and Deputy Director of the Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Dr. Eggo’s research is on the dynamics of directly transmitted viral pathogens, especially respiratory viruses. She has particular interest in population heterogeneity, both in transmission and in the propensity for severe outcomes following infection. She has been working extensively on the COVID-19 pandemic, providing modelling outputs to WHO, Africa CDC, and United Kingdom decision makers. This work focuses on design and evaluation of public health measures to mitigate and contain the epidemic including contact tracing, social distancing, and others.