Scientific Pandemic Infections group on Modelling
The Scientific Pandemic Infections group on Modelling (SPI-M) is an advisory group of DHSC that provides expert advice based on infectious disease modelling and epidemiology.
Role of group
SPI-M provides expert advice to the UK government on scientific matters relating to the UK’s response to a pandemic based on infectious disease analysis, modelling and epidemiology. In addition, the group may also provide advice on other emerging human infectious disease threats as required.
Participants
Participants of SPI-M are not formal ‘members’ and are invited to join at the recommendation of the chairs. Typically, this includes leading experts from within the field of epidemiological modelling and statistics.
Chairs
- Professor Deirdre Hollingsworth (Academic Chair): University of Oxford
- Professor Thomas Waite (Executive Chair): Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England, DHSC
Academic participants
The following people are academic participants:
- Dr Marc Baguelin, Imperial College London
- Dr Ellen Brooks-Pollock, University of Bristol
- Professor Daniela De Angelis, University of Cambridge
- Dr Louise Dyson, University of Warwick
- Professor Sir John Edmunds, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- Dr Jessica Enright, University of Glasgow
- Professor Neil Ferguson, Imperial College London
- Professor Christophe Fraser, University of Oxford
- Professor Julia Gog, University of Cambridge
- Professor Michael Gravenor, University of Swansea
- Professor Ian Hall, University of Manchester
- Professor Thomas House, University of Manchester
- Professor Rowland Kao, University of Edinburgh
- Professor Matt Keeling, University of Warwick
- Professor Adam Kucharski, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Minutes