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Professor
Infection and Immunity
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Australia
Associate Professor Jodie McVernon is a Monash University Medical Graduate with specialty training in Paediatrics, Public Health and Vaccinology. She has extensive expertise in clinical vaccine trials, epidemiologic studies and mathematical modelling of infectious diseases gained at the University of Oxford, Health Protection Agency London and University of Melbourne. She heads the Modelling and Simulation Unit within the Infection and Immunity Theme at Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and the Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, and remains affiliated with the Vaccine and Immunisation Research Group, within which this unit began. Her research group uses mathematical and computational models to synthesise insights gained from basic biology and sociological research to advance understanding of infectious disease epidemiology and inform policy for disease prevention and control. Associate Professor McVernon is a member of the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation and a Director of the Influenza Specialist Group.
Biostatistics,Paediatrics, Public Health and Vaccinology