Azra Ghani

Professor Azra Ghani is an infectious disease epidemiologist in the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis at Imperial College London. She has worked on a wide range of infectious diseases, including BSE and variant CJD, sexually transmitted infections including HIV, SARS, influenza and malaria. Since early 2020 she has been actively involved in supporting the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic, advising the UK government and numerous international agencies on the scale of outbreaks and impact of interventions.

She is currently a member of the WHO Malaria Policy Advisory Committee and a policy advisor and trustee for the international charity Malaria No More UK. She was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2017, awarded the Chalmers Medal by the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in 2017, the Unilver Colworth Prize by the Microbiology Society in 2021 and appointed a Member of the British Order (MBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours.

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

• Griffi JT, Bhatt S, Sinka ME, et al., 2016, Potential for reduction of burden and local elimination of malaria by reducing Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission: a mathematical modelling study, Lancet Infectious Diseases, Vol:16, ISSN:1473-3099, Pages:465-472
• Slater HC, Ross A, Ouedraogo AL, et al., 2015, Assessing the impact of next-generation rapid diagnostic tests on Plasmodium falciparum malaria elimination strategies, Nature, Vol:528, ISSN:0028-0836, Pages:S94-S101
• Ghani AC, Burgess DH, Reynolds A, et al., 2015, Expanding the role of diagnostic and prognostic tools for infectious diseases in resource-poor settings, Nature, Vol:528, ISSN:0028-0836, Pages:S50-S52
• White MT, Verity R, Griffin JT, et al., 2015, Immunogenicity of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine and implications for duration of vaccine efficacy: secondary analysis of data from a phase 3 randomised controlled trial, Lancet Infectious Diseases, Vol:15, ISSN:1473-3099, Pages:1450-1458
• Walker PGT, White MT, Griffin JT, et al., 2015, Malaria morbidity and mortality in Ebola-affected countries caused by decreased health-care capacity, and the potential effect of mitigation strategies: a modelling analysis, Lancet Infectious Diseases, Vol:15, ISSN:1473-3099, Pages:825-832
• White MT, Griffin JT, Riley EM, et al., 2011, Efficacy model for antibody-mediated pre-erythrocytic malaria vaccines, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Vol:278, ISSN:0962-8452, Pages:1298-1305
• Griffin JT, Hollingsworth TD, Okell LC, et al., 2010, Reducing Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission in Africa: a model-based evaluation of intervention strategies., Plos Med, Vol:7, ISSN:1549-1676, Pages:1-27