David Greenhalgh
Professor
University of Strathclyde
Scotland
Biography
I gained a PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1984 and worked at Imperial College, London from 1984 to 1986. I also have a first class Honours degree in mathematics and a distinction in Part III Mathematics. I am currently a member of the Population Modelling and Epidemiology research Group at University of Strathclyde and have been a member of Strathclyde in the Departments of mathematics, Statistics and Modelling Science and Mathematics and Statistics since 1986.
Research Interest
My research interests involves mathematical and statistical techniques applied to biological problems, in particular mathematical and statistical modelling in epidemiology. I have over eighty papers in high quality refereed journals and have supervised or co-supervised almost twenty research students, seventeen at PhD level. I am regularly invited to speak at international conferences including as keynote and plenary speaker. Application areas of interest include HIV/AIDS, both heterosexual spread and spread amongst intravenous drug users, dengue vaccination, hepatitis A, hepatitits C, mumps and rubella. I have extensive overseas collaborations including Brazil (Professor E. Massad), India (Professor J. Chattopadhyay), Oman (Professor Q. J. A. Khan), Germany and The Netherlands.