Work

Publications

10. Northrup GR, Qian L, Bruxvoort K, Marx FM, Whittles LK,  Lewnard JA, 2020, Inference of naturally-acquired immunity using a self-matched negative control design [pre-print]

9. Whittles LK, White PJ, Didelot X, 2020, Assessment of the potential of vaccination to combat antibiotic resistance in gonorrhea: a modeling analysis to determine Preferred Product Characteristics, Clinical Infectious Diseases [in press]

8. Lewnard JA, Whittles LK, Rick A-M, Martin JM, 2020, Naturally-acquired protection against upper respiratory symptoms involving group A Streptococcus in a longitudinal cohort study, Clinical Infectious Diseases [in press]

7. Whittles LK, White PJ, Didelot X, 2019, A dynamic power-law sexual network model of gonorrhoea outbreaks, PLoS Computational Biology, 15(3), ISSN: e1006748 Open Access Link.

6. Whittles LK, White PJ, Paul J, Didelot X, 2018, Epidemiological trends of antibiotic resistant gonorrhoea in the United Kingdom, Antibiotics, 7(60), ISSN: e2079-6382 Open Access Link

5. Whittles LK, Didelot X, Grad YH, White PJ, 2018, Testing for gonorrhoea should routinely include the pharynx, Lancet Infectious Diseases, 18(7), ISSN: 1474-4457 Open Access Link

4. Whittles LK, White PJ, Didelot X, 2017, Estimating the fitness cost and benefit of cefixime resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae to inform prescription policy: A modelling study, PLoS Medicine, 14(10), ISSN: e1002416 Open Access Link

3. Didelot X, Whittles LK, Hall I, 2017, Model-based analysis of an outbreak of bubonic plague in Cairo in 1801, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 14, ISSN:1742-5662 Open Access Link

2. Whittles LK, Didelot X, 2016, Epidemiological analysis of the Eyam plague outbreak of 1665-1666, Proceedings of the Royal Society B – Biological Sciences, 283, ISSN:0962-8452 Open Access Link

1. Didelot X, Dordel J, Whittles LK, Collins C, Bilek N, Bishop CJ, White PJ, Aanensen DM, Parkhill J, Bentley SD, Spratt BG, Harris SR, 2016, Genomic analysis and comparison of two gonorrhoea outbreaks, mBio, 7(3), ISSN: 2150-7511 Open Access Link

Talks

  • Mar 2020 – Invited seminar at the University of Bath Centre of Mathematical Biology
  • Jul 2019 – Invited to present at ISSTDR symposium ‘Preparing sexual health services for antimicrobial resistant bacteria: a global perspective’.
  • Jun 2019 – Invited to give a seminar at the University of Warwick Zeeman Institute.
  • Sep 2018 – Invited to present at the Bristol Health Partners Sexual Health Improvement Programme meeting: Preparing our sexual health services to meet the challenge of antimicrobial resistant bacteria.
  • Mar 2018 – Reading of A Cultural History of Gonorrhoea at Faber Social launch of Cosey Fanni Tutti’s Art Sex Music.
  • Jul 2017 – Invited to present at EPSRC Liverpool Centre for Mathematics in Healthcare: Modelling Competition between Pathogens and the Evolution of AMR Workshop.
  • Mar 2017 – Presented at the PHE Research and Applied Epidemiology Scientific Conference: Modelling the dynamics of antibiotic resistance in gonorrhoea to determine fitness benefits and costs Open Access Link.
  • Feb 2016 – Invited to give a seminar at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Posters

  • ISSTDR Jul 2019 – Vaccination against antibiotic resistant gonorrhoea for men who have sex with men in England: a modelling study. Whittles LK, White PJ, Didelot X
  • Epidemics6 Dec 2017 – Modeling the dynamics of antibiotic resistance in gonorrhoea to determine fitness benefits and costs. Whittles LK, White PJ, Didelot X
  • ISSTDR Jul 2017 – Modeling the dynamics of antibiotic resistance in gonorrhoea to determine fitness benefits and costs. Whittles LK, White PJ, Didelot X
  • CROI Feb 2016 – Global Variation in the Impact of Male Circumcision in Preventing HIV Among MSM. Whittles LK, Mitchell KM, Silhol R, Dimitrov DT, Boily MC Open Access Link
  • Epidemics5 Dec 2015 – Epidemiological analysis of the Eyam plague outbreak of 1665-1666, Whittles LK, Didelot X