Oliver Pybus

Professor of Evolution & Infectious Disease

Research Interests

My research aims to explain the evolutionary dynamics of pathogens, particularly viral infections of humans, including HIV/AIDS, the hepatitis C virus, and Influenza. I hope to understand how evolutionary and ecological processes - which occur on the same timescale for many pathogens - combine and interact in natural populations.

Additional Information: I am Editor-in-Chief of the journal Virus Evolution, published by Oxford University Press. I am also one of the Department of Zoology's Athena Swan Champions.

Recent publications

An investigation of transmission control measures during the first 50 days of the COVID-19 epidemic in China.
Journal article

Tian H. et al, (2020), Science
The effect of human mobility and control measures on the COVID-19 epidemic in China.
Journal article

Kraemer MUG. et al, (2020), Science
Epidemiological data from the COVID-19 outbreak, real-time case information.
Journal article

Xu B. et al, (2020), Sci Data, 7
Assessing the role of live poultry trade in community-structured transmission of avian influenza in China.
Journal article

Yang Q. et al, (2020), Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Author Correction: Metagenomic sequencing with spiked primer enrichment for viral diagnostics and genomic surveillance.
Journal article

Deng X. et al, (2020), Nat Microbiol, 5

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