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sunetra.gupta@zoo.ox.ac.uk


01865 281225


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Sunetra Gupta

Professor of Theoretical Epidemiology

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Research Interests

My main area of interest is the evolution of diversity in pathogens, with particular reference to the infectious disease agents that are responsible for malaria, influenza and bacterial meningitis. I use simple mathematical models to generate new hypotheses regarding the processes that determine the population structure of these pathogens. I work closely with laboratory and field scientists both to develop these hypotheses and to test them.

Additional Information

I have an interest in the public understanding of science and also in the connections between science and literature at the level of language and narrative.

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