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JoshuaBlake

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I am an (almost finished) PhD student in biostatistics and infectious disease modelling (population-level); my research focuses on Bayesian statistical methods to produce improved estimates of the number of new COVID-19 infections. During the pandemic, I was a member of SPI-M-O (the UK government committee providing expert scientific advice based on infectious disease modelling and epidemiology).

I enjoy applying my knowledge broadly, including to models of future pandemics, big picture thinking on pandemic preparedness, and forecasting.

Ad­vice for cur­rent /​ po­ten­tial PhD students

JoshuaBlakeJun 28, 2024, 3:43 PM
27 points
3 comments5 min readEA link
(blog.joshuablake.co.uk)

Fore­cast­ing ac­ci­den­tally-caused pandemics

JoshuaBlakeJan 17, 2024, 7:36 PM
48 points
4 comments4 min readEA link
(blog.joshuablake.co.uk)

Malaria vac­cine R21 is pre-qualified

JoshuaBlakeDec 22, 2023, 8:49 AM
59 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Cost-effec­tive pan­demic preparedness

JoshuaBlakeDec 21, 2023, 5:06 PM
25 points
4 comments8 min readEA link
(blog.joshuablake.co.uk)

[Linkpost] My doubts about longtermism

JoshuaBlakeJun 3, 2023, 10:57 AM
12 points
7 comments1 min readEA link
(joshuablake.github.io)