Applied Public Health, Infection and Epidemiology
What We Do
APHIE, formerly Communicable Disease Control Evidence and Epidemiology, was established through a collaboration between the University of Warwick, Public Health England, and Health Education England (West Midlands) to advance the evidence base for communicable disease control and support its translation into practice. The Group brings together specialists and academics with expertise in public health, field epidemiology, health protection, research, and education.
Many members of the team hold joint appointments or honorary positions with public health organisations, including the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), helping to ensure that our work remains closely connected to public health practice and policy.
Our research aims to support the prevention and control of communicable diseases by applying multidisciplinary research approaches to high-quality data and public health challenges. We undertake evidence synthesis, analyse routinely collected health data, integrate and interpret information from multiple sources, and develop and apply epidemiological, statistical, and other analytical methods to address questions of public health importance.
Our work spans infectious disease surveillance, outbreak investigation, health protection, and the evaluation of interventions and policies designed to improve population health.
Collaborate With Us
We welcome opportunities to collaborate with researchers, public health practitioners, healthcare professionals, and partner organisations.
Please get in touch if you are interested in:
- Collaborating on research projects or grant applications
- Undertaking a placement or attachment with the team as a public health, microbiology, infectious diseases, or related clinical trainee
- Applying for a research fellowship or higher degree research opportunity
- Developing joint projects in communicable disease control, epidemiology, surveillance, or health protection
We are always keen to work with individuals and organisations that share our commitment to improving public health through high-quality research and evidence-based practice.
Research Projects
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Recent Publications
Journals
- Inns, T., Curtis, D., Crook, P., Vivancos, R., Gardiner, D., McCarthy, Noel D., Mook, Piers. 2019. Are food exposures obtained through commercial market panels representative of the general population? Implications for outbreak investigations. Epidemiology and Infection, 147, View
- Noufaily, Angela, Morbey, Roger A., Colón-González, Felipe J., Elliot, Alex J., Smith, Gillian E., Lake, Iain R., McCarthy, Noel D.. 2019. Comparison of statistical algorithms for daily syndromic surveillance aberration detection. Bioinformatics, View
- Shiri, Tinevimbo, McCarthy, Noel D., Petrou, Stavros. 2019. The impact of childhood pneumococcal vaccination on hospital admissions in England : a whole population observational study. BMC Infectious Diseases, 19, View
- Seedat, Farah, Geppert, Julia, Stinton, Chris, Patterson, Jacoby, Freeman, Karoline, Johnson, Samantha Ann, Fraser, Hannah, Brown, Colin Stewart, Uthman, Olalekan A., Tan, Bee K., Robinson, Esther R., McCarthy, Noel D., Clarke, Aileen, Marshall, John, Visintin, Cristina, Mackie, Anne, Taylor-Phillips, Sian. 2019. Universal antenatal screening for group B streptococcus may cause more harm than good. BMJ, 364 (364), View
Who We Are
APHIE Co-ordinator
Roberto Vivancos
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