Mark Jit
Mark Jit
Chair and Professor of the Department of Global and Environmental Health
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Professional overview
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Mark Jit is the inaugural chair and a professor in the Department of Global and Environmental Health. He was formerly head of the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Dynamics and co-director of the Global Health Economics Centre (GHECO) at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). He holds honorary appointments at LSHTM as well as the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the National University of Singapore (NUS).
Dr. Jit’s research focuses on epidemiological and economic modeling of vaccines to support evidence-based public health decision making. He has published papers covering a range of vaccine-preventable or potentially vaccine-preventable diseases including COVID-19, measles, HPV, pneumococcus, rotavirus, influenza, Group B Streptococcus, dengue, EV71 and RSV as well as methodological papers advancing the ways vaccines are evaluated. This work has influenced many of the major changes to immunization policy in countries around the world. Dr. Jit has served on a number of expert advisory committees in the UK as well as for international organizations such as the World Health Organization. He also organises or contributes to academic and professional courses on vaccine modeling, economics and decision science around the world.
Dr. Jit received his BSc and PhD in Mathematics from University College London, specializing in mathematical biology, and a Master of Public Health degree from King’s College London.
Visit Dr. Jit's Google Scholar's page to learn more about his research portfolio.
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Education
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BSc, Mathematics, University College LondonPhD, Mathematics, University College LondonMPH, Public Health, King's College London
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Honors and awards
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Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (20222023)Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (2023)Training Fund Award, Health Protection Agency (2007)Andrew Rosen Prize, University College London (1999)Institute of Mathematics and its Applications Award (1998)Departmental Research Studentship, University College London (1998)Student Union Commendation, University College London (1997)Fillon Prize, University College London (1996)Pathfinder Award, University College London (1995)
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Publications
Publications
Implications of the school-household network structure on SARS-CoV-2 transmission under school reopening strategies in England
Failed retrieving data.Importance of patient bed pathways and length of stay differences in predicting COVID-19 hospital bed occupancy in England
Failed retrieving data.Incidence and disease burden of herpes zoster in the population aged ≥50 years in China : Data from an integrated health care network
Failed retrieving data.Increased mortality in community-tested cases of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7
Failed retrieving data.Informing Global Cost-Effectiveness Thresholds Using Country Investment Decisions : Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Introductions in 2006-2018
Failed retrieving data.Lives saved with vaccination for 10 pathogens across 112 countries in a pre-covid-19 world
Failed retrieving data.Modeling the effect of vaccination on selection for antibiotic resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae
Failed retrieving data.Models of COVID-19 vaccine prioritisation : a systematic literature search and narrative review
Failed retrieving data.Mortality, neurodevelopmental impairments, and economic outcomes after invasive group B streptococcal disease in early infancy in Denmark and the Netherlands : a national matched cohort study
Failed retrieving data.Multi-country collaboration in responding to global infectious disease threats : lessons for Europe from the COVID-19 pandemic
Failed retrieving data.Optimal human papillomavirus vaccination strategies to prevent cervical cancer in low-income and middle-income countries in the context of limited resources : a mathematical modelling analysis
Failed retrieving data.Projecting contact matrices in 177 geographical regions : An update and comparison with empirical data for the COVID-19 era
Failed retrieving data.Projections of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination impact in Ethiopia, India, Nigeria and Pakistan : A comparative modelling study
Failed retrieving data.Quantifying long-term health and economic outcomes for survivors of group B Streptococcus invasive disease in infancy : Protocol of a multi-country study in Argentina, India, Kenya, Mozambique and South Africa
Failed retrieving data.Quarantine and testing strategies in contact tracing for SARS-CoV-2 : a modelling study
Failed retrieving data.Real-time monitoring of COVID-19 dynamics using automated trend fitting and anomaly detection
Failed retrieving data.SARS-CoV-2 infection risk during delivery of childhood vaccination campaigns : a modelling study
Failed retrieving data.Stark choices : Exploring health sector costs of policy responses to COVID-19 in low-income and middle-income countries
Failed retrieving data.Strategies to reduce the risk of SARS-CoV-2 importation from international travellers : Modelling estimations for the United Kingdom, July 2020
Failed retrieving data.The CAPACITI Decision-Support Tool for National Immunization Programs
Failed retrieving data.The impact of childhood pneumococcal conjugate vaccine immunisation on all-cause pneumonia admissions in Hong Kong : A 14-year population-based interrupted time series analysis
Failed retrieving data.The impact of local and national restrictions in response to COVID-19 on social contacts in England : a longitudinal natural experiment
Failed retrieving data.The impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on SARS-CoV-2 transmission across 130 countries and territories
Failed retrieving data.The importance of saturating density dependence for population-level predictions of SARS-CoV-2 resurgence compared with density-independent or linearly density-dependent models, England, 23 March to 31 July 2020
Failed retrieving data.The importance of supplementary immunisation activities to prevent measles outbreaks during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya
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