Research Fields: Biostatistics/Statistics, Network and Systems Biology, Evolutionary Biology and Phylogenetics, Ecological Modeling, Precision Medicine/Health
Current research topics include projects on novel pathogen surveillance, the drivers of zoonotic spillover, and next-generation medical countermeasures such as broad-spectrum vaccines. This work is carried out in collaboration with scientists and public health professionals from Angola, Brazil, Colombia, Denmark, Ethiopia, Panama, Singapore, the UK, and the USA, and organizations including CEPI and the WHO. Charles is a founding member of the Machine Learning and Global Health Network and also a Field Epidemiologist—previously with the WHO (including deployment to the 2018–2020 North Kivu Ebola outbreak), and more recently with the UK’s Public Health Rapid Support Team.
