Dr Hannah Christensen
BSc.(Hons), PhD
Current positions
Senior Lecturer in Infectious Disease Mathematical Modelling
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Research interests
I am an epidemiologist with particular interests in infectious diseases, vaccines, modelling and health economics. After completing my BSc (Hons) in Biology at the University of Nottingham in 2003 I spent three years working as an analyst for the Health Protection Agency South West Regional Epidemiology Unit and the South West Public Health Observatory.
In 2007 I joined the Department of Social Medicine (now Population Health Sciences at the Bristol Medical School) as a PhD Fellow funded by an NIHR Researcher Development Award. My thesis used infectious disease and economic models to predict the potential impact of introducing a new meningococcal vaccine into the UK schedule. Following this, I worked for 2 years on the TARGET study, an NIHR-funded Programme Grant aiming to improve the quality of care given to children presenting to primary care with respiratory tract infections (RTIs). I have since held an NIHR post-doctoral fellowship investigating the impact (epidemiological and economic) of meningococcal vaccination schedules, particularly in adolescents and now hold an NIHR Career Development Fellowship investigating how better to assess the impact and offer effective vaccination in older adults.
I am a member of the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Evaluation of Interventions at the University of Bristol. I am a unit lead for the MSc in Public Health and co-organise a short course on ‘Essentials of Infectious Disease Modelling and Economic Evaluation’.
Positions
University of Bristol positions
Senior Lecturer in Infectious Disease Mathematical Modelling
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Evaluation of patient access to medical test result services in General Practice
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Patients are increasingly being offered the opportunity to access their
medical test results electronically through online access. This could
benefit both patients and GP practices, by patients being able to access
the information…Managing organisational unit
Dates
16/04/2018 to 16/04/2020
Improving the quality of care for children with respiratory tract infections in primary care (TARGET)
Principal Investigator
Role
Researcher
Description
The overall aim of this NIHR funded Programme for Applied Research Grant is to improve the quality of care given to children presenting to primary care with respiratory tract infections.…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/07/2010 to 31/03/2018
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
01/07/2020COVID-19 in Older People
Age and Ageing
Carriage of Neisseria Meningitidis in Low and Middle Income Countries of the Americas and Asia
Understanding the role of peace of mind in childhood vaccination: A qualitative study with members of the general public.
Vaccine
COVID-19 transmission in a university setting: a rapid review of modelling studies
medRxiv
A DELPHI study on aspects of study design to overcome knowledge gaps on the burden of disease caused by serogroup B invasive meningococcal disease
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes