Professor Peter Vickerman
BSc(Edin.), DPhil(Oxon.)
Current positions
Professor of Infectious Disease Modelling
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Context-specific factors that drive HIV transmission among men who have sex with men: Modelling the role of behavioural, social and legal factors
Principal Investigator
Role
Principal Investigator
Description
Men who have sex with men (MSM) are at high risk of HIV infection.
Behavioural, legal and social factors all contribute to this heightened
risk. Epidemiological analysis and modelling will be used…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical SchoolDates
04/10/2021 to 01/04/2024
Mechanistic hydro-epidemiological modelling to reduce human and animal fasciolosis risk in Bolivia through improved environmental management
Principal Investigator
Description
Climate change, poor sanitation and increasing closeness of animals and humans are factors that have led to a rise in infectious diseases across the developing world. Fasciolosis is a Neglected…Managing organisational unit
Department of Civil EngineeringDates
01/01/2019 to 31/05/2019
Building the evidence base for cost-effective treatment scale-up for hepatitis C virus in Pakistan healthcare settings
Principal Investigator
Role
Collaborator
Description
Pakistan’s expanding hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemic makes up >10% of the global disease burden. Increasing accessibility to highly-effective curative HCV treatment presents an opportunity for healthcare providers in Pakistan…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
15/11/2018 to 31/07/2019
HEPCARE EUROPE
Principal Investigator
Description
The HepCare Europe project focuses on providing an ‘integrated care’ model for HCV treatment based on the joint participation of primary and speciality care practitioners to allow for more efficient…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/05/2016 to 30/04/2019
Systematic review of the synergism between Opiate substitution therapy (OST) and ART (PART 1) and modelling the implications for the impact of OST and ART on HIV transmission amongst people who inject drugs (PWID) (PART 2)
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/10/2014 to 01/11/2016
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
15/03/2023Cost-effectiveness of Hepatitis C virus self-testing in four settings
PLoS Global Public Health
Cost-effectiveness of testing for Mycoplasma genitalium among men who have sex with men in Australia
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Global reporting of progress towards elimination of hepatitis B and hepatitis C
Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Impact and cost-effectiveness of the national scale-up of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among female sex workers in South Africa
Journal of the International AIDS Society
Modelling the impact and cost-effectiveness of non-governmental organisations on HIV and HCV transmission among people who inject drugs in Ukraine
Journal of the International AIDS Society
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Interim Head of School
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Dr Josephine Walker
Lecturer in Health Economic Modelling
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Dr Hannah Fraser
Lecturer in Infectious Disease Mathematical Modelling
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Aaron Lim
Lecturer in Infectious Disease Mathematical Modelling
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Dr Jack Stone
Research Fellow
Bristol Medical School (PHS)