Professor Peter Vickerman
BSc(Edin.), DPhil(Oxon.)
Current positions
Professor of Infectious Disease Modelling
Epidemiology and Health Data Science
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Emergency department opt-out HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C testing
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
While there was some variation in staff knowledge and understanding of the programme, overall acceptance of the opt-out testing approach was found to be high. Training had a positive impact…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/04/2022 to 31/03/2027
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…Dates
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
Thesis supervisions
Analysing the role of incarceration in the transmission and prevention of human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus amongst people who inject drugs
Supervisors
Eliminating hepatitis C in the UK among men who have sex with men during the era of pre-exposure prophylaxis
Supervisors
Investigating the epidemiology of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in different settings around the world
Supervisors
Investigating hepatitis C transmission dynamics and disease implications in Sindh province, Pakistan
Supervisors
Informing the treatment and prevention response for HIV among people who inject drugs
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
01/01/2026Addressing policy barriers to scaling up needle and syringe programmes
Lancet Global Health
A non-randomised trial of a hepatitis C same-day test and treat model using antibody test only for people who inject drugs in Armenia, Georgia, and Tanzania
BMJ Open
Characteristics of People Who Inject Drugs Approached for Injection Assistance in Rural Kentucky
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
Cost-effectiveness of emergency department opt-out testing for HIV in England
Lancet HIV
Delivering effective hepatitis C virus treatment in an embedded primary care setting within a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan
Journal of Viral Hepatitis
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