CLAPHAM Hannah
Affiliation
- NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
Research Areas
- Infectious disease dynamics and control
- Impact of vaccination
- Dengue epidemiology and control
- Japanese Encephalitis epidemiology and control
- Inference from serological data
Academic/Professional Qualifications
- BA Hons Mathematics University of Oxford (2004-2007)
- MSc Modern Epidemiology, Imperial College London (2008-2009)
- PhD Disease Dynamics, Imperial College London (2009-2013)
Career History
- 2016-2019: Mathematical Epidemiologist and Head of Mathematical Modelling Group, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- 2013-2016: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA
Selected Publications
- Lam, HM., Phuong, HT., Vy, NHT., Thanh, NTL., Dung, PN., Muon, TTN., Chau, NVV., Rodríguez-Barraquer, I., Cummings, DAT., Wills, BA., Boni, MF., Rabaa, MA., Clapham, HE., Serological Inference of Past Primary and Secondary Dengue Infection: Implications for Vaccination, (Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 2019 July, 10.198)
- Turner, H.C., Wills, B.A., Rahman, M., Cường, H.Q., Thwaites, G.E., Boni, M.F., & Clapham, H.E. Potential costs associated with school-based screening to inform deployment of Dengvaxia: Vietnam as a case study (TRSTMH, 2018 July, 10.1093/trstmh/try057)
- Quan, T.M. , Phuong, H.T., Vy, N.H.T., Thanh, N.T.T., Lien, N.T.N., Hong, T.T.K., Dung, P,.N., Chau, N.V.V., Boni, M.F. & Clapham, H.E., Evidence of previous but not current transmission of chikungunya virus in southern and central Vietnam: Results from a systematic review and seroprevalence study in four locations (PLoS NTDs, 2018 February, doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006246 )
Media Coverage
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Why is there another dengue outbreak in Singapore despite all our efforts?, Channel NewsAsia Commentary, 31 May 2022
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骨痛热症病例激增 我可以做的5+3, Lianhe Zaobao, 26 April 2022
- Eligible persons should get 4th Covid-19 vaccine dose for protection against severe illness: Experts, The Straits Times, 8 April 2022
- 专家：新加坡再也无法回到疫情前|传染病|海峡时报|感染率_网易订阅, My SG Daily, 18 January 2022
- The Big Story: Life in S’pore won’t return to way it was before Covid-19, say experts, The Straits Times, 18 January 2022
- Life won’t return to way it was pre-pandemic: Experts, The Straits Times, 17 January 2022
- Singaporeans polled expect current virus curbs to last till end of year, The Straits Times, 17 January 2022
- World as a whole not yet ready to live with the virus, says expert, The Straits Times, 17 January 2022
- Omicron wave poses steep slope, but S’pore better prepared now: Experts, The Straits Times, 16 January 2022
- Dangers of jumping the gun on a COVID-19 vaccine, East Asia Forum, 28 October 2020
- Computer Model Helps Researcher Predict Regional Disease Burden, Drug Topics, 16 July 2020
- Is the coronavirus pandemic entering a second wave?, South China Morning Post, 29 June 2020
- Record dengue cases complicates Singapore’s fight against COVID-19, Channel NewsAsia Commentary, 23 June 2020
- Uncertain future as Covid-19 infection rate sets global records, South China Morning Post, 21 June 2020
- Can phone apps slow the spread of the coronavirus?, Science, 18 June 2020
- TraceTogether token and contact tracing apps: Privacy, data usage and other big questions, CNA Heart of the Matter, 11 June 2020
- The Big Story – Targeting people with mild symptoms is next step in Covid-19 testing: Expert, The Straits Times, 10 June 2020
- The Big Story – Not concerned about newly detected asymptomatic Covid-19 cases: Expert, The Straits Times, 1 June 2020
- Countries around the world are rolling out contact tracing apps to contain coronavirus. How will we know whether they work?, Science, 21 May 2020
- BBC News, 10 May 2020
- New coronavirus cluster in China shows challenges of reigning in the virus, Inkstone News, 28 April 2020
- Piecemeal lifting of coronavirus travel restrictions likely, say experts, South China Morning Post, 27 April 2020
- Five considerations for a clear-minded coronavirus response, Channel NewsAsia Commentary, 30 March 2020
- Experts raise doubts that Japan school closures will curb coronavirus, The Japan Times, 5 March 2020
- COVID-19: Lockdown may not be feasible for all countries
- Asia First, Channel NewsAsia, 28 February 2020
- CNA938, 28 February 2020
- Three scenarios if the COVID-19 outbreak gets worse, Channel NewsAsia Commentary, 27 February 2020