Projects per year
Personal profile
Personal Statement
I am a Chancellor's Fellow in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Strathclyde and a member of the Digital Health and Mathematically Structured Programming research groups. I studied computer science and synthetic biology at the University of Edinburgh School of Informatics and I was a postdoc there and at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Disease where I worked on the COVID-19 pandemic. For many years previously I worked as a telecommunications engineer and was involved in developing community owned and operated Internet infrastructure in the Scottish Highlands.
Research Interests
I am interested in computational modelling of biological systems, usually with medical or public health applications. At present, I am particularly interested in the interplay between immune response and population dynamics of infectious disease as well as the causes and effects of individual choices on the dynamics of epidemics. I am also interested in communication and data processing infrastructure for telemetry, both to inform the above and more generally.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, Modelling and Measurement in Synthetic Biology, School of Informatics, Informatics Forum, University of Edinburgh
Award Date: 16 Jun 2020
External positions
Honorary Fellow, School of Informatics, Informatics Forum, University of Edinburgh
1 Apr 2021 → …
Keywords
- Modelling
- Networks
- Process calculi
- Epidemiology
- Molecular biology
- Telecommunications
Fingerprint
- 1 Similar Profiles
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 2 Active
-
EICCOH: Strathclyde Centre for Doctoral Training: Energy-efficient Indoor Climate Control for Optimised Health
McGill, G., Tse, D., Waites, W., Toledo, L., Moreno-Rangel, A., Sharpe, T. & Dragojlovic-Oliveira, S.
1/05/23 → 30/09/26
Project: Internally funded project
-
-
Comparative assessment of methods for short-term forecasts of COVID-19 hospital admissions in England at the local level
CMMID COVID-19 Working Group, Meakin, S., Abbott, S., Bosse, N., Munday, J., Gruson, H., Hellewell, J., Sherratt, K., Chapman, L. A. C., Prem, K., Klepac, P., Jombart, T., Knight, G. M., Jafari, Y., Flasche, S., Waites, W., Jit, M., Eggo, R. M., Villabona-Arenas, C. J., Russell, T. W., & 31 others , 31 Dec 2022, In: BMC Medicine. 20, 1, 15 p., 86.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Citations (Scopus)1 Downloads (Pure) -
Modelling the medium-term dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in England in the Omicron era
Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases COVID-19 working group, Barnard, R. C., Davies, N. G., Munday, J. D., Lowe, R., Knight, G. M., Leclerc, Q. J., Tully, D. C., Hodgson, D., Pung, R., Hellewell, J., Koltai, M., Simons, D., Abbas, K., Kucharski, A. J., Procter, S. R., Sandmann, F. G., Pearson, C. A. B., Prem, K., Showering, A., & 31 others , 31 Dec 2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 1, 15 p., 4879.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile13 Citations (Scopus)1 Downloads (Pure)
-
Pawelek's Ponies
William Waites (Speaker)
5 Sept 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
-
PLOS One (Journal)
William Waites (Editorial board member)
2023 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial board member