Mr Hikaru Bolt
Research Student - MPhil/PhD - Epidemiology & Population Health
United Kingdom
I joined LSHTM in 2020 as a Research Degree Student. Prior to this I worked for Public Health England for six years, primarily in field epidemiology (investigating outbreaks and surveillance of infectious diseases). I've completed the MSc in Epidemiology at LSHTM and the UK Field Epidemiology Training Programme (FETP). I continue to be a reserve field epidemiologist for the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team, with whom I've previously worked with in Sierra Leone and Nigeria.
Affiliations
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Dynamics
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
Research
My PhD is funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Unit (NIHR HPRU) in Modelling and Economics. My project involves using a Bayesian framework to investigate whether transmission dynamics of gastrointestinal viruses drive trends in hospitalisations due to acute kidney injury. I'm also aiming to model the impact of vaccine candidates for gastrointestinal viruses, including the possible impact on acute kidney injury hospitalisations.
Research Area
Surveillance
Vaccines
Bayesian analysis
Outbreaks
Mathematical modelling
Epidemiology
Disease and Health Conditions
Chronic diseases
Diarrhoeal diseases
Infectious diseases
Kidney disease
Country
United Kingdom
Selected Publications
The impact of repeated vaccination on relative influenza vaccine effectiveness among vaccinated adults in the United Kingdom.
2022
Epidemiology and infection
Risk of symptomatic COVID-19 due to aircraft transmission: a retrospective cohort study of contact-traced flights during England's containment phase.
2021
Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
