Andrew C Hayward, MBBS, BSc, MSc, DTMH, MD, FPHM, , (born April 1966) is professor of

infectious disease epidemiology Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population. It is a cornerstone of public health, and shapes policy decisions and eviden ...

and

inclusion health Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the det ...

research and Director of the Institute of Epidemiology and Healthcare at University College London.

Research

Hayward was one of the founders of ''Flu Watch'' in 2006, designed to understand transmission of influenza in the general community. As well as continuing surveillance it has provided data for modelling flu epidemiology. Previously, models were based data from the USA between 1948 and 1981 that was collected in very different social, travel and community settings. Participant households in England were invited to join after being selected at random from the lists of volunteer general practitioners. His research includes developing health intervention methods for people experiencing

homelessness Homelessness or houselessness – also known as a state of being unhoused or unsheltered – is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and adequate housing. People can be categorized as homeless if they are: * living on the streets, also kn ...

, drug users and people in prisons. He is a member of the UK SAGE sub committee - New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group - which has played a key role in advising the UK government during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Awards

In 2017 he was awarded the UCL Student Choice Award for Outstanding Post Graduate Research Supervision. In 2019 he was appointed Senior Investigator at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). He has a H-index of 57 on Google scholar.

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Living people Academics of University College London Fellows of the Royal Society of Biology British epidemiologists NIHR Senior Investigators 20th-century British medical doctors 21st-century British medical doctors 1966 births {{UK-med-bio-stub