Joe Hilton

Joe Hilton is a research fellow in mathematical modelling at the Manchester Centre for Health Economics (MCHE) within the University of Manchester, with a background in infectious disease epidemiology. He is interested in the role of population heterogeneity in different aspects of public health, ranging from household-level patterns of viral transmission to risk-stratified screening and treatment programs for non-communicable diseases. His research includes case studies of specific diseases, outbreaks, and policies, as well as methodological work focused on developing new techniques for modelling and inference, with a focus on stochastic processes and Bayesian statistics. A key component of Joe’s role within MCHE is to bridge the gap between health economics and mathematical epidemiology, both by developing new standards for simulation and uncertainty quantification in health economic analyses and by bringing economic insights about the value of interventions and information into the study of infectious disease control policies.