Marc Baguelin

Dr Marc Baguelin is an Associate Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Senior Lecturer in Infectious Disease Epidemiology at Imperial College London. He holds dual affiliations within the Faculty of Medicine and the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis. His primary role involves advancing mathematical models to inform public health policy, particularly in vaccination strategies and outbreak response.

• Roles: SPI-M Modelling Group member (UK pandemic advisory body), Comité Technique des Vaccinations (French vaccine policy committee)
• Affiliations: Imperial College London School of Public Health, LSHTM Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, MRC Global Infectious Disease Analysis Centre

His research focuses on infectious disease transmission modelling using Bayesian evidence synthesis. Notable contributions include influential work during the 2009 influenza pandemic, Ebola outbreak, and the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, where his models shaped vaccination policies. During the pandemic, he led the UK Real-time Modelling team at Imperial College, developing critical tools like the 'dust' and 'mcstate' R packages.

Key Achievements: 2021 Queen’s Anniversary Prize (as part of Imperial’s pandemic response team), 2022 Weldon Memorial Prize (with SPI-M colleagues), and leadership in securing £ millions in research grants.

His work emphasizes open data and transparent coding, with a focus on integrating serological data and multi-model consensus approaches for real-time decision support.