Prof James MCCAW
Professor / Associate Dean (Research)
School of Mathematics and Statistics
- Room: 303 OGS
- Building: Old Geology South
- Campus: Parkville
Research Groups
Recent Publications
Freya M Shearer, Robert Moss, Jodie McVernon, Joshua V Ross, J. McCaw. Infectious disease pandemic planning and response: Incorporating decision analysis.. PLoS medicine, 17, e1003018, 2020. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003018.
Somya Mehra, J. McCaw, Mark B Flegg, P. Taylor. An Activation-Clearance Model for Plasmodium vivax Malaria.. Bulletin of mathematical biology, 82, 32 (21pp), 2020. doi: 10.1007/s11538-020-00706-1.
Robert Moss, Alexander E Zarebski, Sandra J Carlson, J. McCaw. Accounting for Healthcare-Seeking Behaviours and Testing Practices in Real-Time Influenza Forecasts.. Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 4, 12 (19pp), 2019. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed4010012.
Ada WC Yan, Sophie G Zaloumis, Julie A Simpson, J. McCaw. Sequential infection experiments for quantifying innate and adaptive immunity during influenza infection. . PLoS computational biology, 15, e1006568 (23pp), 2019. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006568.
Robert Moss, Alexander E Zarebski, Peter Dawson, Lucinda J Franklin, Frances A Birrell, J. McCaw. Anatomy of a seasonal influenza epidemic forecast. Communicable diseases intelligence (2018), 43, 2019. doi: 10.33321/cdi.2019.43.7.
Current Postgraduate Supervision
| Name | Thesis title |
|---|---|
| Punya ALAHAKOON |
Past Postgraduate Supervision
| Name | Thesis title |
|---|---|
| Tiffany (Ngo Nam) LEUNG | "Models of infectious disease transmission to explore the effects of immune boosting" |
| Michael LYDEAMORE | "Investigating the spread of Group A Strepococcus disease using multi-strain bacterial population dynamics models." |
| Alexander ZAREBSKI | "Quantitative epidemiology: A Bayesian perspective" |
Current MSc Students
| Name | Project title |
|---|---|
| Thomas WALSH | |
| Andrew STRINGER | |
| Qi ZHUANG |
Past MSc Students
| Name | Project title |
|---|---|
| Jason ARCHER | |
| Rory BURNHAM | |
| Dominic DELPORT | |
| Wing Yu LAM | |
| Dacong LIN | |
| Vincent PANG |
Recent Grant History
| Year(s) | Source | Type | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 - 2022 | NHMRC | Centre Of Excellence | Centre for Research Excellence in Malaria Elimination |
| 2017 - 2019 | ARC | Discovery | Mathematical and statistical methods for modelling invivo pathogen dynamics |
| 2016 - 2018 | NHMRC | NHMRC Project | Slowing the spread of malaria drug resistance by extending the lifespan of the artemisinin derivatives |
Responsibilities
- Associate Dean (Research)
Committees
- Research and Industry Committee
- Strategic Planning Committee