David Wilson
Head of Infectious Disease Modelling
Public Health
Burnet Institute
Australia
Biography
Professor David Wilson completed his PhD on infectious disease modelling in 2003, studying at Queensland University of Technology as well as at Oxford University and ETH Switzerland. He then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at University of California, Los Angeles on HIV epidemic modelling and optimal allocation of HIV antiretroviral drugs, informing World Health Organization guidelines and policy and practice for treatment roll-out in sub-Saharan Africa. He leads the Optima team, which conducts modelling, health economic and resource allocation studies for governments as well as regional and global health agencies and international donors. He was the winner of a Eureka Prize in 2013 and the Royal Society of NSW’s Edgeworth David Medal in 2014.
Research Interest
Professor Wilson has attracted around $60 million in competitive funding, published approximately 200 papers in academic journals, approximately 60 analytical and/or surveillance reports for national governments, and given more than 400 oral presentations at national and international conferences and workshops.
Publications
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Maximizing the impact of malaria funding through allocative efficiency: using the right interventions in the right locations. Scott N, Hussain SA, Martin-Hughes R, Fowkes FJI, Kerr CC, Pearson R, Kedziora DJ, Killedar M, Stuart RM, Wilson DP Malar J. 2017 Sep; 16(1):368
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Getting it right when budgets are tight: Using optimal expansion pathways to prioritize responses to concentrated and mixed HIV epidemics. Stuart RM, Kerr CC, Haghparast-Bidgoli H, Estill J, Grobicki L, Baranczuk Z, Prieto L, Montañez V, Reporter I, Gray RT, Skordis-Worrall J, Keiser O, Cheikh N, Boonto K, Osornprasop S, Lavadenz F, Benedikt CJ, Martin-Hughes R, Hussain SA, Kelly SL, Kedziora DJ, Wilson DP PLoS One. 2017 Oct; 12(10):e0185077
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Achieving 90-90-90 HIV targets will not be enough to achieve the HIV incidence reduction target in Australia. Scott N, Stoové M, Kelly SL, Wilson DP, Hellard ME Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Nov; Epub ahead of print
