Dr Eleanor Rees

  • Quantitative Epidemiologist (Infectious Disease Ecology)

Biography

My research focuses on the epidemiology, surveillance and control of zoonotic diseases. I currently use surveillance data to explore rabies dynamics, control and elimination in Tanzania and the Philippines. My PhD looked at leptospirosis, using mathematical modelling to explore the complex drivers of disease dynamics.

 

Academic History

 

  • PhD, Infectious disease modelling, LSHTM, 2022
  • MSc Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2015
  • BSc Biology, University of York, 2013

 

Research interests

Research groups

Publications

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Jump to: 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2017
Number of items: 15.

2025

Luka, Martha M., Ferguson, Elaine A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Rees, Eleanor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-2795, Hoffu, Husna, Changalucha, Joel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0758-2480, Lushasi, Kennedy, Sikana, Lwitiko, Mutunga, Mumbua, Thumbi, SM and Hampson, Katie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884 (2025) Optimising human rabies vaccine supply chains: a modelling study. Vaccine, (doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.127108) (PMID:40274463) (Early Online Publication)

2024

Yuson, M. et al. (2024) Combining genomics and epidemiology to investigate a zoonotic outbreak of rabies in Romblon Province, Philippines. Nature Communications, 15, 10753. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-54255-5) (PMID:39737920) (PMCID:PMC11685615)

Nilles, E. J. et al. (2024) Seroepidemiology of human leptospirosis in the Dominican Republic: A multistage cluster survey, 2021. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18(12), e0012463. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012463) (PMID:39715275) (PMCID:PMC11735007)

2023

Rees, Eleanor M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-2795, Lotto Batista, Martín, Kama, Mike, Kucharski, Adam J., Lau, Colleen L. and Lowe, Rachel (2023) Quantifying the relationship between climatic indicators and leptospirosis incidence in Fiji: a modelling study. PLoS Global Public Health, 3(10), e0002400. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002400) (PMID:37819894) (PMCID:PMC10566718)

Lotto Batista, Martín, Rees, Eleanor M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-2795, Gómez, Andrea, López, Soledad, Castell, Stefanie, Kucharski, Adam J., Ghozzi, Stéphane, Müller, Gabriela V. and Lowe, Rachel (2023) Towards a leptospirosis early warning system in northeastern Argentina. Journal of the Royal Society: Interface, 20(202), 20230069. (doi: 10.1098/rsif.2023.0069)

2022

Rees, Eleanor M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-2795, Lau, Colleen L., Kama, Mike, Reid, Simon, Lowe, Rachel and Kucharski, Adam J. (2022) Estimating the duration of antibody positivity and likely time of Leptospira infection using data from a cross-sectional serological study in Fiji. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16(6), e0010506. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010506) (PMID:35696427) (PMCID:PMC9232128)

2021

Rees, Eleanor M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-2795, Waterlow, Naomi R., Lowe, Rachel and Kucharski, Adam J. (2021) Estimating the duration of seropositivity of human seasonal coronaviruses using seroprevalence studies. Wellcome Open Research, 6, 138. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16701.3) (PMID:34708157) (PMCID:PMC8517721)

Rees, Eleanor M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-2795, Minter, Amanda, Edmunds, W John, Lau, Colleen L, Kucharski, Adam J and Lowe, Rachel (2021) Transmission modelling of environmentally persistent zoonotic diseases: a systematic review. Lancet Planetary Health, 5(7), e466-e478. (doi: 10.1016/s2542-5196(21)00137-6) (PMID:34245717)

Pilar Romero, M., Chang, Yu-Mei, Brunton, Lucy A., Prosser, Alison, Upton, Paul, Rees, Eleanor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-2795, Tearne, Oliver, Arnold, Mark, Stevens, Kim and Drewe, Julian A. (2021) A comparison of the value of two machine learning predictive models to support bovine tuberculosis disease control in England. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 188, 105264. (doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2021.105264) (PMID:33556783)

2020

Rees, Eleanor M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-2795, Nightingale, Emily S., Jafari, Yalda, Waterlow, Naomi R., Clifford, Samuel, Pearson, Carl A.B., CMMID Working Group, ., Jombart, Thibaut, Procter, Simon R. and Knight, Gwenan M. (2020) COVID-19 length of hospital stay: a systematic review and data synthesis. BMC Medicine, 18, 270. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-020-01726-3) (PMID:32878619) (PMCID:PMC7467845)

Baguelin, Marc, Medley, Graham F., Nightingale, Emily S., O'Reilly, Kathleen M., Rees, Eleanor M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-2795, Waterlow, Naomi R. and Wagner, Moritz (2020) Tooling-up for infectious disease transmission modelling. Epidemics, 32, 100395. (doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2020.100395) (PMID:32405321) (PMCID:PMC7219405)

Kafatos, G., Mook, P., Charlett, A., Rees, Eleanor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-2795, Elson, R., Inns, T., Kanagarajah, S. and Andrews, N. J. (2020) Retrospective assessment of rapid outbreak investigation for gastrointestinal diseases using only cases and background exposure data. Epidemiology and Infection, 148, e60. (doi: 10.1017/s0950268820000527)

Romero, M. P. et al. (2020) Decision tree machine learning applied to bovine tuberculosis risk factors to aid disease control decision making. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 175, 104860. (doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2019.104860) (PMID:31812850)

2019

Simons, Robin R.L., Croft, Simon, Rees, Eleanor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-2795, Tearne, Oliver, Arnold, Mark E. and Johnson, Nicholas (2019) Using species distribution models to predict potential hot-spots for Rift Valley Fever establishment in the United Kingdom. PLoS ONE, 14(12), e0225250. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225250) (PMID:31869335) (PMCID:PMC6927579)

2017

Rees, E. et al. (2017) Trend analysis of imported malaria in London; observational study 2000 to 2014. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 17, pp. 35-42. (doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2017.04.004) (PMID:28456684)

This list was generated on Sun Jun 15 20:50:27 2025 BST.
Jump to: Articles
Number of items: 15.

Articles

Luka, Martha M., Ferguson, Elaine A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-765X, Rees, Eleanor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-2795, Hoffu, Husna, Changalucha, Joel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0758-2480, Lushasi, Kennedy, Sikana, Lwitiko, Mutunga, Mumbua, Thumbi, SM and Hampson, Katie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5392-6884 (2025) Optimising human rabies vaccine supply chains: a modelling study. Vaccine, (doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.127108) (PMID:40274463) (Early Online Publication)

Yuson, M. et al. (2024) Combining genomics and epidemiology to investigate a zoonotic outbreak of rabies in Romblon Province, Philippines. Nature Communications, 15, 10753. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-54255-5) (PMID:39737920) (PMCID:PMC11685615)

Nilles, E. J. et al. (2024) Seroepidemiology of human leptospirosis in the Dominican Republic: A multistage cluster survey, 2021. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18(12), e0012463. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012463) (PMID:39715275) (PMCID:PMC11735007)

Rees, Eleanor M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-2795, Lotto Batista, Martín, Kama, Mike, Kucharski, Adam J., Lau, Colleen L. and Lowe, Rachel (2023) Quantifying the relationship between climatic indicators and leptospirosis incidence in Fiji: a modelling study. PLoS Global Public Health, 3(10), e0002400. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002400) (PMID:37819894) (PMCID:PMC10566718)

Lotto Batista, Martín, Rees, Eleanor M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-2795, Gómez, Andrea, López, Soledad, Castell, Stefanie, Kucharski, Adam J., Ghozzi, Stéphane, Müller, Gabriela V. and Lowe, Rachel (2023) Towards a leptospirosis early warning system in northeastern Argentina. Journal of the Royal Society: Interface, 20(202), 20230069. (doi: 10.1098/rsif.2023.0069)

Rees, Eleanor M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-2795, Lau, Colleen L., Kama, Mike, Reid, Simon, Lowe, Rachel and Kucharski, Adam J. (2022) Estimating the duration of antibody positivity and likely time of Leptospira infection using data from a cross-sectional serological study in Fiji. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16(6), e0010506. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010506) (PMID:35696427) (PMCID:PMC9232128)

Rees, Eleanor M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-2795, Waterlow, Naomi R., Lowe, Rachel and Kucharski, Adam J. (2021) Estimating the duration of seropositivity of human seasonal coronaviruses using seroprevalence studies. Wellcome Open Research, 6, 138. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16701.3) (PMID:34708157) (PMCID:PMC8517721)

Rees, Eleanor M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-2795, Minter, Amanda, Edmunds, W John, Lau, Colleen L, Kucharski, Adam J and Lowe, Rachel (2021) Transmission modelling of environmentally persistent zoonotic diseases: a systematic review. Lancet Planetary Health, 5(7), e466-e478. (doi: 10.1016/s2542-5196(21)00137-6) (PMID:34245717)

Pilar Romero, M., Chang, Yu-Mei, Brunton, Lucy A., Prosser, Alison, Upton, Paul, Rees, Eleanor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-2795, Tearne, Oliver, Arnold, Mark, Stevens, Kim and Drewe, Julian A. (2021) A comparison of the value of two machine learning predictive models to support bovine tuberculosis disease control in England. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 188, 105264. (doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2021.105264) (PMID:33556783)

Rees, Eleanor M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-2795, Nightingale, Emily S., Jafari, Yalda, Waterlow, Naomi R., Clifford, Samuel, Pearson, Carl A.B., CMMID Working Group, ., Jombart, Thibaut, Procter, Simon R. and Knight, Gwenan M. (2020) COVID-19 length of hospital stay: a systematic review and data synthesis. BMC Medicine, 18, 270. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-020-01726-3) (PMID:32878619) (PMCID:PMC7467845)

Baguelin, Marc, Medley, Graham F., Nightingale, Emily S., O'Reilly, Kathleen M., Rees, Eleanor M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-2795, Waterlow, Naomi R. and Wagner, Moritz (2020) Tooling-up for infectious disease transmission modelling. Epidemics, 32, 100395. (doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2020.100395) (PMID:32405321) (PMCID:PMC7219405)

Kafatos, G., Mook, P., Charlett, A., Rees, Eleanor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-2795, Elson, R., Inns, T., Kanagarajah, S. and Andrews, N. J. (2020) Retrospective assessment of rapid outbreak investigation for gastrointestinal diseases using only cases and background exposure data. Epidemiology and Infection, 148, e60. (doi: 10.1017/s0950268820000527)

Romero, M. P. et al. (2020) Decision tree machine learning applied to bovine tuberculosis risk factors to aid disease control decision making. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 175, 104860. (doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2019.104860) (PMID:31812850)

Simons, Robin R.L., Croft, Simon, Rees, Eleanor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4993-2795, Tearne, Oliver, Arnold, Mark E. and Johnson, Nicholas (2019) Using species distribution models to predict potential hot-spots for Rift Valley Fever establishment in the United Kingdom. PLoS ONE, 14(12), e0225250. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225250) (PMID:31869335) (PMCID:PMC6927579)

Rees, E. et al. (2017) Trend analysis of imported malaria in London; observational study 2000 to 2014. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 17, pp. 35-42. (doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2017.04.004) (PMID:28456684)

This list was generated on Sun Jun 15 20:50:27 2025 BST.

Grants

Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.

  • A One Health Response for Rabies Control: Integrating Disease Control Measures and Capacity Building in Community-Based Multidisciplinary Teams
    Medical Research Council
    2024 - 2028
     

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