George Shirreff
Epidemiological Modeller at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Top SchoolGeorge Shirreff is an epidemiological modeller and evolutionary biologist with 11 years of experience applying quantitative methods to infectious disease questions across academia, global health programs, and emergency response. Based in Lyon, he currently models the burden of respiratory infections for Hospices Civils de Lyon and previously led hospital and nursing-home SARS-CoV-2 transmission analyses and multiplex viral interaction models at CESP. His background spans field epidemiology with MSF, modelling support for malaria elimination in Southern Africa, and pathogen phylogenetics from a PhD and postdoctoral work at Imperial College and ETH Zurich. George blends data wrangling, machine learning-style propensity modelling, and genetic sequencing analyses to translate complex data into actionable policy recommendations. He is comfortable moving between field surveys, large cohort genetics, and simulation models—an unusual combination that helps bridge operational needs and rigorous evolutionary inference.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Biology, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Biology at University of OxfordMSc, Epidemiology, MSc, Epidemiology at Imperial College London
German, French, Spanish, Swahili
Github Skills (4)
subversion10
github10
git10
patch10
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
georgeshirreff/multiNe
Mar 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:15 commits, 12 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
georgeshirreff/nodscov2_risksim
May 2023 - Feb 2025
Contributions:2 pushes in 1 year 9 months
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