Joshua Blake
Senior Policy Advisor - SAGE at Government Office for Science
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJoshua Blake is a senior policy advisor at the Government Office for Science and a final-year PhD graduate from the MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge, with 13 years’ experience applying quantitative methods to infectious disease surveillance. He developed the incidence estimation method adopted by the Office for National Statistics and produced the first general-population estimates of PCR positive duration using novel survival-analysis techniques. During COVID-19 he contributed regular modelling outputs to SPI-M-O and SAGE that directly informed UK government policy and operational decisions across public health bodies. Joshua combines deep statistical rigour with practical data engineering and visualization skills, having delivered highly accessed interactive outputs for both specialist and public audiences. He is motivated by cost-effective interventions against novel and endemic pathogens and brings a rare blend of academic publication record and hands-on public-sector impact. Outside work he led the recovery of his college boat club after pandemic disruption, demonstrating leadership in high-pressure community settings.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biostatistics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biostatistics at University of Cambridge
Github Skills (62)
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
joshuablake/public-RTM-reports
May 2020 - Aug 2022
Contributions:45 commits, 53 pushes in 2 years 3 months
joshuablake/aimmo
Jul 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:112 pushes, 28 branches in 1 month
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