Philip Ashton
Lead Genomic Epidemiologist at The Centre for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance
Blantyre, Blantyre, Malawi
Summary
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Top SchoolPhilip Ashton is a Lead Genomic Epidemiologist with 12 years of experience applying microbial genomics to protect public health, now based in Blantyre, Malawi. He combines hands-on bioinformatics leadership—from Public Health England to MLW and Oxford Clinical Research Unit—with a clear mission to make genomic surveillance equitable for low- and middle-income countries. His work focuses on vaccine-preventable enteric diseases and the microbiome's role in gut health, translating routine WGS approaches used in high-income settings into actionable programs in Malawi. Known for building and leading bioinformatics teams, he bridges research, capacity strengthening, and operational surveillance to ensure genomics drives real-world public health impact.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
Github Skills (132)
duplication10
genomes10
overlap10
filter10
adapter10
sequencing10
pathogen10
shotgun10
illumina10
next-generation-sequencing9
filtering9
structural-variation9
microbiome9
bacteria9
genomics9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
flashton2003/seqbox
Jun 2021 - Dec 2023
local sequence management lightweight tools
Contributions:13 reviews, 12 PRs, 69 pushes in 2 years 6 months
sequence
flashton2003/postcode_to_constituency
Apr 2015 - Sep 2020
Contributions:9 commits, 1 PR, 6 pushes in 5 years 6 months
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