William Hart

DPhil, MMath

Pronouns

He / Him

Status

Postdoctoral Research Associate

+44 1865 615162

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ORCID iD

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2504-6860

Research groups

Mathematical Biology

Research subgroups

Infectious Disease Modelling

Address

Mathematical Institute
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG

Major / recent publications

A direct comparison of methods for assessing the threat from emerging infectious diseases in seasonally varying environments
AR Kaye, WS Hart, J Bromiley, S Iwami, RN Thompson
Journal of Theoretical Biology 548:111195, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2022.111195

Generation time of the alpha and delta SARS-CoV-2 variants: an epidemiological analysis
WS Hart, E Miller, NJ Andrews, P Waight, PK Maini, S Funk, RN Thompson
The Lancet Infectious Diseases 22(5):603-610, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00001-9

Inference of the SARS-CoV-2 generation time using UK household data
WS Hart, S Abbott, A Endo, J Hellewell, E Miller, N Andrews, PK Maini, S Funk, RN Thompson
eLife 11:e70767, 2022
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.70767

High infectiousness immediately before COVID-19 symptom onset highlights the importance of continued contact tracing
WS Hart, PK Maini, RN Thompson
eLife 10:e65534, 2021
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.65534

A theoretical framework for transitioning from patient-level to population-scale epidemiological dynamics: influenza A as a case study
WS Hart, PK Maini, CA Yates, RN Thompson
Journal of the Royal Society Interface 17:20200230, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2020.0230

Accurate forecasts of the effectiveness of interventions against Ebola may require models that account for variations in symptoms during infection
WS Hart, LFR Hochfilzer, NJ Cunniffe, H Lee, H Nishiura, RN Thompson
Epidemics 29:100371, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epidem.2019.100371

Research interests

Mathematical Epidemiology

Recent publications

Effects of individual variation and seasonal vaccination on disease risks

Hart, W Amin, J Park, H Kitagawa, K Jeong, Y Kaye, A Iwami, S Thompson, R (03 Apr 2025)

Reducing transmission in multiple settings is required to eliminate the risk of major Ebola outbreaks: a mathematical modelling study

Evans, A Hart, W Longobardi, S Desikan, R Sher, A Thompson, R Journal of the Royal Society Interface volume 22 issue 224 (19 Mar 2025)

Modelling the effectiveness of an isolation strategy for managing mpox outbreaks with variable infectiousness profiles

Jeong, Y Hart, W Thompson, R Ishikane, M Nishiyama, T Park, H Iwamoto, N Sakurai, A Suzuki, M Aihara, K Watashi, K Op de Coul, E Ohmagari, N Wallinga, J Iwami, S Miura, F Nature Communications volume 15 issue 1 (26 Aug 2024)

Using real-time modelling to inform the 2017 Ebola outbreak response in DR Congo

Thompson, R Hart, W Keita, M Fall, I Gueye, A Chamla, D Mossoko, M Ahuka-Mundeke, S Nsio-Mbeta, J Jombart, T Polonsky, J Nature Communications volume 15 issue 1 (06 Jul 2024)

Optimising the timing of an end-of-outbreak declaration: Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Hart, W Buckingham, J Keita, M Ahuka-Mundeke, S Maini, P Polonsky, J Thompson, R Science Advances volume 10 issue 27 (03 Jul 2024)

A simulation-based approach for estimating the time-dependent reproduction number from temporally aggregated disease incidence time series data

Ogi-Gittins, I Hart, W Song, J Nash, R Polonsky, J Cori, A Hill, E Thompson, R Epidemics volume 47 (14 May 2024)