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

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

Exact calculation of end-of-outbreak probabilities using contact tracing data

Bradbury, N Hart, W Lovell-Read, F Polonsky, J Thompson, R Journal of the Royal Society Interface volume 20 (13 Dec 2023)

Isolation may select for earlier and higher peak viral load but shorter duration in SARS-CoV-2 evolution

Sunagawa, J Park, H Kim, K Komorizono, R Choi, S Torres, L Woo, J Jeong, Y Hart, W Thompson, R Aihara, K Iwami, S Yamaguchi, S Nature Communications volume 14 (21 Nov 2023)

Analysis of the risk and pre-emptive control of viral outbreaks accounting for within-host dynamics: SARS-CoV-2 as a case study

Hart, W Park, H Jeong, Y Kim, K Yoshimura, R Thompson, R Iwami, S Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences volume 120 issue 41 (03 Oct 2023)

Contact-number-driven virus evolution: a multi-level modeling framework for the evolution of acute or persistent RNA virus infection

Sunagawa, J Komorizono, R Park, H Hart, W Thompson, R Makino, A Tomonaga, K Iwami, S Yamaguchi, R PLoS Computational Biology volume 19 issue 5 (30 May 2023)

A practical guide to mathematical methods for estimating infectious disease outbreak risks

Southall, E Ogi-Gittins, Z Kaye, A Hart, W Lovell-Read, F Thompson, R Journal of Theoretical Biology volume 562 (20 Jan 2023)

Analysis of the risk and pre-emptive control of viral outbreaks accounting for within-host dynamics: SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing as a case study

Hart, W Park, H Jeong, Y Kim, K Yoshimura, R Thompson, R Iwami, S (2023)