Mark Jit

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Chair and Professor of the Department of Global and Environmental Health

Mark Jit is the inaugural chair and a professor in the Department of Global and Environmental Health. He was formerly head of the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Dynamics and co-director of the Global Health Economics Centre (GHECO) at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). He holds honorary appointments at LSHTM as well as the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the National University of Singapore (NUS).

Dr. Jit’s research focuses on epidemiological and economic modeling of vaccines to support evidence-based public health decision making. He has published papers covering a range of vaccine-preventable or potentially vaccine-preventable diseases including COVID-19, measles, HPV, pneumococcus, rotavirus, influenza, Group B Streptococcus, dengue, EV71 and RSV as well as methodological papers advancing the ways vaccines are evaluated. This work has influenced many of the major changes to immunization policy in countries around the world. Dr. Jit has served on a number of expert advisory committees in the UK as well as for international organizations such as the World Health Organization. He also organises or contributes to academic and professional courses on vaccine modeling, economics and decision science around the world.

Dr. Jit received his BSc and PhD in Mathematics from University College London, specializing in mathematical biology, and a Master of Public Health degree from King’s College London.

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Education

BSc, Mathematics, University College London

PhD, Mathematics, University College London

MPH, Public Health, King's College London

Honors and awards

Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (20222023)

Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (2023)

Training Fund Award, Health Protection Agency (2007)

Andrew Rosen Prize, University College London (1999)

Institute of Mathematics and its Applications Award (1998)

Departmental Research Studentship, University College London (1998)

Student Union Commendation, University College London (1997)

Fillon Prize, University College London (1996)

Pathfinder Award, University College London (1995)

Publications

Toward economic evaluation of the value of vaccines and other health technologies in addressing AMR

Understanding differences in cervical cancer incidence in Western Europe: Comparing Portugal and England

Use of mathematical modelling to assess the impact of vaccines on antibiotic resistance

Burden of paediatric respiratory syncytial virus disease and potential effect of different immunisation strategies: a modelling and cost-effectiveness analysis for England

Burden, duration and costs of hospital bed closures due to acute gastroenteritis in England per winter, 2010/11–2015/16

Cervical cancer treatment costs and cost-effectiveness analysis of human papillomavirus vaccination in Vietnam: A PRIME modeling study

Characterizing measles transmission in India: A dynamic modeling study using verbal autopsy data

Chlamydia sequelae cost estimates used in current economic evaluations: Does one-size-fit-all?

Cost-effectiveness of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in Mongolia

Economic costs and health-related quality of life for hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) patients in China

Impact and cost-effectiveness of selective human papillomavirus vaccination of men who have sex with men

Mini-review: Can non-human leucocyte antigen genes determine susceptibility to severe dengue syndromes?

Modelling multi-site transmission of the human papillomavirus and its impact on vaccination effectiveness

Projecting social contact matrices in 152 countries using contact surveys and demographic data

Seropositivity to non-vaccine incorporated genotypes induced by the bivalent and quadrivalent HPV vaccines: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Social contact patterns relevant to the spread of respiratory infectious diseases in Hong Kong

The impact of influenza on the health related quality of life in China: An EQ-5D survey

Adding interventions to mass measles vaccinations in India

Assessing dengue vaccination impact: Model challenges and future directions

Clustering of contacts relevant to the spread of infectious disease

Current global pricing for human papillomavirus vaccines brings the greatest economic benefits to rich countries

Eurogin Roadmap 2015: How has HPV knowledge changed our practice: Vaccines

Methodological Challenges to Economic Evaluations of Vaccines: Is a Common Approach Still Possible?

Methods for Health Economic Evaluation of Vaccines and Immunization Decision Frameworks: A Consensus Framework from a European Vaccine Economics Community