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Mark Jit

Professor

United Kingdom
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
Modelling Health policy

Biography

Mark Jit is professor of vaccine epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), principal scientist in the Modelling and Economics Unit of Public Health England (PHE) and visiting professor at the School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong. His research group focuses on epidemiological and economic modelling of vaccines to support evidence-based public health decision making around the world.
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