Ting Shi
Chancellor's Fellow
- Usher Institute
- College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Contact details
Address
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Usher Institute - University of Edinburgh
MacKenzie House
30 West Richmond Street - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9DX
Background
Dr Shi is an Epidemiologist with expertise in infectious diseases and global health. She has a particular interest in respiratory viral infections, including Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and COVID-19. Dr Shi has a strong track record of building the international research teams needed to deliver the projects and her research has been widely recognised by her peers and seniors. She has substantial experience in working with industry, and national and international policy making/influencing bodies (particularly the UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), Gates Foundation, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), and the World Health Organization (WHO)).
Dr Shi has produced 58 publications, with 16 as first or senior author (The Lancet, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, Chest, Journal of Infectious Diseases etc.). More work has been published in Nature Medicine, Nature Communications, The Lancet Global Health, and other peer-reviewed journals.
She is a committee member of Medical Research Council (MRC) Doctoral Training Program in Precision Medicine Academic Steering Group and an Academic Editor for the PLOS Global Public Health Journal.