Ayisha Khalid
DPhil student
Ayisha began her DPhil in Population Health in 2024, co-supervised by Professors Joris Hemelaar, Kasim Allel, and Andrew Tatem. Her research investigates spatial and temporal trends in HIV genetic diversity as well as the factors driving these trends. Ayisha’s work is supported by the Oxford Population Health Scholarship.
Prior to joining Oxford, Ayisha worked as an epidemiologist at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control to surveil respiratory pathogens and estimate influenza and COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness. Ayisha also worked on infectious and zoonotic diseases as an epidemiologist during internships with the Public Health Agency of Canada and BlueDot.
Ayisha completed her BHSc in Health and Society (Honours) from the University of Calgary and her MPH in Epidemiology from the University of Toronto.
Recent publications
Neuraminidase imprinting and the age-related risk of zoonotic influenza
Preprint
Skowronski DM. et al, (2025)
Human echinococcosis incidence in Canada: A retrospective descriptive study using administrative hospital and ambulatory visit data, 2000-2020.
Journal article
Khalid A. et al, (2024), Can Commun Dis Rep, 50, 305 - 311
The Effect of School-Based Physical Activity Interventions on Body Mass Index Among Adolescents: A Systematic Review of Randomised Trials
Journal article
Noormohammadpour P. et al, (2024), University of Toronto Journal of Public Health, 4
2023/24 mid-season influenza and Omicron XBB.1.5 vaccine effectiveness estimates from the Canadian Sentinel Practitioner Surveillance Network (SPSN).
Journal article
Skowronski DM. et al, (2024), Euro Surveill, 29
"It's not just about you": International students' vulnerabilities and capacities during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.
Journal article
Khalid A. et al, (2024), PLoS One, 19