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.