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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 patterns in the global genetic diversity of HIV and the contribution of different factors, such as migration and infrastructure, to these patterns. 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.