Dr Rebecca Chisholm

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Senior Lecturer

LaTrobe University

Dr Rebecca Chisholm is a researcher in modelling and simulation and lecturer at La Trobe University and has an honorary appointment at the Melbourne School of Population And Global Health, The University of Melbourne.

Dr Chisholm’s research interests include understanding how immunity, strain diversity and prevalence interact in multi-strain pathogens.

Related Projects

• Modelling Report for National Cabinet

Related publications

• Goldsmith, J.J., Campbell, P.T., Villanueva-Cabezas, J.P., Chisholm, R.H., McKinnon, M., Gurruwiwi, G.G., Dhurrkay, R.G., Dockery, A.M., Geard, N., Tong, S.Y. and McVernon, J., 2022. Capturing household structure and mobility within and between remote Aboriginal communities in northern Australia using longitudinal data: A pilot study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(19), p.12002.
• Tellioglu N, Chisholm RH, McVernon J, Geard N, Campbell PT (2022) The efficacy of sampling strategies for estimating scabies prevalence. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 16(6): e0010456.
• Doherty Institute, 2021. Doherty Modelling – Final report to National Cabinet, 5 November. Available at https://www.doherty.edu.au/our-work/institute-themes/viral-infectious-diseases/covid-19/covid-19-modelling/modelling (Accessed 24 April 2023).
• Hui, B.B., Brown, D., Chisholm, R.H., Geard, N., McVernon, J. and Regan, D.G., 2021. Modelling testing and response strategies for COVID-19 outbreaks in remote Australian Aboriginal communities. BMC Infectious Diseases, 21, p.e929.
• Doherty Institute, 2021. Doherty Modelling – Final report to National Cabinet, 5 November. Available at https://www.doherty.edu.au/our-work/institute-themes/viral-infectious-diseases/covid-19/covid-19-modelling/modelling (Accessed 24 April 2023).
• Chisholm, R.H., Crammond, B., Wu, Y., Bowen, A.C., Campbell, P.T., Tong, S.Y., McVernon, J. and Geard, N., 2020. A model of population dynamics with complex household structure and mobility: implications for transmission and control of communicable diseases. PeerJ, 8, p.e10203.