Dr Michael Edelstein
Consultant Research Fellow, Centre on Global Health Security
Biography
Dr Michael Edelstein is a medical doctor specialised in public health, with expertise in vaccine epidemiology, surveillance systems and outbreak investigations, in both routine and emergency contexts.
Outside Chatham House, he is a fellow of the Faculty of Public health at the Royal College of Physicians (London), a consultant epidemiologist at Public Health England’s immunisation department and an honorary associate professor at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (London).
Michael has worked at national public health agencies (Public Health England, Swedish public health agency) and international organisations (WHO, ECDC) in Europe, Africa and Southeast Asia.
Areas of expertise
- Vaccine epidemiology, policy and implementation
- Outbreak investigation and management
- Surveillance systems
Past experience
| 2015 - present | Consultant epidemiologist, immunisation department, Public Health England |
| 2017 - present | Honorary Associate Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
| 2014 - present | Consultant Research Fellow, Centre on Global Health Security, Chatham House |
- Overcoming Barriers to Data Sharing in Public Health: A Global Perspective Research paper 17 April 2015
- Diphtheria's Resurgence Is a Lesson in Public Health Failure 03 January 2018
- What to Know About the Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo 26 May 2017
- Online Data Offer Hope of Speedier Responses to International Health Emergencies 20 May 2016
- Zika Is Not the New Ebola 29 January 2016
- Bracing for an Outbreak in Earthquake-hit Nepal 25 June 2015
- Ebola and Future Health Crises: The Role of the G7 05 May 2015
- Ebola: The Challenging Road to Recovery 09 February 2015
- Ebola Thrives in Brittle West African Health Systems 06 October 2014
- Seroprevalence and susceptibility to hepatitis A in the European Union and European Economic Area: a systematic review with Carrillo-Santisteve P, Tavoschi L, Severi E, Bonfigli S, Byström E, Lopalco P; ECDC HAV Expert Panel, Lancet Infect Diseases, 17(10), October 2017
- Measuring vaccination coverage better will help achieve disease control International Health, 9(3), May 2017
- Interventions to reduce inequalities in vaccine uptake in children and adolescents aged <19 years: A systematic review with Crocker-Buque T, Edelstein M, Mounier-Jack S, Journal of Epidemiol and Community Health, 71(1), January 2017
- Trends and patterns in antibiotic prescribing among out-of-hours primary care providers in England, 2010-14 with Agbebiyi A, Ashiru-Oredope D, Hopkins S, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 72(12), December 2017
- Predictors of coverage of the national maternal pertussis and infant rotavirus vaccination programmes in England with Byrne L, Ward C, White JM, Amirthalingam G, Epidemiology & Infection, December 2017
- Emergency Meningococcal ACWY Vaccination Program for Teenagers to Control Group W Meningococcal Disease, England, 2015-2016 with Campbell H, Andrews N, Borrow R, Ramsay M, Ladhani S, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 23(7), July 2017
- Extracting general practice data for timely vaccine coverage estimates: The England experience with Crocker-Buque T, Tsang C, Eugenio O, Hopson T, Pebody R, Ramsay M, White JM, Vaccine, 35(38), September 2017
- Mining and emerging infectious diseases: results of the Infectious Disease Risk Assessment and Management (IDRAM) initiative pilot, The Extractive Industries and Society with O Dar and F Viliani, April 2017
- Outbreak of hepatitis A associated with men who have sex with men (MSM) with Beebeejaun K, Degala S, Balogun K, Simms I, Woodhall SC, Heinsbroek E, Crook PD, Kar-Purkayastha I, Treacy J, Wedgwood K, Jordan K, Mandal S, Ngui SL, Euro Surveillance, 2017 Feb 2;22(5). pii: 30454. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.5.30454 July 2016 to January 2017
- High added value of a population-based participatory surveillance system for community acute gastrointestinal, respiratory and influenza-like illnesses in Sweden, 2013-2014 using the web with Pini A, Merk H, Carnahan A, Galanis I, VAN Straten E, Danis K and Wallensten A, Epidemiol Infect. 2017 Jan 31:1-10. doi: 10.1017/S0950268816003290 January 2017
- What needs to be done to control the spread of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus? with David L Heymann, Future Virology May 2015
- Ebola: past, present, future with David L Heymann, Humanitarian alternatives, February 2016
- Ebola: the challenging road to recovery with Philip Angelides and David L Heymann, The Lancet February 2015
- The Ebola crisis: perspectives from European Public Health with Aura Timen, Marc Sprenger, Jose Martin-Moreno and Martin McKee, European Journal of Public Health January 2015
- Sharing Surveillance Data for Global Health: Seeking Much-Needed Improvements with Matthew Brack, David Harper and Asha Herten-Crabb, Brink News, February 2016
- Is Case-Chaos Methodology an Appropriate Alternative to Conventional Case-Control Studies for Investigating Outbreaks? with Anders Wallensten, Sharon Kühlmann-Berenzon, American Journal of Epidemiology. July 2014
- Detecting the Norovirus Season in Sweden Using Search Engine Data – Meeting the Needs of Hospital Infection Control Teams with Anders Wallensten, Inga Zetterqvist, Anette Hulth PLOS One. June 2014
- Barriers to Trace-back in a Salad-associated EHEC Outbreak, Sweden, June 2013 with Sundborger C, Hergens M, Ivarsson S, Dryselius R, Insulander M, Jernberg C, Hutin Y, Wallensten A, PLOS Currents: Outbreaks. June 2014
- Health crises and migration with Heymann D, Koser K, Forced Migration Review, February 2014
- Joint analysis by the Nordic countries of a hepatitis A outbreak, October 2012 to June 2013: frozen strawberries suspected Nordic outbreak investigation team, Eurosurveillance, July 2013
- G88 Monitoring of Healthcare-Associated Infection Outbreaks in Neonatal Units in England with C Kortsalioudaki, A Johnson, R Hope, A Chickowska, M Sharland, Archives of Disease in Childhood. June 2013
- Can we achieve high uptakes of influenza vaccination of healthcare workers in hospitals? A cross-sectional survey of acute NHS trusts in England with Richard Pebody, Epidemiology and Infection. May 2013
- Ongoing multi-strain food-borne hepatitis A outbreak with frozen berries as suspected vehicle: four Nordic countries affected, October 2012 to April 2013 with Gillesberg Lassen S, Soborg B, Midgley S, Steens A, Vold L, Stene-Johansen K, Rimhanen-Finne R, Kontio M, Lofdahl M, Sundqvist L, Jensen T, Vestergaard H, Fischer T, Molbak K, Ethelberg S., Eurosurveillance. April 2013
- Validity of International health regulations in reporting emerging infectious diseases with Heymann DL, Giesecke J, Weinberg J, Emerging Infectious Diseases, July 2012
- Panton-Valentine Leukocidin associated Staphylococcus aureus infections in London, England: clinical and socio-demographic characterisation, management, burden of disease and associated costs with Kearns A, Cordery R, Journal of Infection and Public Health, August 2011
- Hepatitis A outbreak in an Orthodox Jewish community in London with Turbitt D, Balogun K, Figueroa J, Nixon G Eurosurveillance, July 2010,
- Awareness of health effects of cooking smoke among women in the Gondar Region of Ethiopia: a pilot survey with Pitchforth E, Asres G, Silverman M and Kulkarni N, BMC International Health and Human Rights. July 2008
- Contemporary Referral of Patients from Community Care to Cardiology lack Diagnostic and Clinical Detail with MacFadyen RJ, Bodek S, Ghori K, Read A International Journal of Clinical Practice, May 2006
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