James Watson joined IDDO in March 2023 as Associate Director.

He is a Sir Henry Dale Fellow funded by the Wellcome Trust working on improving the diagnosis and treatment of severe falciparum malaria.

James is a statistician by training and previously worked at the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit in Bangkok for seven years before moving to the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Viet Nam.

His research interests also include the radical cure of Plasmodium vivax malaria, SARS-CoV-2 antivirals, Chagas disease, snakebite and adaptive trial design.

Justine joined IDDO in February 2023.  As a Data Manager she works on the management and transformation of diverse data sets that are submitted to IDDO and ensures the completeness and accuracy of the data in the IDDO data repository.

Previously, Justine worked as a Data Manager and Data Entry Clerk in the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit as part of the SIMPLIFIED Trial from 2020 to 2023. As a Data Manager, she provided oversight data collection and data linkage in the trial.

Justine has a BSc in Biological Sciences from University of Hertfordshire and MSc in Clinical Drug Development from Queen Mary, University of London.

Barrack's role with IDDO entails web application development and providing system support to the team.

He previously worked as Database Administrator at KEMRI-Wellcome Trust providing software development and data support for Clinical Trial Projects.

Barrack holds a BSc in Mathematics and Computer Science.

Tony joined IDDO as a Data Manager in January 2023. He works to transform and curate data sets submitted to IDDO and to preserve the completeness and accuracy of the data stored within the IDDO repository.

Prior to joining IDDO he worked on studies of acute HIV infections, HIV-exposed sero-negatives, Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) which were conducted at a satellite KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme-clinic in Mtwapa, and Community HIV Centre, in Kilifi Kenya. In his most recent role, he was managing data on COVID-19 related studies.

Tony holds a Bachelors in Applied Statistics with Computing from the University of Eldoret, Kenya.

Rhys joined IDDO in January 2023. In the role of Statistician, he collaborates with IDDO Scientists to create analysis datasets and agile code, transforming data from the CDISC SDTM standard to formats easily usable for further research. In addition, he provides statistical support to projects across a variety of disease themes and contributes to the development of an efficient data pipeline.

Prior to working in Oxford, Rhys spent five years at Lancaster University completing a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics with Statistics (with Placement Year) and a Master’s in Data Science. During which he was President of the Lancaster Student Scout and Guide Organisation (SSAGO), spent his placement year with IBM as a Financial Analyst, played Rugby Union for the university and served as Student Trustee of the Student’s Union.

Martial Battain joined the IDDO informatics teams as senior software engineer in 2022.

Martial has a Masters degree in Engineering and prior to joining IDDO he was a freelancer, building web applications.

As part of the Informatics team he's in charge of the design and implementation of web applications to support the scientific needs.

Dr James Wilson is an infectious diseases and internal medicine physician in the UK. In October 2022 he started a PhD with the Infectious Diseases Data Observatory and the Oxford Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health. Under the supervision of Professor Philippe Guerin, Dr Kasia Stepniewska and Dr Prabin Dahal, his PhD will explore clinical trial data in visceral leishmaniasis, specifically the application of individual-patient data (IPD) meta-analysis to better understand heterogeneity in patient outcomes.

James obtained his undergraduate degree in physics at Oxford University before completing a masters in medical statistics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and graduate entry medicine at Warwick University (MbChB). He has subsequently been working as a clinician in London and Manchester, during which time he has completed a diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene (DTM&H) and spent time investigating novel TB diagnostics in Perú.

Dr Cathrin Hauk joined IDDO’s Medicine Quality Research Group as a research pharmacist in 2022. She coordinates the FORESFA (Forensic epidemiology and impact of substandard and falsified antimicrobials on public health).

Cathrin studied pharmacy and obtained a MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies at the University of Tübingen, Germany. During her PhD, her research focused on the quality of medicines in low- and middle-income countries and on detection methods for substandard and falsified medicines. She also taught pharmacy students and was involved in organising the course "Pharmacy in Global Health" at the Pharmaceutical Institute of the University of Tübingen.

Rutuja is a Biomedical Engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology and has recently finished her MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine at the University of Oxford.

Rutuja has worked at the intersection of engineering, data science and public health on projects ranging from developing health monitoring systems for neonates in rural settings to tools like fortification simulation dashboards for the Indian government.

She is currently working with the Infectious Disease Data Observatory (IDDO), University of Oxford, as a Scientific Coordinator based in New Delhi, on its research activities on visceral leishmaniasis (VL), lymphatic filariasis and malaria. She is also working with the science team supporting research activities in VL, in statistical analysis of the clinical trials data to address knowledge gaps in VL diagnosis and treatment.

Hannah joined IDDO in September 2021. As a Data Manager, her role is centred around the management and curation of the diverse clinical and epidemiological data sets which are submitted to IDDO.

Prior to joining IDDO, Hannah has worked as a doctor for the NHS and completed a Master’s in Global Health Science and Epidemiology at the University of Oxford.