Kirsty Bolton

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• workRoom B50d School of Mathematical Sciences
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• Kirsty.Bolton@nottingham.ac.uk

Research Summary

Kirsty initially studied physics and graduated with a PhD. in Astrophysics from the University of Cambridge in 2009. She has since been working in the field of infectious disease modelling, first as… read more

Recent Publications

• VENKATESAN S, MYLES PR, BOLTON KJ, MUTHURI SG, AL KHUWAITIR T, ANOVADIYA AP, AZZIZ-BAUMGARTNER E, BAJJOU T, BASSETTI M, BEOVIC B, BERTISCH B, BONMARIN I, BOOY R, BORJA-ABURTO VH, BURGMANN H, CAO B, CARRATALA J, CHINBAYAR T, CILLONIZ C, DENHOLM JT, DOMINGUEZ SR, DUARTE PAD, DUBNOV-RAZ G, FANELLA S, GAO Z, GÉRARDIN P, GIANNELLA M, GUBBELS S, HERBERG J, HIGUERA IGLESIAS AL, HOEGER PH, HU XY, ISLAM QT, JIMÉNEZ MF, KEIJZERS G, KHALILI H, KUSZNIERZ G, KUZMAN I, LANGENEGGER E, LANKARANI KB, LEO YS, LIBSTER RP, LINKO R, MADANAT F, MALTEZOS E, MAMUN A, MANABE T, METAN G, MICKIENE A, MIKIĆ D, MOHN KGI, OLIVA ME, OZKAN M, PAREKH D, PAUL M, RATH BA, REFAEY S, RODRÍGUEZ AH, SERTOGULLARINDAN B, SKRĘT-MAGIERŁO J, SOMER A, TALAREK E, TANG JW, TO K, TRAN D, UYEKI TM, VAUDRY W, VIDMAR T, ZAROGOULIDIS P, and NGUYEN-VAN-TAM JS, 2019. Neuraminidase Inhibitors and Hospital Length of Stay: A Meta-analysis of Individual Participant Data to Determine Treatment Effectiveness Among Patients Hospitalized With Nonfatal 2009 Pandemic Influenza A(H1N1) Virus Infection. The Journal of infectious diseases. (In Press.)
• BOLTON, KIRSTY J, MCCAW, JAMES M, BROWN, LORENA, JACKSON, DAVID, KEDZIERSKA, KATHERINE and MCVERNON, JODIE, 2015. Prior Population Immunity Reduces the Expected Impact of CTL-Inducing Vaccines for Pandemic Influenza Control. PloS one. 10(3), e0120138
• BOLTON, K J, MCCAW, J M, MCVERNON, J and MATHEWS, J D, 2014. The influence of changing host immunity on 1918-19 pandemic dynamics Epidemics. 8, 18-27
• OTETE EH, AHANKARI AS, JONES H, BOLTON KJ, JORDAN CW, BOSWELL TC, WILCOX MH, FERGUSON NM, BECK CR and PULESTON RL, 2013. Parameters for the Mathematical Modelling of Clostridium difficile Acquisition and Transmission: A Systematic Review. PloS one. 8(12), e84224

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Current Research

Kirsty initially studied physics and graduated with a PhD. in Astrophysics from the University of Cambridge in 2009. She has since been working in the field of infectious disease modelling, first as a McKenzie Fellow at the University of Melbourne, then as an Anne McLaren fellow (2013-2022) at the University of Nottingham. She is particularly interested in understanding the role of the immune response and behaviour in shaping epidemic patterns, in particular within educational settings such as universities.

• VENKATESAN S, MYLES PR, BOLTON KJ, MUTHURI SG, AL KHUWAITIR T, ANOVADIYA AP, AZZIZ-BAUMGARTNER E, BAJJOU T, BASSETTI M, BEOVIC B, BERTISCH B, BONMARIN I, BOOY R, BORJA-ABURTO VH, BURGMANN H, CAO B, CARRATALA J, CHINBAYAR T, CILLONIZ C, DENHOLM JT, DOMINGUEZ SR, DUARTE PAD, DUBNOV-RAZ G, FANELLA S, GAO Z, GÉRARDIN P, GIANNELLA M, GUBBELS S, HERBERG J, HIGUERA IGLESIAS AL, HOEGER PH, HU XY, ISLAM QT, JIMÉNEZ MF, KEIJZERS G, KHALILI H, KUSZNIERZ G, KUZMAN I, LANGENEGGER E, LANKARANI KB, LEO YS, LIBSTER RP, LINKO R, MADANAT F, MALTEZOS E, MAMUN A, MANABE T, METAN G, MICKIENE A, MIKIĆ D, MOHN KGI, OLIVA ME, OZKAN M, PAREKH D, PAUL M, RATH BA, REFAEY S, RODRÍGUEZ AH, SERTOGULLARINDAN B, SKRĘT-MAGIERŁO J, SOMER A, TALAREK E, TANG JW, TO K, TRAN D, UYEKI TM, VAUDRY W, VIDMAR T, ZAROGOULIDIS P, and NGUYEN-VAN-TAM JS, 2019. Neuraminidase Inhibitors and Hospital Length of Stay: A Meta-analysis of Individual Participant Data to Determine Treatment Effectiveness Among Patients Hospitalized With Nonfatal 2009 Pandemic Influenza A(H1N1) Virus Infection. The Journal of infectious diseases. (In Press.)
• BOLTON, KIRSTY J, MCCAW, JAMES M, BROWN, LORENA, JACKSON, DAVID, KEDZIERSKA, KATHERINE and MCVERNON, JODIE, 2015. Prior Population Immunity Reduces the Expected Impact of CTL-Inducing Vaccines for Pandemic Influenza Control. PloS one. 10(3), e0120138
• BOLTON, K J, MCCAW, J M, MCVERNON, J and MATHEWS, J D, 2014. The influence of changing host immunity on 1918-19 pandemic dynamics Epidemics. 8, 18-27
• OTETE EH, AHANKARI AS, JONES H, BOLTON KJ, JORDAN CW, BOSWELL TC, WILCOX MH, FERGUSON NM, BECK CR and PULESTON RL, 2013. Parameters for the Mathematical Modelling of Clostridium difficile Acquisition and Transmission: A Systematic Review. PloS one. 8(12), e84224
• BOLTON, K J, MCCAW, J M, MOSS, R, MORRIS, R S, WANG, S, BURMA, A, DARMA, B, NARANGEREL, D, NYMADAWA, P and MCVERNON, J, 2012. Likely effectiveness of pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical interventions for mitigating influenza virus transmission in Mongolia. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 90(4), 264-271
• BOLTON, KIRSTY J, MCCAW, JAMES M, FORBES, KRISTIAN, NATHAN, PAULA, ROBINS, GARRY, PATTISON, PHILIPPA, NOLAN, TERRY and MCVERNON, JODIE, 2012. Influence of contact definitions in assessment of the relative importance of social settings in disease transmission risk. PloS one. 7(2), e30893
• MATHEWS, JD, DORA, PC, BOLTON, KJ, MCVERNON, J and MCCAW, JM, 2011. Proof of principle for an immunological model to explain mortality variations over the three waves of the 1918-19 pandemic Influenza and other respiratory viruses. 5 (Supp. 1), 202-229
• BOLTON, KJ, MCCAW, JM, MCVERNON, J and MATHEWS, JD, 2011. Exploring alternate immune hypotheses in dynamical models for the 1918-19 influenza pandemic Influenza and other respiratory viruses. 202-209