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Personal profile
Research interests
I am an applied mathematician developing and analysing mathematical models to address problems arising in the health and social sciences.
The role of mathematical modelling to explore infectious disease control is well-established and involves a wide range of modelling approaches. My particular interest is to explore the potential for classic techniques such as optimal control and feedback control to contribute to the literature in this field. My goal is to find an approach to control that might be easily translated into practice and that might result in clearly defined outcomes in terms of the levels of infection post control intervention. Most of my work is based on underlying deterministic infectious disease processes although I have also undertaken some work that is based upon stochastic and network models.
As part of my growing collaboration with colleagues working in countries of sub-Saharan Africa, I have become increasingly interested in using mathematical models in the context of criminal activity and crime control.
My work on drug monitoring and delivery focuses on drugs that are delivered or monitored across the skin. The challenge here is to work out how the drug molecules might partition and move through the skin barrier that is highly heterogeneous in nature. Here I work with systems of reaction diffusion advection equations for which parameter estimates can be made using the empirical studies of my collaborators working in the Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology. The resulting mechanistic models diverge from classical pharmacokinetic (PK) models of drug delivery but are of increasing interest to colleagues working in the Pharmaceutical industries who are aware of the limitations of a purely PK approach. Linked to this activity, I am a member of the UK network for Quantitative Systems Pharmacology.
Teaching interests
I have a long-standing interest in Widening Participation in HE. In my own work with students at the university, I am interested in developing effective learning environments to support the diverse needs of students. I also have a strong track record of working at the School-University transition. Currently this involves a collaboration with the AMSP (https://amsp.org.uk) to encourage students from the state school sector to study mathematics post-16 (A level and Core Mathematics).
Other responsibilities
Chair of Academic Assembly (2018-2021)
Ex-officio member of Senate, Council and Court
Head of Natural Sciences (2019 - )
Board member Society for Natural Sciences and Chair of the Equalities, Diversity & Inclusion sub-committee (2020 - 2023)
Member of the London Mathematical Society (LMS) education committee (2014-2020)
Inaugural chair of the LMS TEMAC sub-committee which has oversight of promoting teaching mathematics as a career to undergraduate students studying mathematics in the UK (2019 - )
Founding director of MASH (https://www.bath.ac.uk/professional-services/mathematics-resources-centre-mash/), the institutional mathematics resources centre that offers a wide range of activities to support the mathematical and statistical needs of all members of the university.
Willing to supervise doctoral students
Mechanistic mathematical models for drug delivery and monitoring.
Control of infectious diseases.
Mathematical criminology.
Education/Academic qualification
Applied Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Washington
Award Date: 1 Feb 1995
Secondary Mathematics Teaching, King's College London
Award Date: 1 Jul 1988
External positions
Chair, LMS TEMAC sub-committee, London Mathematical Society
Sep 2019 → …External Examiner UG Mathematics Penrhyn Campus, University of Exeter
Sep 2017 → Jul 2020Holgate Lecturer, London Mathematical Society
Sep 2015 → Jun 2017Mathematics Subject Expert, Skills Testing Agency
Jun 2015 → Jun 2016Education Committee member, London Mathematical Society
Sep 2014 → Sep 2020External Examiner UG Mathematics, University of Ulster
Sep 2013 → Jul 2016Outer Circle Member, Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education
Jan 2013 → Dec 2016Vice-Chair, Loughborough University
Sep 2012 → Aug 2013External Examiner UG Mathematics Modules, University of Cumbria
Sep 2006 → Jul 2009Fingerprint
Network
Projects
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UK-Africa Postgraduate Advanced Study Institute in Mathematical Sciences
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/04/20 → 31/03/21
Project: Research council
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GCRF: Building capacity to tackle glocal development challenges through mathematical sciences research
1/04/20 → 31/03/21
Project: Research council
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Advanced Mathematics Support Programme (AMSP) Institutional Fund Holder
1/09/18 → 30/04/21
Project: UK charity
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Research output
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Towards understanding crime dynamics in a heterogeneous environment: a mathematical approach
White, J., Campillo-Funollet, E., Nyabadza, F., Cusseddu, D., Kasumo, C., Matendechere Imbusi, N., Ogesa Juma, V., Meir, A. J. & Marijani, T., 3 Dec 2020, (Acceptance date) In: Journal of Interdisciplinary Mathematics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Enhancement of chemotherapy using oncolytic virotherapy: Mathematical and optimal control analysis
Malinzi, J., Ouifki, R., Eladdadi, A., Torres, D. F. M. & White, K. A. J., 1 Dec 2018, In: Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering. 15, 6, p. 1435-1463 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
13 Citations (Scopus) -
A mechanistic approach to modelling the formation of a drug reservoir in the skin
Jones, J. G., White, K. A. J. & Delgado-Charro, M. B., 1 Nov 2016, In: Mathematical Biosciences. 281, p. 36-45 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile4 Citations (Scopus)219 Downloads (Pure) -
Optimal control of integrodifference equations in a pest-pathogen system
Martinez, M. V., Lenhart, S. & White, K. A. J., 1 Aug 2015, In: Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B. 20, 6, p. 1759-1783 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
5 Citations (Scopus) -
Approximating optimal controls for networks when there are combinations of population-level and targeted measures available: chlamydia infection as a case-study
Clarke, J., White, K. A. J. & Turner, K., Oct 2013, In: Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 75, 10, p. 1747-1777 31 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
9 Citations (Scopus)