Cameron Zachreson

A framework for considering the utility of models when facing tough decisions in public health: a guideline for policy-makers

Jason Thompson, Roderick McClure, Nick Scott, Margaret Hellard, Romesh Abeysuriya, Rajith Vidanaarachchi, John Thwaites, Jeffrey Lazarus, John Lavis, Susan Michie, Chris Bullen, Mikhail Prokopenko, Sheryl L Chang, Oliver M Cliff, Cameron Zachreson, Antony Blakely, Tim Wilson, Driss Ait Ouakrim, Vijay Sundararajan

Journal article  |  2022  |  HEALTH RESEARCH POLICY AND SYSTEMS

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the combined disciplines of public health, infectious disease and policy modelling squarely into..

The effects of local homogeneity assumptions in metapopulation models of infectious disease.

Cameron Zachreson, Sheryl Chang, Nathan Harding, Mikhail Prokopenko

Journal article  |  2022  |  R Soc Open Sci

Computational models of infectious disease can be broadly categorized into two types: individual-based (agent-based) or compartmen..

COVID-19 in low-tolerance border quarantine systems: Impact of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2

Cameron Zachreson, Freya M Shearer, David J Price, Michael J Lydeamore, Jodie McVernon, James McCaw, Nicholas Geard

Journal article  |  2022  |  SCIENCE ADVANCES

In controlling transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the effectiveness of border quarantine strategies is a key con..

Simulating Transmission Scenarios of the Delta Variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Australia

Sheryl L Chang, Oliver M Cliff, Cameron Zachreson, Mikhail Prokopenko

Journal article  |  2022  |  FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH

An outbreak of the Delta (B.1.617.2) variant of SARS-CoV-2 that began around mid-June 2021 in Sydney, Australia, quickly developed..

Managing Trajectories and Interactions during a Pandemic: A Trajectory Similarity-based Approach (Demo Paper)

E Buckland, E Tanin, N Geard, C Zachreson, H Xie, H Samet

Conference Proceedings  |  2021  |  GIS: Proceedings of the ACM International Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information Systems

COVID-19 has brought about substantial social, economic and health related burdens, motivating different control measures from pol..

Mapping home internet activity during COVID-19 lockdown to identify occupation related inequalities

Cameron Zachreson, Erika Martino, Martin Tomko, Freya M Shearer, Rebecca Bentley, Nicholas Geard

Journal article  |  2021  |  SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

During the COVID-19 pandemic, evidence has accumulated that movement restrictions enacted to combat virus spread produce disparate..

How will mass-vaccination change COVID-19 lockdown requirements in Australia?

Cameron Zachreson, Sheryl L Chang, Oliver M Cliff, Mikhail Prokopenko

Journal article  |  2021  |  LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH-WESTERN PACIFIC

Background To prevent future outbreaks of COVID-19, Australia is pursuing a mass-vaccination approach in which a targeted group of..

Risk mapping for COVID-19 outbreaks in Australia using mobility data

Cameron Zachreson, Lewis Mitchell, Michael J Lydeamore, Nicolas Rebuli, Martin Tomko, Nicholas Geard

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE

COVID-19 is highly transmissible and containing outbreaks requires a rapid and effective response. Because infection may be spread..

Modelling transmission and control of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia

Sheryl L Chang, Nathan Harding, Cameron Zachreson, Oliver M Cliff, Mikhail Prokopenko

Journal article  |  2020  |  NATURE COMMUNICATIONS

There is a continuing debate on relative benefits of various mitigation and suppression strategies aimed to control the spread of ..

Interfering with influenza: nonlinear coupling of reactive and static mitigation strategies.

Cameron Zachreson, Kristopher M Fair, Nathan Harding, Mikhail Prokopenko

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of the Royal Society Interface

When new, highly infectious strains of influenza emerge, global pandemics can occur before an effective vaccine is developed. With..