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Email

freya.shearer@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Ceb Unit Head - Infectious Disease Dynamics
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health - Centres and Institutes
Education
Doctorate
University of Oxford
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
The University of Western Australia
Diploma
The University of Western Australia
ORCID

0000-0001-9600-3473

A/Prof Freya Shearer

Ceb Unit Head - Infectious Disease Dynamics
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

67 Scholarly works
21 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Temporal analysis of respiratory virus epidemics in Victoria over winter 2024
    DOI: 10.33321/cdi.2026.50.015
  • 2026

    Journal article

    A time-varying geospatial model of habitat suitability for Japanese encephalitis virus vectors and vertebrate hosts in Australia
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0014127
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Border quarantine, vaccination and public health measures to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 importations in Australia: a modelling study
    DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2025.0144
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Modeling of H5N1 influenza virus kinetics during dairy cattle infection suggests the timing of infectiousness
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003586
  • 2024

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Australian Centre for Epidemic Forecasting and Analytics
  • 2023

    Research Contracts

    Situational Awareness Analytics to Support the COVID-19 Response
  • 2022

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Mitigating the Impacts of Infectious Disease Emergencies
Freya Shearer

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Temporal trends in test-seeking behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic
    DOI: 10.1080/29937574.2025.2521858
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Web-based models to inform health policy: A scoping review
    DOI: 10.1186/s12961-025-01367-z
  • 2025

    Journal article

    A modular approach to forecasting COVID-19 hospital bed occupancy
    DOI: 10.1038/s43856-025-01086-0
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Inferring temporal trends of multiple pathogens, variants, subtypes or serotypes from routine surveillance data
    DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwaf119
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Predicting immune protection against outcomes of infectious disease from population-level effectiveness data with application to COVID-19
    DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.126987
  • 2025

    Journal article

    The importance of playing the long game when it comes to pandemic surveillance
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2500328122

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2022

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    Continuation of Japanese Encephalitis Virus Risk Mapping and Geospatial Analysis TKI Sub Contract
  • 2024

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Optimising Surveillance System Design to Support Epidemic Response

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