Li Pi
DPhil Candidate in Clinical Medicine
Li Pi is a research assistant and a full-time DPhil student under the supervision of Professor Deirdre
Hollingsworth and Professor Piero Olliaro based in Oxford. She holds a BSc in Preventive Medicine
(major), a BSc in Laws (minor), and an MSc in Epidemiology. Her research interests revolve around
utilizing mathematical, statistical, and computational models to inform disease dynamics and
facilitate public health decision-making.
She has been actively engaged in cutting-edge COVID-19 epidemiological research since 2020 and
was recognized by the UK government with an SPI-M-O (the UK Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group
on Modelling, Operational sub-group) Award for Modelling and Data Support for her contributions
to pandemic response efforts. Currently, she is in the final stages of completing her thesis, which
evaluates the impacts of heterogeneity in individual contact behaviours on the dynamics of the UK
COVID-19 pandemic.
Recent publications
Models of COVID-19 transmission based on behavioural heterogeneity at different scales
Thesis / Dissertation
Pi L., (2026)
Improving modelling for epidemic response: a progress update from a community of UK infectious disease modellers.
Journal article
Sherratt K. et al, (2025), Interface Focus, 15
Improving modelling for epidemic responses: reflections from members of the UK infectious disease modelling community on their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Journal article
Sherratt K. et al, (2024), Wellcome Open Res, 9
The role of regular asymptomatic testing in reducing the impact of a COVID-19 wave.
Journal article
Silva MEP. et al, (2023), Epidemics, 44