Curriculum Vitae
michael.lydeamore@monash.edu
Appointments Held
Lecturer – Econometrics and Business Statistics
Monash University 2021 —
COVID-19 Modelling & Forecasting Lead
Manager, Analytics
Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria 2020
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Monash University 2019 — 2021
Honorary Team Member
SaferCare Victoria 2019 —
Honorary Research Fellow
The Alfred Hospital 2019 —
Research Fellow
The Kirby Institute 2018 — 2019
Education
Doctor of Philosophy – Applied Mathematics
The University of Melbourne 2015 — 2019
Thesis title: Mechanistic and statistical models of skin disease transmission
Masters of Philosophy – Applied Mathematics
The University of Adelaide 2013 — 2014
Thesis title: Approximations of stochastic household models for comparing antiviral allocation schemes.
Awarded the Applied Probability Trust prize for the highest mark with a project in Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Bachelor of Mathematical Sciences
The University of Adelaide 2010 — 2012
Graduated with a double major in applied and pure mathematics
Publications
2023
The incidence of nosocmial bloodstream infection and urinary tract infection in Australian hospitals before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: an interrupted time series study
Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Mitchell, B.G., Stewardson, A.J., Kerr, L, Ferguson, J.K., Curtis, S., Busija, Ljoudmila, Lydeamore, M.J., Graham, K., Russo, P.L.
DOI: 10.1101/2021.10.05.21264587
2022
Burden of five healthcare associated infections in Australia
Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Lydeamore, M. J., Mitchell, B. G., Bucknall, T., Cheng, A.C., Russo, P. L., Stewardson, A. J.
DOI: 10.1101/2021.10.05.21264587
COVID-19 in low-tolerance border quarantine systems: impact of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2
Science Advances
Zachreson, C., Sharer, F. M., Price, D. J., Lydeamore, M. J., McVernon, J., McCaw, J., Geard, N. G.
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abm3624
2021
Population-based analysis of the epidemiological features of COVID-19 epidemics in Victoria, Australia, January 2020-March 2021, and their suppression through comprehensive control strategies
Lancet Regional Health — Western Pacific
Sullivan, S. G., Brotherton, M. L., Lynch, B. M., Cheung, A. Lydeamore, M.J., Stevenson, M., Firestone, S., Canevari, J., Nguyen, H.N.J., Carville, S., Clothier, H.J., , Sutton, B., Rowe, S. L.
DOI: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100297
Mathematical models to support Victoria’s COVID-19 response: a blunt instrument to a complex problem
AustMS Journal
Lydeamore, M.J.
Understanding how Victoria, Australia gained control of its second COVID-19 wave
Nature Communications
Trauer, J.M., Lydeamore, M. J., Dalton, G. W., Meehan, M.T., McBryde, E. S., Cheng, A. C., Sutton, B., Ragonnet, R.
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26558-4
Risk mapping for COVID-19 outbreaks in Australia using mobility data
Royal Society: Interface
Zachreson, C., Mitchell, L., Lydeamore, M. J., Rebuli, N., Tomko, M., Geard, N.
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2020.0657
2020
Estimation of the force of infection and infectious period of skin sores in remote Australian communities using interval-censored data
PLoS Computational Biology
Lydeamore, M. J., Campbell, P.T., Price, D.J., Wu,Y., Marcato, A.J., Cuningham, W., Carapetis, J.R., Andrews, R.M., McDonald, M.I., McVernon, J., Tong, S.Y.C., McCaw, J.M.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007838
2019
A biological model of scabies infection dynamics and treatment informs mass drug administration strategies to increase the likelihood of elimination
Mathematical Biosciences
Lydeamore, M. J., Campbell, P. T., Regan, D.G., Tong, S., Andrews, R., Steer, A.C., Romani, L., Kaldor, J., McVernon, J., McCaw, J.M.
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2018.08.007
High Burden if Infectious Disease and Antibiotic Use in Early Life in Aboriginal Communities
Australia and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
Cuningham, W., McVernon, J., Lydeamore, M. J., Andrews, R. M., Carapetis, J., Kearns, T., Clucas, D., Gundjirryirr Dhurrkay, R., Tong, S. Y. C., Campbell, P. T.
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12876
2018
Calculation of the age of first infection for skins sores and scabies in five remote communities in northern Australia
Epidemiology & Infection Lydeamore, M. J., Campbell, P. T., Cuningham, W., Andrews, R., Kearns, T., Clucas, D., Gundjirryirr Dhurrkay, R., Carapetis, J., Tong, S. Y. C., McCaw, J. M., McVernon, J.
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268818001061
2017
Indigenous Australia household structure — implications for close contact transmission of communicable diseases
PeerJ Vino, T., Davison, B., Campbell, P. T., Lydeamore, M. J., McVernon, J., Singh, G., Tong, S. Y. C., Robinson, A., Geard, N.
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3958
2016
Choice of antiviral allocation scheme for pandemic influenza depends on strain transmissibility, delivery delay and stockpile size
Bulletin of Mathematical Biology Lydeamore, M., Bean, N., Black, A. J., Ross, J. V.
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-016-0144-6
Funding
Almost all of this funding was obtained in partnership with large, collaborative teams.
Contractual Partner to Conduct Research on Healthcare-Associated Infection Rates in Phillippine Hospitals
World Health Organisation Phillippines 2023
Awarded value: $72,078
Centre of Western Public Health Unit
Contract Research 2023
Awarded value: $25,000
Extending and comparing methods for projecting social contact matrices
SPECTRUM/SPARK Seed Funding 2022
Awarded value: $19,438
Quantifying longitudinal relationships between community mobility and COVID-19 case incidence in west metropolitan Melbourne
SPECTRUM/SPARK Seed Funding 2022
Awarded value: $19,896
Modelling to support Australia’s national plan for COVID-19
Commonwealth Government of Australia 2021
Awarded value: $147,536
Modelling to support Australia’s transition to ‘COVID-normal’
Australian Office of Health Protection 2021
Awarded value: $25,620
Conference presentations and contributed talks
Data-Driven Insights into Healthcare Challenges: Two Case Studies
UNSW Australia Statistics & Data Science Seminar 2023
Burden of healthcare associated infections in Australia
Australia and New Zealand Industrial Applied Mathematics Conference 2022
Exponential Random Graph Models and CPE transmission
Melbourne Mathematical Biology Seminar Series — Invited Speaker 2021
Mathematical modelling for COVID-19 in Victoria, Australia
Math for Industry Forum, Vietnam — Invited Speaker 2021
The associations between transmission of CPE and ward connectivity: a network analysis
Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases Annual Scientific Meeting 2021
The burden of healthcare acquired infections in Australian public hospitals
Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases Annual Scientific Meeting 2021
Decision Making and Mathematical Biology - Victoria’s usage of COVID-19 modelling
Mathematical Biology Special Interest Group Workshop - Invited Speaker 2021
Modelling between-household effective contact and the elimination of COVID-19 in Melbourne, Australia
Australia and New Zealand Industrial Applied Mathematics Conference 2021
Mathematical modelling and Victoria’s response to COVID-19
Victorian ANZIAM Branch Meeting — Invited Speaker 2020
Australia’s experience and the role of modelling in its responses to COVID-19
Usher Institute COVID-19 Webinar — Invited Speaker 2020
Estimating epidemiological quantities for skin sores in remote Australian communities using interval-censored data
Australia and New Zealand Industrial Applied Mathematics Conference 2019
Estimating epidemiological quantities for skin sores in remote Australian communities using interval-censored data
NSW–ACT ANZIAM Branch Meeting 2018
Coupled models of Group A Streptococcus and Scabies: How likely is eradication?
PRISM International Conference 2018
Investigating the dynamics of coupled epidemiological transmission models with application to Group A Streptococcus and Scabies
Society for Mathematical Biology Annual Meeting 2018
Investigating the dynamics of coupled models with applications to Group A Streptococcus and Scabies
Australia and New Zealand Industrial Applied Mathematics Conference 2018
Quantifying the age of first infection with skin sores in five remote Australian Aboriginal communities
Lancefield International Symposium on Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases 2017
Investigating the dynamics of coupled models with applications to Group A Streptococcus and Scabies
PRISM Annual Knowledge Transfer and Training Conference 2017
Constructing mathematical models of Group A Streptococcus and Scabies in remote Australian Indigenous communities
Zeeman Institute Seminar Series — Invited Speaker 2017
Developing a model for the transmission and treatment dynamics of scabies infections a high prevalence setting
Melbourne-Manchester Joint Workshop 2017
Developing a model for the transmission of Group A Streptococcus
Australia and New Zealand Industrial Applied Mathematics Conference 2017
Determining the age of first infection from incomplete data
Modelling Emerging Infections and Neglected Tropical Diseases Workhop 2016
Investigating Intervention Intervals for Scabies Infections
Australia and New Zealand Industrial Applied Mathematics Conference 2016
Teaching
Lecturer
[ETC5523] Communicating With Data (Chief Examiner) 2023
[ETC5512] Wild-Caught Data 2022, 2023
[ETC5521] Exploratory Data Analysis 2022
Tutor
[MAST10016] Mathematics for BioMedicine 2016–2019
[MAST30001] Stochastic Modelling 2018
Awards
University of Melbourne Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Research 2021
IPAA Spirit of Service Awards – Finalist 2021
Engagement Australia Excellence Awards — Outstanding Engagement for Research Impact — Finalist 2021
Top Poster Award — European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2021
IPAA Victoria Leadership in the Public Sector Awards — Finalist 2021
Best PhD Student Presentation – PRISM\(^2\) Annual Conference 2017
Applied Probability Trust Prize for best Applied Mathematics Postgraduate Thesis 2016
Australian Postgraduate Award 2015
Dean’s Commendation for Thesis Excellence 2015
Academic Service & Community Engagment
SPARK Short Course in Mathematical Diseases Modelling — OUCRU
Facilitator 2023
Maths in Industry Study Group — NSW Health
Moderator 2023
Communicating with Data Workshop
Organising Committee 2023
Australian & New Zealand Industrial Applied Mathematics Executive Committee
Treasurer 2022 –
Early Career Representative 2021–2022
SPECTRUM-SPARK Early Career Researcher Committee
Chair 2022 –
SPARK Short Course in Mathematical Diseases Modelling - Mahidol University
Facilitator 2022
Research Tools Workshop in R
Facilitator 2022
Mathematical Biology Special Interest Group
Treasurer 2019–2022
ANZIAM 2021 Conference
Organising committee — Treasurer 2020–2021
Computational Biology Research Initiative – The University of Melbourne
Postgraduate Representative 2017
Computational Biology Postgraduate Sports Group – The University of Melbourne
Secretary 2017–2018
Mathematics in Industry Study Group
Participant 2017, 2018, 2019
The ConocoPhilips Science Experience – The University of Melbourne
Activity Organiser 2016–2018
Mathematicians in Schools
Project Supervisor/Mentor 2016–2018
Reviewer
PLoS Comptuational Biology; Scientific Reports; Journal of Applied Mathematics; Journal of Statistical Software; Epidemiology & Infection; Mathematics; Medial Journal of Australia; International Tropical Health; Journal of Antimicrobial Resistance; The R Journal
Professional Memberships
Australia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics 2015–
Including the Mathematical Biology Special Interest Group
Australian Mathematics Society 2015–