School of Public Health

Education

• Imperial College London, Ph.D., 2012

• Imperial College London, B.Sc., 2007

Background

• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Imperial College London

Courses Currently/Recently Taught

• R Bootcamp
• SPH E 250

Research

A population ecologist by training, her research focuses on developing mathematical models to understand the eco-evolutionary, demographic and environmental drivers of seasonal epidemics and (re) emerging diseases.

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Selected Publications

Articles

Bento, A.I., Nguyen, T., Wing, C., Lozano-Rojas, F., Ahn, Y.Y. and Simon, K. Evidence from internet search data shows information-seeking responses to news of local COVID-19 cases. PNAS 117 (21) 11220-11222

Liu, Q. , Bento, A.I., Yang, K., Zhang H., Yang X., Merler, S., Vespignani, A., Lv, J., Yu, H., Zhang, W., Zhou, T. & Ajelli M. (2020) The COVID-19 outbreak in Sichuan, China: epidemiology and impact of interventions. PLOS Computational Biology https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008467

Bento, A.I., Riolo, M.A., Choi, Y.H., King, A.A. & Rohani, P. (2018) Core Pertussis transmission groups in England and Wales: A tale of two eras. Vaccine 36(9):1160-1166. doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.01.046

Bento, A.I., King, A.A. & Rohani, P. (2017) Maternal pertussis immunisation: clinical gains and epidemiological legacy. Eurosurveillance 22(15):30510. doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.15.30510

Bento, A.I., Rohani, P. (2016) Forecasting epidemiological consequences of maternal immunization. Clinical Infectious Diseases 63(Suppl 4):S205-S212. doi:10.1093/cid/ciw557

Stopher K.V., Bento, A.I., Clutton-Brock T.H., Pemberton J.M. & Kruuk L.E.B. (2014) Multiple pathways mediate the effects of climate change on maternal reproductive traits in a red deer population. Ecology 95:3124-3138. doi:10.1890/13-0967.1

Bento, A.I., Wilson A.J. (2011) Counting Sheep in a changing world. Biodiversity Science 4:1 https://www.biodiversityscience.com/2011/11/01/counting-sheep-changing-world/