Adam Kucharski
LSHTM epidemiologist and mathematician; wrote The Rules of Contagion and Proof.
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- Adam Kucharski is a professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine who studies emerging health threats and how they interact with behaviour and information.
- He advised SPI-M-O and SAGE during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- He is co-founder and CTO of WholeSum, a start-up that interprets large volumes of open-ended text.
- His books are The Rules of Contagion and Proof.
Key facts
- Role
- Professor, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine1
- Company
- Co-founder and CTO, WholeSum1
- Earlier
- Founding co-director of the Centre for Epidemic Preparedness and Response at LSHTM, from 2022 to 20251
- Books
- The Rules of Contagion; Proof (an FT, New Scientist and Waterstones science book of 2025)1
- Education
- PhD in applied mathematics, University of Cambridge1
- Awards
- Wellcome Trust/Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellowship (2017); MRC Career Development Award in Biostatistics (2013)1
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