PI: Dr Charlotte Hammer

I am an applied infectious disease epidemiologist, sometimes social scientist, and public health emergency specialist. In January 2025, I joined the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge as an Assistant Professor and founded the IDEA Lab.
My applied experience spans national and international public health agencies, policy institutions, and humanitarian organisations, including deployments with the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network.

Team Members

Dr Dorien Braam

Research Affiliate

Dr Edward Lam

Visiting Researcher

Dr Lily Cohen

Research Affiliate

Dr Anthony Torres-Ruesta

Research Associate

Dr Peregrine Rothman-Ostrow

Research Fellow

Research Students

Dr Saleyha Ahsan

PhD student

Rithika Sangameshwaran

PhD student

Kess Rowe

MPhil by research student

Sam Pritchard

Medical student

Friederike Suhr

Incoming visiting PhD student

MPhil Dissertation Students

Teresa Artho

MPhil Population Health Sciences

Anya Kapoor

MPhil Population Health Sciences

Sonya Sander

MPhil Population Health Sciences

Alumni

Dr Richard Armitage

Isobel Campbell

Lyndesey Bryden

Harry Johnson

Udoka Okonkwo