Benjamin Jeffrey

Benjamin Jeffrey has a diverse work experience in various roles and companies. Benjamin is currently working as a Machine Learning Engineer at The Public Health Company since July 2022. Previously, they worked as a Data Scientist - Infectious Disease Modeling at the same company from July 2021 to August 2022.

Prior to that, Benjamin was a PhD Student at Imperial College London from September 2018, specializing in studying the epidemiology of antibiotic resistance. Benjamin applied statistical techniques, time series models, spatial statistics, and machine learning models to forecast drug-resistant bacteria and understand the factors driving their spread.

Before joining The Public Health Company, Benjamin worked as a Data Scientist at BenevolentAI from July 2020 to October 2020. Benjamin analyzed genetic data and trained predictive models on engineered features to identify viable drug targets. Benjamin gained experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, and software engineering practices.

Benjamin also has previous research experience. Benjamin worked as a Data Analytic Research Assistant at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute from October 2016 to September 2017. Benjamin was a Researcher in Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM DOH) from June 2016 to August 2016. Additionally, they worked as a Researcher at the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford from January 2015 to June 2015.

Outside of their research roles, Benjamin worked as a Private Tutor at First Tutors from November 2014 to 2015.

Benjamin Jeffrey's education history begins in 2011 when they attended the University of Oxford. From 2011 to 2014, they pursued a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biological Sciences.

In 2015, Benjamin enrolled at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, where they studied Control of Infectious Disease and obtained a Master of Science degree. The duration of this program was from 2015 to 2016.

Continuing their academic journey, Benjamin then joined Imperial College London in 2017, where they pursued a Masters of Research degree. Their research focused on Biomedical Science, Epidemiology, and the Evolution and Control of Infectious Disease. The program lasted from 2017 to 2018.

Overall, Benjamin Jeffrey's education history includes a Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences from the University of Oxford, followed by a Master of Science degree in Control of Infectious Disease from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and finally, a Masters of Research at Imperial College London, specializing in Biomedical Science, Epidemiology, and the Evolution and Control of Infectious Disease.