Profile
I have a background in public health, epidemiology, environmental health, medical history, early childhood development, and infectious disease. Before joining Queen Mary, I worked as a data scientist in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford. I also worked as an epidemiologist in the UK Health Security Agency’s COVID-19 Epidemiology Cell during the emergency phase of the pandemic.
Prior to emigrating to the UK, I spent four years working as a research consultant for Alacrity Development in Cape Town, South Africa. I also worked as a research assistant in the Centre for Environmental and Occupational Health at the University of Cape Town. I am a registered Public Health Practitioner with the Faculty of Public Health, as well as a member and college advisor at Kellogg College, University of Oxford.
Research
Research Interests:
My research interests include big data epidemiology, maternal health, risk prediction and prognostic modelling, and infectious disease epidemiology.
Publications
Snelling, A.J., Copland, E., Mei, W.X. et al. Methods to establish a Pregnancy Register in the QResearch Database. Commun Med 5, 528 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-025-01217-7.
Cardwell, C.R., Baxter, S.M., Snelling, A.J. et al. Antibiotic use and survival from breast cancer: A population-based cohort study in England and Wales. Nat Commun 16, 11336 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-67800-7.
Dixon, S., Ranger, T.A., Burchardt, J., Patone, M., Snelling, A.J., et al. Exploring the interface between adolescent dysmenorrhoea and endometriosis: a protocol for a cohort and nested case–control study within the QResearch Database. BMJ Open 2023;13:e069984. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069984.
Patone, M., Snelling, A.J., Tibble, H. et al. Uptake and safety of Sotrovimab for prevention of severe COVID-19 in a cohort and self-controlled case series study. Commun Med 5, 20 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-024-00720-7.