Richard G White (BSc, MSc, PhD) is Professor of Infectious Disease Modelling in the Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases and the TB Centre at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.  He is Director of the TB Modelling and Analysis Consortium and leads the LSHTM TB Modelling Group. Richard’s research focus is the mathematical and statistical modelling of the transmission and control of infectious diseases, particularly TB and HIV. He has a strong focus on the use of modelling to accelerate the development and deployment of TB vaccines.