MG
Madison Goforth
Co-supervised with Sam Sheppard
Studies the (meta)genomics of Campylobacter in low- and middle-income settings, including source-associated variation and antimicrobial resistance.
Profile →People
Researchers and supervision.
Research lead
Ben Pascoe
Senior Research Fellow in Pathogen Genomics and Evolution at the Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research, Department of Biology, University of Oxford.
Research combines comparative genomics, epidemiology and machine learning to understand bacterial evolution, attribute sources of infection and inform disease control in One Health systems.
Current doctoral researchers
Projects with distinct questions and shared genomic foundations.
EH
Eve Hallett
Co-supervised with Sam Sheppard and Paul Keim
Investigates bacterial species boundaries, homologous recombination and the emergence of traits between Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli.
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Henry Badji
Co-supervised with Jahangir Hossain and Ozan Gundogdu
Works on genomic epidemiology and source attribution of enteric bacteria in The Gambia through GETcampy and the Campylobacter Control Campaign.
Profile →Supervision philosophy
Support the person; sharpen the question.
Students should understand why an analysis is being done, what assumptions it makes and how the result changes the biological argument.
Early structure is deliberate: define a paper-scale question, identify the decisive figure and build a reproducible route from raw data to interpretation. Independence grows through ownership, not neglect.
Prospective researchers
Interested in joining or collaborating?
The most useful first contact explains the biological question, relevant experience, funding route and why this research environment is a good fit.