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Professor, Public Health and Epidemiology, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

Michael Edelstein is a Professor of Public Health and Epidemiology at Bar-Ilan University, Israel, and a public health doctor specialised in infectious disease and vaccine epidemiology. His expertise and interests include vaccine epidemiology and policy, health inequalities, and the role of digital tools in improving public health. He runs a research programme that aims to understand and address, both quantitatively and qualitatively, how diseases spread and can be prevented among different population groups in Israel and beyond.

Prof Edelstein previously served as a medical epidemiologist at the UK Health Security Agency’s Immunisation Division and as a Research Fellow at Chatham House’s Centre on Global Health Security. He has also served as a technical expert on immunisation data and equity for the World Health Organization and has responded to major public health emergencies in Africa, South-East Asia, and Europe.

He has published over 100 publications on various aspects of infectious disease control.