Verity Hill, BA, MSc, PhD
Associate Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)DownloadHi-Res Photo
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Associate Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
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Dr Verity Hill is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases at the Yale School of Public Health. She is interested in the evolution and control of viruses of public health concern, especially those which have historically been neglected.
She applies molecular epidemiological and phylodynamic techniques to explore the spatial and temporal spread of viruses in close to real-time, and has most recently contributed to SARS-CoV-2 genomic analysis and control efforts in the UK.
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Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
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Education & Training
- PhD
- University of Edinburgh, Institute of Evolutionary Biology (2022)
- MSc
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Control of Infectious Diseases (2017)
- BA
- University of Oxford, Biological Sciences (2016)
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Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Arboviruses; Biological Evolution; Dengue Virus; Disease Outbreaks; Ebolavirus; Encephalitis Virus, Eastern Equine; Epidemiology; Genomics; Molecular Epidemiology; Phylogeny; RNA Viruses; West Nile virus
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0000-0002-3509-8146- View Lab Website
Grubaugh Lab
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Chantal Vogels, PhD
Nathan Grubaugh, PhD
Chrispin Chaguza, PhD
Bony De Kumar, PhD
David Ferguson
Scott Roberts, MD
27Publications
6,517Citations
Phylogeny
Genomics
Disease Outbreaks
Molecular Epidemiology
Dengue Virus
Encephalitis Virus, Eastern Equine
Publications
2024
Early Release - Introduction and Spread of Dengue Virus 3, Florida, USA, May 2022–April 2023 - Volume 30, Number 2—February 2024 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Jones F, Morrison A, Santiago G, Rysava K, Zimler R, Heberlein L, Kopp E, , Saunders K, Baudin S, Rico E, Mejía-Echeverri Á, Taylor-Salmon E, Hill V, Breban M, Vogels C, Grubaugh N, Paul L, Michael S, Johansson M, Adams L, Munoz-Jordan J, Paz-Bailey G, Stanek D. Early Release - Introduction and Spread of Dengue Virus 3, Florida, USA, May 2022–April 2023 - Volume 30, Number 2—February 2024 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2024, 30: 376-379. PMID: 38232709, PMCID: PMC10826764, DOI: 10.3201/eid3002.231615.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and Concepts
2023
Utility of wastewater genomic surveillance compared to clinical surveillance to track the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant across England
Brunner F, Payne A, Cairns E, Airey G, Gregory R, Pickwell N, Wilson M, Carlile M, Holmes N, Hill V, Child H, Tomlinson J, Ahmed S, Denise H, Rowe W, Frazer J, van Aerle R, Evens N, Porter J, Consortium T, Templeton K, Jeffries A, Loose M, Paterson S. Utility of wastewater genomic surveillance compared to clinical surveillance to track the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant across England. Water Research 2023, 247: 120804. PMID: 37925861, DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120804.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsVariant frequenciesAmplicon-based sequencingCommunity settingsVirus variantsEpidemiological estimatesEnglish populationGenomic surveillanceSARS-CoV-2Variant dynamicsSARS-CoV-2 pandemicOmicron variantClinical surveillanceVariantsNational levelEnglandSARS-CoV-2 Omicron variantDecision-makingPopulationIndividual testsPhylogenyReduce testingSurveillanceWastewater sitesDynamics of eastern equine encephalitis virus during the 2019 outbreak in the Northeast United States
Hill V, Koch R, Bialosuknia S, Ngo K, Zink S, Koetzner C, Maffei J, Dupuis A, Backenson P, Oliver J, Bransfield A, Misencik M, Petruff T, Shepard J, Warren J, Gill M, Baele G, Vogels C, Gallagher G, Burns P, Hentoff A, Smole S, Brown C, Osborne M, Kramer L, Armstrong P, Ciota A, Grubaugh N. Dynamics of eastern equine encephalitis virus during the 2019 outbreak in the Northeast United States. Current Biology 2023, 33: 2515-2527.e6. PMID: 37295427, PMCID: PMC10316540, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.05.047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricVariant-specific introduction and dispersal dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in New York City – from Alpha to Omicron
Dellicour S, Hong S, Hill V, Dimartino D, Marier C, Zappile P, Harkins G, Lemey P, Baele G, Duerr R, Heguy A. Variant-specific introduction and dispersal dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in New York City – from Alpha to Omicron. PLOS Pathogens 2023, 19: e1011348. PMID: 37071654, PMCID: PMC10180688, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011348.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricToward a global virus genomic surveillance network
Hill V, Githinji G, Vogels C, Bento A, Chaguza C, Carrington C, Grubaugh N. Toward a global virus genomic surveillance network. Cell Host & Microbe 2023, 31: 861-873. PMID: 36921604, PMCID: PMC9986120, DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2023.03.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricAccelerated SARS-CoV-2 intrahost evolution leading to distinct genotypes during chronic infection
Chaguza C, Hahn A, Petrone M, Zhou S, Ferguson D, Breban M, Pham K, Peña-Hernández M, Castaldi C, Hill V, Initiative Y, Billig K, Earnest R, Fauver J, Kalinch C, Kerantzas N, Koch T, De Kumar B, Landry M, Ott I, Peaper D, Tikhonova I, Vogels C, Schulz W, Swanstrom R, Roberts S, Grubaugh N. Accelerated SARS-CoV-2 intrahost evolution leading to distinct genotypes during chronic infection. Cell Reports Medicine 2023, 4: 100943. PMID: 36791724, PMCID: PMC9906997, DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.100943.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsChronic infectionEvolutionary ratesGenetic diversityIntrahost evolutionDistinct genotypesHigher viral genome copiesVirus evolutionary ratesSARS-CoV-2 evolutionUntreated chronic infectionAdvantageous mutationsNucleotide substitutionsViral genome copiesDivergent variantsInfection hypothesisVariant emergenceViral populationsInfectious virusInfectionHallmark changesGenome copiesDifferent genotypesDiversityGenotypesTemporal dynamicsEvolution
2022
Genomics-informed outbreak investigations of SARS-CoV-2 using civet
O’Toole Á, Hill V, Jackson B, Dewar R, Sahadeo N, Colquhoun R, Rooke S, McCrone J, Duggan K, McHugh M, Nicholls S, Poplawski R, Consortium T, Project C, Aanensen D, Holden M, Connor T, Loman N, Goodfellow I, Carrington C, Templeton K, Rambaut A. Genomics-informed outbreak investigations of SARS-CoV-2 using civet. PLOS Global Public Health 2022, 2: e0000704. PMID: 36962792, PMCID: PMC10021969, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000704.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsWealth of sequence dataGenomic surveillance effortsInvestigation of SARS-CoV-2Outbreak investigationPhylogenetic resultsGenomic informationSequence dataVirus diversityPublic health bodiesCivetSARS-CoV-2Distribution reportsSequenceHealth bodiesCluster discoveryDiversityPublic healthSimilarity analysisSARS-CoV-2 pandemicSurveillance effortsGlobal datasetVirusLocal surveillanceLocal outbreaksNational levelThe origins and molecular evolution of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in the UK
Hill V, Du Plessis L, Peacock T, Aggarwal D, Colquhoun R, Carabelli A, Ellaby N, Gallagher E, Groves N, Jackson B, McCrone J, O'Toole Á, Price A, Sanderson T, Scher E, Southgate J, Volz E, Barclay W, Barrett J, Chand M, Connor T, Goodfellow I, Gupta R, Harrison E, Loman N, Myers R, Robertson D, Pybus O, Rambaut A. The origins and molecular evolution of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 in the UK. Virus Evolution 2022, 8: veac080. PMID: 36533153, PMCID: PMC9752794, DOI: 10.1093/ve/veac080.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsEvolutionary ratesIncreased evolutionary rateVariant of concernNon-human animal populationsRate of evolutionLineage B.1.1.7SARS-CoV-2 lineagesSARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7Monophyletic cladeAncestral branchGenomic locationsPhylogenetic branchesMolecular evolutionMutational eventsGenomic surveillanceInfect immunocompetent hostsAlpha genomeSARS-CoV-2 variantsSARS-CoV-2Animal populationsSARS-CoV-2 variant of concernMutationsMutation profilesLineagesVariantsMaking genomic surveillance deliver: A lineage classification and nomenclature system to inform rabies elimination.
Campbell K, Gifford RJ, Singer J, Hill V, O'Toole A, Rambaut A, Hampson K, Brunker K. Making genomic surveillance deliver: A lineage classification and nomenclature system to inform rabies elimination. PLoS Pathogens 2022, 18: e1010023. PMID: 35500026, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRapid epidemic expansion of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in southern Africa.
Viana R, Moyo S, Amoako DG, Tegally H, Scheepers C, Althaus CL, Anyaneji UJ, Bester PA, Boni MF, Chand M, Choga WT, Colquhoun R, Davids M, Deforche K, Doolabh D, du Plessis L, Engelbrecht S, Everatt J, Giandhari J, Giovanetti M, Hardie D, Hill V, Hsiao NY, Iranzadeh A, Ismail A, Joseph C, Joseph R, Koopile L, Kosakovsky Pond SL, Kraemer MUG, Kuate-Lere L, Laguda-Akingba O, Lesetedi-Mafoko O, Lessells RJ, Lockman S, Lucaci AG, Maharaj A, Mahlangu B, Maponga T, Mahlakwane K, Makatini Z, Marais G, Maruapula D, Masupu K, Matshaba M, Mayaphi S, Mbhele N, Mbulawa MB, Mendes A, Mlisana K, Mnguni A, Mohale T, Moir M, Moruisi K, Mosepele M, Motsatsi G, Motswaledi MS, Mphoyakgosi T, Msomi N, Mwangi PN, Naidoo Y, Ntuli N, Nyaga M, Olubayo L, Pillay S, Radibe B, Ramphal Y, Ramphal U, San JE, Scott L, Shapiro R, Singh L, Smith-Lawrence P, Stevens W, Strydom A, Subramoney K, Tebeila N, Tshiabuila D, Tsui J, van Wyk S, Weaver S, Wibmer CK, Wilkinson E, Wolter N, Zarebski AE, Zuze B, Goedhals D, Preiser W, Treurnicht F, Venter M, Williamson C, Pybus OG, Bhiman J, Glass A, Martin DP, Rambaut A, Gaseitsiwe S, von Gottberg A, de Oliveira T. Rapid epidemic expansion of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in southern Africa. Nature 2022, 603: 679-686. PMID: 35042229, PMCID: PMC8942855, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04411-y.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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