James McCaw
{{Short description|Australian mathematical biologist}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = James M. McCaw
| workplaces = University of Melbourne
| fields = Mathematical epidmiology
| alma_mater = University of Melbourne
| website = {{URL|https://sites.google.com/site/jamesmccaw}}
}}
James M. McCaw is an Australian mathematical biologist. He is professor of Mathematical Biology in the School of Mathematics and Statistics{{cite web |title=James McCaw's profile |url=https://ms.unimelb.edu.au/people/profile?id=1735 |website=School of Mathematics and Statistics | date=23 June 2017 |publisher=University of Melbourne |access-date=2021-05-23}} and in the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health at the University of Melbourne. He was Associate Dean (of Research) in Science from 2020--2021.{{cite web |title=Research profile |url=https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/4554-james-mccaw |website=Find an Expert |publisher=University of Melbourne |access-date=2021-05-23}}
He is primarily known for his work in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in which he assisted in informing Australia's public health response. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic he had carried out award winning research on infectious diseases, notably influenza{{cite web |title=Australia's disease forecasting system wins National Innovation Awards |url=https://opengovasia.com/australias-disease-forecasting-system-wins-national-innovation-awards/ |website=OpenGov |date=18 May 2018 |publisher=OpenGovAsia |access-date=2021-05-23}} and malaria.{{cite web |title=Tilley et al, WINNER 2016 Eureka Prize for Infectious Diseases Research |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-Nb0Rc3LIk |website=YouTube |publisher=YouTube |access-date=2021-05-23}} He is on the editorial board for several scholarly journals including eLife,{{cite web |title=eLife - Editorial Board|url=https://elifesciences.org/about/people/epidemiology-global-health|website=eLife |access-date=2024-06-21}} Epidemics{{cite web |title=Epidemics - Editorial Board |url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/epidemics/editorial-board |website=Epidemics |publisher=Elsevier |access-date=2021-05-23}} and PLoS Computational Biology{{cite web|title=PLoS Computational Biology - Editorial Board|url=https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/static/editorial-board?ae_name=James+M+McCaw|website=PLoS Computational Biology|access-date=2021-06-21}}
Education
McCaw obtained his B.Sc. and PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Melbourne{{Citation|author1=McCaw|first=James M.|title=Quantum chaos: Spectral analysis of Floquet operators|year=2005 |arxiv=math-ph/0503032 |bibcode=2005PhDT.......249M |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/178421715|publication-date=2004|access-date=24 May 2021}} where he served as President of the Postgraduate Physics Students Society.
Awards and honours
- 2024 Australian Research Council Australian Laureate Fellowship{{Cite web |title=2024 Laureate Profile: Professor James McCaw |url=https://www.arc.gov.au/2024-laureate-profile-professor-james-mccaw |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=Australian Research Council}}
- 2016 Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Infectious Diseases Research{{Cite web |title=Australian Museum Eureka Prizes |url=http://australianmuseum.net.au/eureka |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2024-06-03}}
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