Rebecca Sinclair is a Senior Epidemiologist with a Master's in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and 12 years of experience in disease surveillance and health policy. She has worked with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and Public Health England on pandemic preparedness and vaccination uptake modelling. She currently consults on health inequality data and writes to make epidemiological evidence accessible to the general public.
Rebecca Sinclair earned her undergraduate degree in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Glasgow before completing a Master's in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where she specialised in infectious disease epidemiology and biostatistics. Over 12 years, she has held analytical and advisory roles at Public Health England and its successor body, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), contributing to national surveillance programmes for COVID-19, influenza, measles, and antimicrobial-resistant infections. Rebecca's expertise includes interpreting R-values, confidence intervals, incidence versus prevalence data, and the design of population-level screening programmes. She has been closely involved in wastewater monitoring projects and the modelling of vaccination herd immunity thresholds for different pathogens. Her work extends to health inequalities, where she has published research on how deprivation indices correlate with vaccination hesitancy and maternal mortality disparities across ethnic groups. Rebecca is passionate about combating misinformation by teaching the public how to read health statistics critically and understand what clinical evidence actually shows. She writes for patients, journalists, and policymakers who need clear explanations of complex epidemiological concepts without sacrificing scientific accuracy. Her articles frequently address the gap between population-level data and individual health decisions.