Ben is a Senior Statistician and Data Scientist for the Global Vaccine Data Network (GVDN), based at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia. In this role, he provides statistical and computational leadership for global vaccine safety studies, particularly Rapid Cycle Analyses (RCA), the estimation of background rates in LMICs, and maternal and neonatal safety following immunisation during pregnancy. Prior to his work in pharmacovigilance, Ben was a postdoctoral member of the COVID-19 response team at the University of Warwick, where he developed mathematical models to inform UK government decision-making during the pandemic. Ben holds a PhD in Mathematics for Real-World Systems from the University of Warwick, specialising in the mathematical modelling and management of infectious disease outbreaks. He is passionate about cross-disciplinary collaboration, novel computational solutions, and finding ways to communicate complex results to support data-driven public health decisions.