Hannah PymontPublic Health England | HPA · Public Health Laboratory Bristol
Hannah Pymont
MSc Clinical Science (Infection Sciences)
About
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Citations
Citations since 2017
Introduction
Trainee Clinical Scientist (STP) Microbiology 2018-2021. Working within Public Health England (National Infection Service). Currently involved in COVID-19 Pandemic Response and member of the COG-UK Consortium.
Graduated from University of Bristol with MSc Biomedical Sciences Research (Distinction).
Additional affiliations
September 2018 - present
Position
- Researcher
Description
- Sample logistics and metadata coordinator for COG-UK project at Bristol Public Health Laboratory. Assisting in investigations of local outbreaks and validation of in house and commercial assays for SARS-CoV-2.
April 2015 - September 2015
Position
- Master's Student
Description
- Investigating antimicrobial resistance in gonococci.
September 2014 - September 2015
Education
September 2018 - July 2021
September 2014 - September 2015
September 2006 - July 2007
Publications
Publications (2)
There is widespread interest in the capacity for SARS-CoV-2 evolution in the face of selective pressures from host immunity, either naturally acquired post-exposure or from vaccine acquired immunity. Allied to this is the potential for long perm persistent infections within immune compromised individuals to allow a broader range of viral evolution...
Global dispersal and increasing frequency of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein variant D614G are suggestive of a selective advantage but may also be due to a random founder effect. We investigate the hypothesis for positive selection of spike D614G in the United Kingdom using more than 25,000 whole genome SARS-CoV-2 sequences. Despite the availability o...
