John Huddleston, PhD

Within the Bedford Lab, work includes independent research, software development, and educational outreach and mentorship. Research focus involves the evolution of seasonal influenza viruses, development of computational models to predict the composition of future influenza populations, and contribution of reports to the World Health Organization’s vaccine composition meetings. Also a core developer of Nextstrain’s real-time pathogen surveillance tools including the Augur bioinformatics toolkit and the SARS-CoV-2 genomic epidemiology workflow. This work builds on previous professional roles as a bioinformatics specialist and software developer and previous educational experiences including a master’s degrees in computer science and biology.