# Julia Gog

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'''Julia Rose Gog''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|OBE}} is a British mathematician and professor of [mathematical biology](/source/mathematical_biology) in the [faculty of mathematics](/source/Faculty_of_Mathematics%2C_University_of_Cambridge) at the [University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge).<ref name=epmc>{{EuropePMC}}</ref><ref name=dampt>{{cite web|title=Dr Julia Gog|url=https://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/people/j.r.gog/|website=damtp.cam.ac.uk|publisher=University of Cambridge|access-date=21 April 2017}}</ref> She is also a David N. Moore [fellow](/source/fellow), director of studies in [mathematics](/source/Mathematical_Tripos) at [Queens' College, Cambridge](/source/Queens'_College%2C_Cambridge)<ref name="queens">{{cite web|title=Dr Julia Gog|url=http://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/dr-julia-gog|publisher=Queens' College Cambridge|access-date=21 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422123221/http://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/dr-julia-gog|archive-date=22 April 2017|website=queens.cam.ac.uk}}</ref> and a member of both the Cambridge immunology network and the infectious diseases interdisciplinary research centre.<ref name=immun>{{cite web|title=Dr Julia Gog|url=https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/Networkdirectory/gog|website=immunology.cam.ac.uk|date=19 October 2012|department=Cambridge Immunology Network|publisher=University of Cambridge|access-date=21 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="infect">{{cite web|title=Dr Julia Gog|url=https://www.infectiousdisease.cam.ac.uk/directory/jrg20@cam.ac.uk|website=infectiousdisease.cam.ac.uk|date=10 May 2011|department=Cambridge Infectious Diseases Interdisciplinary Research Centre|publisher=University of Cambridge|access-date=21 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Women of mathematics: Julia Gog|url=https://plus.maths.org/content/womem-mathematics-julia-gog|first= Marianne|last=Solong|year=2017 |publisher=[Plus Magazine](/source/Plus_Magazine)|access-date=21 April 2017|website=plus.maths.org}}</ref>

==Education==
Gog read mathematics in [Trinity College, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Cambridge) where she was awarded a Master of Arts degree in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2000-01/weekly/5846/29.html|title=Congregation of the Regent House on 12 May 2001|work=Cambridge University Reporter|date=16 May 2001|access-date=2024-05-17}}</ref> She became a research fellow in [Queens' College, Cambridge](/source/Queens'_College%2C_Cambridge),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2001-02/weekly/5873/28.html|title=Queen's College|work=Cambridge University Reporter|date=6 February 2002|access-date=2024-05-17}}</ref> and completed a PhD in 2003.<ref name=PhD-619522>{{cite thesis|degree=PhD|publisher=University of Cambridge|url=https://idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk/permalink/f/t9gok8/44CAM_ALMA21432574630003606|title=The dynamics of multiple strains of an infectious disease|first= Julia Rose|last=Gog|date=2003|id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.619522}}|website=lib.cam.ac.uk|oclc=894594329}}</ref>

==Career and research==
Gog is a specialist in [mathematical and theoretical biology](/source/mathematical_and_theoretical_biology)<ref name=gs>{{Google scholar id}}</ref><ref name=dblp>{{DBLP}}</ref><ref name=scopus>{{Scopus id}}</ref> and the study of [infectious disease](/source/infectious_disease)s,<ref name="FergusonGog2014">{{cite journal|last1=Ferguson|first1=Neil M.|author-link1=Neil Ferguson (epidemiologist)|last2=Gog|first2=Julia R.|last3=Ballesteros|first3=Sébastien|last4=Viboud|first4=Cécile|last5=Simonsen|first5=Lone|last6=Bjornstad|first6=Ottar N.|author6-link=Ottar Nordal Bjørnstad|last7=Shaman|first7=Jeffrey|last8=Chao|first8=Dennis L.|last9=Khan|first9=Farid|last10=Grenfell|first10=Bryan T.|title=Spatial Transmission of 2009 Pandemic Influenza in the US|journal=[PLOS Computational Biology](/source/PLOS_Computational_Biology)|volume=10|issue=6|year=2014|article-number=e1003635|issn=1553-7358|doi=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003635|pmid=24921923 |pmc=4055284|bibcode=2014PLSCB..10E3635G |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name="GogWoodroffe2002">{{cite journal|last1=Gog|first1=Julia|last2=Woodroffe|first2=Rosie|last3=Swinton|first3=Jonathan|title=Disease in endangered metapopulations: the importance of alternative hosts|journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences|volume=269|issue=1492|year=2002|pages=671–676|issn=0962-8452|doi=10.1098/rspb.2001.1667|pmid=11934357|pmc=1690941}}</ref><ref name="Grenfell2004">{{cite journal|last1=Grenfell|first1=Bryan T.|author-link1=Bryan Grenfell|first2=Oliver |last2=Pybus|author-link2=Oliver Pybus|first3=Julia |last3=Gog|author-link3=Julia Gog|first4=James |last4=Wood|first5=Janet |last5=Daly|first6= Jenny|last6=Mumford|first7=Edward C.|last7=Holmes|author-link7=Edward C. Holmes|title=Unifying the Epidemiological and Evolutionary Dynamics of Pathogens|journal=[Science](/source/Science_(journal))|volume=303|issue=5656|year=2004|pages=327–332|issn=0036-8075|doi=10.1126/science.1090727|pmid= 14726583|bibcode=2004Sci...303..327G |s2cid=4017704}} {{closed access}}</ref><ref name="GogGrenfell2002">{{cite journal|last1=Gog|first1=J. R.|last2=Grenfell|first2=B. T.|title=Dynamics and selection of many-strain pathogens|journal=[Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences](/source/Proceedings_of_the_National_Academy_of_Sciences)|volume=99|issue=26|year=2002|pages=17209–17214|issn=0027-8424|doi=10.1073/pnas.252512799|pmid= 12481034 |pmc=139294|bibcode=2002PNAS...9917209G |doi-access=free}}</ref> particularly [influenza](/source/influenza)<ref name="SimonsenViboud2007">{{cite journal|last1=Simonsen|first1=L.|last2=Viboud|first2=C.|last3=Grenfell|first3=B. T.|last4=Dushoff|first4=J.|last5=Jennings|first5=L.|last6=Smit|first6=M.|last7=Macken|first7=C.|last8=Hata|first8=M.|last9=Gog|first9=J.|last10=Miller|first10=M. A.|last11=Holmes|first11=E. C.|title=The Genesis and Spread of Reassortment Human Influenza A/H3N2 Viruses Conferring Adamantane Resistance|journal=[Molecular Biology and Evolution](/source/Molecular_Biology_and_Evolution)|volume=24|issue=8|year=2007|pages=1811–1820|issn=0737-4038|doi=10.1093/molbev/msm103|pmid= 17522084|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name="GogAfonso2007">{{cite journal|last1=Gog|first1=Julia R.|last2=Afonso|first2=Emmanuel Dos Santos|last3=Dalton|first3=Rosa M.|last4=Leclercq|first4=India|last5=Tiley|first5=Laurence|last6=Elton|first6=Debra|last7=von Kirchbach|first7=Johann C.|last8=Naffakh|first8=Nadia|last9=Escriou|first9=Nicolas|last10=Digard|first10=Paul|title=Codon conservation in the influenza A virus genome defines RNA packaging signals|journal=[Nucleic Acids Research](/source/Nucleic_Acids_Research)|volume=35|issue=6|year=2007|pages=1897–1907|issn=0305-1048|doi=10.1093/nar/gkm087|pmid= 17332012 |pmc=1874621}}</ref><ref name=kirchbach>{{cite journal|last1=Hutchinson|first1=E. C.|last2=von Kirchbach|first2=J. C.|last3=Gog|first3=J. R.|last4=Digard|first4=P.|title=Genome packaging in influenza A virus|journal=[Journal of General Virology](/source/Journal_of_General_Virology)|volume=91|issue=2|year=2009|pages=313–328|issn=0022-1317|doi=10.1099/vir.0.017608-0|pmid= 19955561|doi-access=free|hdl=20.500.11820/529613a5-c4cd-4bb3-b217-f25d70808299|hdl-access=free}}</ref><ref name="PekoszWise2012">{{cite journal|last1=Pekosz|first1=Andrew|last2=Wise|first2=Helen M.|last3=Hutchinson|first3=Edward C.|last4=Jagger|first4=Brett W.|last5=Stuart|first5=Amanda D.|last6=Kang|first6=Zi H.|last7=Robb|first7=Nicole|last8=Schwartzman|first8=Louis M.|last9=Kash|first9=John C.|last10=Fodor|first10=Ervin|last11=Firth|first11=Andrew E.|last12=Gog|first12=Julia R.|last13=Taubenberger|first13=Jeffery K.|last14=Digard|first14=Paul|title=Identification of a Novel Splice Variant Form of the Influenza A Virus M2 Ion Channel with an Antigenically Distinct Ectodomain|journal=[PLOS Pathogens](/source/PLOS_Pathogens)|volume=8|issue=11|year=2012|article-number=e1002998|issn=1553-7374|doi=10.1371/journal.ppat.1002998|pmid=23133386 |pmc=3486900 |doi-access=free }}</ref> and [coronavirus disease 2019](/source/coronavirus_disease_2019).<ref name="Gog2020">{{cite journal|last1=Gog|first1=Julia R.|title=How you can help with COVID-19 modelling|journal=[Nature Reviews Physics](/source/Nature_Reviews_Physics)|volume=2|issue=6|year=2020|pages=274–275|issn=2522-5820|doi=10.1038/s42254-020-0175-7|pmid=34172979|pmc=7144181|bibcode=2020NatRP...2..274G |doi-access=free}}</ref> In 2020, she served on the [Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies](/source/Scientific_Advisory_Group_for_Emergencies) (SAGE) advising the [government of the United Kingdom](/source/government_of_the_United_Kingdom) on its response to the [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic).<ref name=gov>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/scientific-advisory-group-for-emergencies-sage-coronavirus-covid-19-response-membership/list-of-participants-of-sage-and-related-sub-groups|website=gov.uk|title=List of participants of SAGE and related sub-groups|author=Anon|year=2020|location=London}}</ref>

Gog's paper ''The influenza virus: it's all in the packaging'' was included in the book ''50 Visions of Mathematics'',<ref name="visions">{{cite book|last1=Gog|first1=Julia|author-link1=Julia Gog|editor1-last=Parc|editor1-first=Sam|title=50 Visions of Mathematics|date=2014|publisher=[Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press)|isbn=978-0-19-870181-1|pages=72–74|url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/50-visions-of-mathematics-9780198701811|access-date=21 April 2017|chapter=The influenza virus: it's all in the packaging}}</ref> published to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the [Institute of Mathematics and its Applications](/source/Institute_of_Mathematics_and_its_Applications) (IMA), a book "designed to showcase the beauty of mathematics ... without frying your brain".

Her research has been funded by the [Medical Research Council](/source/Medical_Research_Council_(United_Kingdom)) (MRC), [Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council](/source/Biotechnology_and_Biological_Sciences_Research_Council) (BBSRC) and [Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council](/source/Engineering_and_Physical_Sciences_Research_Council) (EPSRC).<ref name=grants>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200826123435/https://gtr.ukri.org/person/F3AFF818-62A2-41F9-A457-8164DFAFE5A4|location=Swindon|publisher=[UK Research and Innovation](/source/UK_Research_and_Innovation)|website=ukri.org|title=UK government grants awarded to Julia Rose Gog|archive-date=26 August 2020|url=https://gtr.ukri.org/person/F3AFF818-62A2-41F9-A457-8164DFAFE5A4|author=Anon|year=2020}}</ref>

===Awards and honours===
In 2015 Gog was awarded Pilkington Prize for excellence in teaching by the University of Cambridge,<ref>{{cite web|title=Prize Winners|author=Anon|year=2017|url=http://www.cctl.cam.ac.uk/recognising-excellent-teaching/pilkington-prize/prize-winners|website=cctl.cam.ac.uk|department=Cambridge Centre for Teaching and Learning|publisher=University of Cambridge|access-date=21 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513091353/http://www.cctl.cam.ac.uk/recognising-excellent-teaching/pilkington-prize/prize-winners|archive-date=13 May 2017}}</ref> and in 2016 she was involved in the National Young Mathematicians' Awards, a project in which 490 schools competed.<ref name="ealing">{{cite news|last1=Joshi|first1=Amita|title=North Ealing Primary School whizz kids become finalists in National Mathematician's Award|url=https://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/north-ealing-primary-school-whizz-10694016|access-date=21 April 2017|website=mylondon.news|date=7 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="york">{{cite news|title=York youngsters beat 490 other school teams to become national maths champions|url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/14145397.York_youngsters_beat_490_other_school_teams_to_become_national_maths_champions/|access-date=21 April 2017|website=yorkpress.co.uk|publisher=[The Press](/source/The_Press_(York))|date=2015|first=Haydn |last=Lewis}}</ref> She was awarded the [Whitehead Prize](/source/Whitehead_Prize) in 2017 by the [London Mathematical Society](/source/London_Mathematical_Society),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aperiodical.com/2017/07/2017-lms-prize-winners-announced/|year=2017|title= LMS prize winners announced|website=aperiodical.com|access-date=17 July 2017|first=Christian |last=Lawson-Perfect|publisher=The Aperiodical}}</ref> and the [Rosalind Franklin](/source/Rosalind_Franklin) prize by the [Royal Society](/source/Royal_Society) in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/awards/rosalind-franklin-award/|title=Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award and Lecture |publisher=[Royal Society](/source/Royal_Society)|location=London|year=2020|author=Anon|website=royalsociety.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805021128/https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/awards/rosalind-franklin-award/|archive-date=5 August 2020}}</ref>

Gog was awarded a [Royal Society University Research Fellowship](/source/Royal_Society_University_Research_Fellowship) (URF) which she held from 2004 to 2012.<ref name=queens/>

In 2017, Gog was one of 13 mathematicians featured in the touring photographic exhibition ''Women of Mathematics''. It showed photographs by Noel Tovia Matoff and extracts from interviews with the women.<ref name="about">{{cite web|title=About Women in Maths|url=https://womeninmath.net/project/|website=womeninmath.net|access-date=21 April 2017|author=Anon|year=2017}}</ref><ref name="plus">{{cite web|title=Women of mathematics|url=https://plus.maths.org/content/women|website=plus.maths.org|publisher=[Plus Magazine](/source/Plus_Magazine)|access-date=21 April 2017|author=Anon|year=2017}}</ref>

In 2020, Gog won the [Rosalind Franklin Award](/source/Rosalind_Franklin_Award). She was appointed [Officer of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (OBE) in the [2020 Birthday Honours](/source/2020_Birthday_Honours) for services to academia and the COVID-19 response.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63142|supp=y|page=B67|date=10 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Cambridge Independent|url=https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/queen-s-birthday-honours-and-covid-honours-all-the-cambridgeshire-recipients-9126013/|title=Queen's Birthday Honours and Covid honours 2020: All the Cambridgeshire recipients including Sam Davies, Julia Gog and Chris Jenkin|first=Paul|last=Brackley|date=9 October 2020}}</ref>

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