My favourite line “Code should be well commented to help collaborators and the coder’s future self”. Future me never knows what past me was thinking without good commenting

6. I also took some inadvertent pilgrimages: NB this isn’t the Epi model Bernoulli (Daniel) but his uncle (Jacob) who discovered e (faux pas with the Archimedean not logarithmic spiral on this plaque!). Didn’t get a photo but ran into the John Snow memorial pump in London the other day too!

Hi #EpiSky I’m a mathematical modeller interested in vector-borne 🦟 and neglected tropical diseases. I’m based at U of Warwick in 🇬🇧 leading a team of researchers supporting national programmes to eliminate African sleeping sickness

5. I’ve had some amazing food. My favourites have included scallops, langoustines and red shrimp. I’m still not convinced about a cuboid as a plate…

4. I added Cameroon 🇨🇲 to my list of visited countries. In Yaoundé my team delivered not one but two epidemiology modelling workshops!

3. Out of my 8 trips this year I’d have usually have done by ✈️ I did 5 of these by 🚂 (Côte d’Ivoire 🇨🇮, Cameroon 🇨🇲 and the US 🇺🇸 weren’t avoidable, but France 🇫🇷 (x2), Italy 🇮🇹 (via Switzerland 🇨🇭), Belgium 🇧🇪, and Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 were)

2. I learnt how to make gnocchi in Italy