to provide information to local decision-makers. Research Hay investigates spatial and temporal aspects of infectious disease epidemiology to support the more rational implementation of disease control and intervention strategies. Honours and awards Hay was awarded the Scientific Medal of the Zoological Society of London (2008), the Back Award of the Royal Geographical Society (2012), for research contributing to public health policy, the Bailey K. Ashford Medal of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2013) and the Chalmers Medal of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2015), both for exceptional contributions to tropical medicine. References Living people British zoologists British epidemiologists Alumni of Green College, Oxford Academics of the University of Oxford University of Washington faculty Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Fellows of the Linnean Society of London Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences (United Kingdom) 1971 births Presidents of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene