Comparative epidemiology

The sustained growth of the Comparative Epidemiology group since 2001 has been built largely on a series of programme grants from the Wellcome Trust (International Partnership Research Award in Veterinary Epidemiology), DEFRA (Veterinary Training Research Initiative) and the Scottish Executive Rural Directorate (Centres of Excellence) totalling over £7.5 million and supplemented by substantial fellowship and grant funding from the Wellcome Trust and DEFRA . This has led to the consolidation of quantitative science as an area of internationally recognised standing. Maintaining links with the University of Strathclyde as well as strong collaborations with the Division of Environmental & Evolutionary Biology at the Institute of Biological and Life Sciences, Health Protection Scotland, the Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Scottish Agricultural Colleges and with leading international groups at the Universities of Edinburgh, Guelph, Oslo, Oxford, Sussex, Swansea, Sydney and Copenhagen the group applies classical epidemiological techniques together with advanced modelling approaches (MCMC, geo-spatial, social network) to the biology and ecology of animal disease, host-parasite interaction, population dynamics and public health. The group has focused on E coli O157, Scrapie, bovine TB and FMD.

Staff:

• Cattadori, Dr Isabella (Research Fellow)
• Houston, Dr Fiona (Senior Research Fellow)
• Innocent, Dr Giles (Postdoctoral Research Assistant)
• Kao, Dr Rowland (Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow)
• Matthews, Dr Louise (Research Fellow)
• Mellor, Prof Dominic (Professor of Epidemiology and Veterinary Public Health)
• Reid, Prof Stuart (Dean)