A multidisciplinary research institute

We are a multidisciplinary research institute that integrates expertise in animal biology and ecology with that in comparative and veterinary medicine. Unique in the UK, the range of our studies spans multiple biological levels: from research into molecules and cells, to research into individuals, human populations and ecosystems. 

Given the threats posed by rapid environmental change and our increasing human population, there has never been a more pressing need for our holistic approach. Always striving to understand the interdependence of animal and human populations, ecosystems and the environment, our research explores the consequences of this interdependence for disease pathogenesis and transmission, food security and the conservation of species and habitat.

We are driven by the need to create multidisciplinary teams to address national and global research challenges. Investigating key questions in environmental change, emerging diseases, and animal and ecosystem health requires an integration of empirical research at all biological levels with rigorous quantitative analysis, appropriate theoretical frameworks and predictive modelling.

Please see our Institute Strategy Document for further information (in pdf format) - IBAHCM Strategy (Draft - Sept10)

Recent News & Events

• Inferring the ancestry of African wild dogs that returned to the Serengeti-Mara - Planet Earth Online
• Timely ends: telomere length in early life predicts lifespan
• University of Glasgow scientists urge balance in the war on antimicrobial resistance
• Katie Hampson received the Nexxus Young Life Scientist of the Year award
• Images of Science - Glasgow Science Centre
• Professor Neil Metcalfe and Professor Pat Monaghan have been elected members of the Academia Europaea, in recognition of their international standing in the area of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology. The Academia Europaea is the European Academy of  Humanities, Letters and Science. Membership of the Academy is by invitation, following nomination and a rigorous peer review process.
• New study set to combat spread of diseases from animals to humans - Prof. Sarah Cleaveland
• Getting Rabies under Control - Prof. Sarah Cleaveland
• Shaun Killen's paper in Nature - "Animal behaviour: Fitter fish lead the pack"
• Workshop - Measuring telomeres in non model organisms
• Prestigious ERC award for Professor Pat Monaghan
• The ecology of infection: Glasgow in Tanzania - Dr Heather Ferguson
• Graham Law's paper cited in The Art and Science of Captive Animal Enrichment - National Geographic Newsletter