Harriet Auty Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
My interests are in veterinary epidemiology and ecology of infectious diseases, especially pathogens transmitted between livestock, wildlife and people. Currently I am working on the ecology of trypanosomiasis and surveillance approaches for other zoonotic diseases around Serengeti, Tanzania |
Paul Bessell |
I am researching patterns of human campylobacter cases in Scotland. Particular areas of interest are environmental risk factors for infection and spatio-temporal trends in infection. |
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Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
I have broad interests in population ecology and genetics but my research focuses on the ecology and evolution of infectious diseases in wild animal populations, applications of phylogenetics, use of pathogen genetic markers, molecular ecology and demography of wildlife populations |
| Lisa Boden
Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
The epidemiological and economic feasibility of using a live test for scrapie in the field at the within-flock and national flock level. |
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Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
The comparative epidemiology of fox pathogen communities in the UK. Wildlife epidemiological modelling and quantitative analysis as well as primary data collection. |
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Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health, and Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
I am interested in mathematical modelling of infectious diseases. My research focuses on transmission of Streptococcus agalactiae in networks of humans and animals. |
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Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
I am a veterinary epidemiologist with wide ranging interests in emerging and zoonotic disease, ecology and conservation ecology, and ecosystem health. I am particularly interested in the control of rabies in developing countries. Much of my work is based in Kenya and Tanzania. |
| I have broad interests in the mathematics of biological interactions, particularly host-parasitoid interactions, the evolution of developmental timing, and modelling dynamics of rapid evolutionary processes such as antigenic variation in trypanosomes and mutation leading to myotonic dystrophy. |
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School of Life Sciences, CMVLS |
I am a disease ecologist with interests in combining empirical data with theoretical models to explore multi-host pathogen dynamics and persistence. I am broadly interested in zoonoses, emerging diseases, public health, animal behavior and movement, and interspecific interactions in general. Most of my research has been in Kenya and Tanzania. |
| My main research interests are in the application of computationally intensive statistical techniques to complex biological problems, particularly using techniques such as Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC). I am also interested in ways of using statistical methods, decision support tools and economic modelling to inform decisions on farms and help improve productivity and welfare of production animals. |
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Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
Specifically interested in the social, cognitive, and emotional precursors of behavior change in individuals and populations in response to infectious diseases and communication about risk; and the effective integration of this sophisticated behavioral information into computational epidemiological models. |
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Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
My research interests include entomology and public health, and particularly the mosquitoes that transmit malaria. I have previously been involved in studies of malaria vector ecology and behaviour in Iran. I am currently investigating the impact of mosquito nutrition on the fitness of African Anopheline vectors and their ability to transmit malaria parasites. |
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Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
My interests lie in combining laboratory, field and theoretical investigations to identify the evolutionary and ecological factors that stabilize parasite life cycles; and applying this knowledge to highlight weak points in transmission that could be exploited by new and/or existing control strategies. |
| I work on mathematical models of antigenic variation in trypanosome infections. I am interested in the underlying genetic architecture of the VSG archive, together with the temporal dynamics of antigenic diversity over the course of an infection. |
Jo Halliday Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
I am interested in the epidemiology of zoonotic pathogens. Most of my previous work has been based in Kenya, looking at the surveillance of influenza A, Leptospira spp and a range of other rodent-borne zoonoses in an urban slum setting. I am currently working on a project in Tanzania, examining the impact and ecology of bacterial zoonoses that cause fever (including Leptospira, Brucella and Coxiella spp.). |
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Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
My research focuses on the ecology of infectious diseases, particularly rabies, with the aim understanding infection dynamics across spatial scales and the impacts of control efforts. I use a combination of detailed field investigations, vaccination interventions and modeling. |
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Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
My work explores dispersal patterns in Mountain hares and investigates how
differing harvesting regimes affect population dynamics in this species. |
Will Harvey Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health, and Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
My research interests focus on exploring the genetic basis of antigenic cross-reactivity in Influenza A viruses through modelling. The aim is to further develop methods for predicting antigenic difference. |
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Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
My research interests focus on modelling a wide diversity of epidemiological, ecological, and population genetic processes. |
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Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
My interests include relating physiological mechanisms to life-history theory. I conduct research on a wild population of blue tits, Cyanistes caeruleus to investigate the role of reproductive physiology, environmental variables and parental quality in avian sex-ratio adjustment. |
| I work on mathematical models of the genetic instabilities associated with the age of onset of myotonic dystrophy |
| My interests include mathematical modelling of the ecology of plants using spatial point processes, plankton population dynamics, and in general mathematical biology and physiology. |
| I am interested in the role of the immune system in the pathogenesis of
infectious diseases of livestock, especially prion diseases such as
scrapie and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). |
| Bovine immunogenetics in relation to immunity to disease, metabolic function and production characteristics. Evolution of drug resistance among parasites and management strategies to delay loss of efficacy of products in the field. |
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Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
My research relates to the role of demography in the
spread and persistence of livestock diseases, such as foot-and-mouth
disease, bovine tuberculosis, scrapie, BSE and avian influenza in
poultry. The development of theoretical models of
disease transmission on social networks and applications to the
transmission of livestock diseases using simple differential equation
models, analysis of social networks, statistics and simulations. |
Felix Lankester Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
In 2009 I moved to Tanzania to take up the post of Director of Tanzanian Programs for Lincoln Park Zoo (LPZ). My primary responsibility is the coordination of a disease surveillance and control program called the Serengeti Health Initiative (SHI) / Afya Serengeti Project that specifically focuses on infectious diseases, like rabies, that impact wildlife, livestock and public health. A recent collaboration between LPZ and the University of Glasgow has seen me begin a PhD program looking into the control of malignant catarrhal fever, a viral infectious disease that is transmitted between wildebeest and cattle.
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Tom Leinster |
I am a mathematician interested in the quantification of diversity. My background is in category theory, an abstract branch of mathematics whose main application to date has been to computer science; but there also turn out to be surprising applications to theoretical ecology. I have been using ideas from category theory to develop a new system for measuring biological diversity. |
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Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
As a veterinary epidemiologist, I have interests in a wide range of zoonotic and multi-host pathogens. I have worked mainly in Tanzania on diseases such as rabies, bovine tuberculosis, anthrax and canine distemper, developing new diagnostic and epidemiological approaches to address disease problems from the perspectives of public health, livestock development and wildlife conservation. |
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Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
I am interested in population dynamics, demography, life-history evolution, sexual selection and mate choice. At present my research focuses on linking environmental variation in resource levels to individual strategies in resource allocation, behaviour, signalling and mate choice, using a combination of theoretical modelling and experimental work. |
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Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
The study of
the genetic and ecological consequences of a particularly extreme form
of genetic change- whole genome duplication or polyploidy - particularly the consequences of gene duplication at the level of
gene families. I am interested in how such genomic
changes affect interactions between organisms, such as mate choice and
pathogen response. |
Annette MacLeod Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
My research interest is focused on the interaction between parasites, African trypanosomes, and their hosts, bridging the gap between field based population studies, genomics, and lab-based molecular biology, with a long-term view to exploiting these interactions to combat disease. |
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Interdisciplinary Centre for Research and Teaching in Science Education, CSS |
I have a background in mathematics, software development and science communication, and have a diverse range of interests, spanning the natural and social sciences. I am particularly interested in the representation, modelling and simulation of bottom-up and complex systems. For example, I am currently working on a project that aims to understand changes in human behaviour in the face of outbreaks of infectious disease with a view to establishing their epidemiological impact and incorporating these into a computer simulation of disease spread. |
| I study the dynamics of antmicrobial resistance in livestock and human populations. Particularly the possible links between the use of antibiotics and occurence of antibiotic resistance in these two different populations. |
Louise Matthews |
My interests lie in the application of quantitative tools to infectious
disease data to enhance our understanding of host-pathogen systems. Interests include: the role of individual variability, persistence of rare pathogens in
metapopulations, the epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance in
the livestock reservoir, and genetic susceptibility and selective
breeding for disease control. |
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Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
I am interested in the integration of behavioural, physiological and neurophysiological techniques to investigate animal welfare issues, primarily those related to modern poultry production. |
| Understanding the circumstances that conspire to bring people into contact with animals and/or their products in ways that alter their risk of zoonotic disease. |
| My research is broadly aimed at the understanding of the molecular
turnover and role of tandemly repeated DNA sequences in the human
genome and their relationship to inherited disease. |
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Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
I am a computational physicist interested in modelling biological problems. My focus has been on stochastic effects applied to genetic networks and protein-DNA interactions in bacterial cells. Recently I started a project on the integration of genetic and epidemiological data in the context of the foot-and-mouth virus. |
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Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
The main aims of this research are to determine risk factors and characteristics for potential AI outbreaks occurring in Scotland; and examine approaches to surveillance as an early-warning for potential outbreaks and on-going surveillance as part of the control strategy should an outbreak occur. |
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Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
My current research is looking at the spatiotemporal distribution of genotypes of M. bovis in both the cattle and badger populations in Britain. By examining data recorded over the previous ten years, I hope to identify the role the two animal species and the different M. bovis genotypes play in the ongoing bovine tuberculosis epidemic. |
Anthony O'Hare Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health, and Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
I am interested in the computational techniques used in the modelling of infectious diseases at various scales. The development of theoretical models of disease transmission using stochastic differential equation models. Currently my main research is modelling the within herd dynamics of bovine tuberculosis and the spacial dynamics of infectious diseases such as Foot and Mouth. |
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Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health, and Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
I am working on modelling bovine tuberculosis and foot-and-mouth disease spread in livestock. |
| I am a veterinary epidemiologist with a particular interest in the prevention of equine fatal and non-fatal injuries. My major area of work is with racing Thoroughbreds, having worked on projects in Hong Kong, Australia and the UK. I am also interested in the use of genetics, imaging and pathology to identify "at risk" horses at the earliest possible stage of the disease/injury process. |
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Minnie Parmiter |
My research interests lie in the use of mathematical models for analysis and prediction and control of disease dynamics. I have a particular interest in malaria, as well as vector-borne, zoonotic and emerging infections in a multidisciplinary context. Additionally, I am intrigued by network and systems biology and how disease occurrence is influenced by macro-drivers such as climatic or environmental change, drug-resistance, resource availability and particularly socio-economic status. |
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Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
My research seeks to examine parasite thresholds and the use of the metapopulation paradigm in disease and population ecology using a natural system of rodent populations on the island system of Loch Lomond. |
| I am a computational biologist who uses Bayesian statistics to link data to mathematical models. Currently I am using these techniques to better understand how microbial communities assemble and function in order to apply them more effectively to engineering problems. |
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Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
I am a modeller interested applying mathematical, computational and statistical tools to underexploited biological datasets, particularly focussing on pathogens and vaccines, where large amounts of data are collected on protection for testing purposes which can be reused to investigate vaccine:immune system interaction. I am more generally interested in epidemiological systems and host-pathogen interactions, particularly how they affect our ability to predict the effects of vaccines in the real world. |
| I am SICSA funded lecturer in the Computing Science department. My research focuses on machine learning and statistical inference predominantly within the fields of computational biology and bioinformatics as well as beginning to dabble in the interesting world of multimodal interaction. |
| I am currently working on a project to determine the effect selection for nematode resistance has on MHC class II diversity in sheep. |
| My major interest is in understanding and controlling nematode
infections. Most of my research focuses on the quantitative immunogenetics of Teladorsagia circumcincta
infections of sheep. |
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Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
I am a theoretical ecologist interested in the the population dynamics and stability of populations and model communities. |
Hannah Trewby Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health, and Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
My research aims to integrate the use of phylogenetic and epidemiological information to investigate the spread of bovine tuberculosis, and other bacterial infections, in UK cattle. |
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Claire Walls |
My current research focuses on the discovery of the genetic inheritance patterns of fracture (and other common musculoskeletal diseases) in the Thoroughbred racehorse though a variety of statistical modelling techniques, employing medical histories, pedigree data and SNP data from international populations. Through this work I aim to produce scientifically-grounded advice on breeding and/or equine management for the racing community which could help reduce the incidence of catastrophic fracture. |
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Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, CMVLS |
My research is focused on measuring the genetic diversity of Foot and Mouth Disease Virus at different spatial scales - within individuals, herds, between farms, and across landscapes - and understanding how patterns of diversity at these different scales are linked. |
Pratchayapong Yasri (Kak) |
I am currently working on evolution education, and specifically on identifying different ways in which secondary school students view the relationship between science and religion. |