Tiziana Lembo

Academic History

• 2010-present: Research associate, BBSRC/CIDLID programme, Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, University of Glasgow
• 2008-2010: Wellcome Trust VIP fellow, Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, University of Glasgow, and scientific and veterinary advisor for the Serengeti Health Project, Davee Center for Epidemiology and Endocrinology, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago
• 2007-2008: BBSRC Wain fellow, Faculty of Biological and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow
• 2007: PhD, Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh.
• 2002: MSc International Animal Health, Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh
• 2000: DVM, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan

Research Projects

• Towards the strategic control of endemic foot-and-mouth disease in Africa: new techniques for a neglected problem (PDRA, BBSRC/CIDLID programme)
• Bovine tuberculosis in Tanzania: genetic factors affecting disease patterns in multiple hosts (Wain International Travel Fellowship, BBSRC)
• An investigation of disease reservoirs in complex ecosystems: rabies and canine distemper in the Serengeti (PhD, University of Edinburgh)
• Investigation of the role of Ixodes ticks as potential vectors of Ehrlichia Ondiri, the agent of Bovine Petechial Fever (MSc project, University of Edinburgh)
• Epidemiological patterns of Canine Leishmaniasis in Western Liguria and evaluation of risk factors (Honours project, University of Milan)

Fellowships, Scholarships, Grants & Awards

• 2011-2016: Swiss Foundation, Building public health models: rabies prevention (co-applicant)
• 2010-2014: Medical Research Council, Understanding how a complex intervention works: designing large-scale vaccination programs (co-applicant)
• 2009-2013: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Canine rabies elimination demonstration project in Tanzania (co-applicant)
• 2009-2012: Swiss Foundation, Development and implementation of an effective surveillance system for rabies in Southern Tanzania using innovative technologies (co-investigator)
• 2009-2010: Google Foundation, Establishing methodologies for surveillance of zoonotic and emerging diseases in Tanzania: a pilot program in the Serengeti Ecosystem (co-applicant)
• 2008–2009: Davee Center for Epidemiology and Endocrinology, Lincoln Park Zoo (co-applicant)
• 2008: Wellcome Trust ‘Value in People’ Award (principal investigator)
• 2007: Wain International Travel Fellowship, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (principal investigator)
• 2005: Small Project Grant, The University of Edinburgh Development Trust (principal investigator)
• 2002: Birrel-Gray Travelling Scolarship, University of Edinburgh (principal investigator)
• 2002: School of Veterinary Studies Postgraduate Scholarship, University of Edinburgh (principal investigator)

Publications

For a complete list of my Publications, please click on this link. - published via the University of Glasgow.

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