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Research Themes

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Ecology & Environmental Change

Studies of the effects of environmental change operating at all levels of biological organisation, from cells and individual organisms, to communities and populations.

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Infectious Disease Ecology

Interdisciplinary approaches to disease management, including: quantitative modelling, genetic analysis, surveillance, vaccinology, antimicrobial resistance, vector ecology and one-health.

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Physiology, Ageing & Welfare

Understanding why we age, how we age and the impact ageing has on health and wellbeing in humans and animals.

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Evolution & Diversity

Research to identify and analyse genetic and phenotypic variability underlying biodiversity at all taxonomic levels, from viruses to vertebrates.

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Host Parasite Interactions & Pathogenesis

 

Parasites are major causes of disease in humans and in animals.

This research theme explores the interactions of parasites within their mamalian hosts along with the diseases they cause.

 

 

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Comparative & Translational Health

Understanding similarities and differences between diseases that affect humans and animals.

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Educational Research & Scholarship

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