Dr Shaun Keegan

  • Research Assistant (Infectious Disease Ecology)

email: Shaun.Keegan@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns: He/him/his

R362, Wolfson Link Building, IBAHCM, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8302-4408

Biography

2019 - Present: Postdoctoral Research Assistant (w/ Prof Louise Matthews), University of Glasgow

2015 - 2019: PhD Student (w/Prof Andy Fenton, Dr Amy Pedersen), University of Liverpool

2012 - 2015: BSc (Hons) Zoology, University of Glasgow

Research interests

Antimicrobial Resistance

African Animal Trypanosomiasis (AAT) is a disease primarily caused by T. congolense and T. vivax. In the last 50 years, there have only been 2 drugs availible to treat the parasites, and resistance has been growing. Treatment is also often given prophylactically, to provide protection to cattle in AAT endemic areas of Tanzania. I am interested in modelling the emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in AAT in Tanzania with the aim to be able to identify key risk factors for AMR emergence.

This work is undertaken as part of the Combatting African Animal Trypanosomiasis (COMBAAT) group.

Publications

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Supervision

2020-2021

Rachael Clark, BSc (hons) Veterinary Bioscience, with Prof Louise Matthews

Simplified models as a robust tool for incorporating wildlife reservoirs in African Animal Trypanosomiasis modelling

 

Teaching

 

2021-2022

 

BIOL5123 Infectious Disease Ecology and the Dynamics of Emerging Disease

 

2020-2021

BIOL5123 Infectious Disease Ecology and the Dynamics of Emerging Disease

Professional activities & recognition

Professional & learned societies

  • 2014: Early Career Representative, Quantitative Ecology SIG, British Ecological Society
  • 2015: , British Society for Parasitology