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Head of Disease Systems Team, SAC
Qualifications
- BSc Biology, University of Southampton 1989
- MSc, University of Bristol, 1993
- PhD 'The risk of transmission of bovine tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis) posed to cattle by badgers (Meles meles)'
University of Bristol, 1996
Backgound
Ecologist with a specific interest in the identification, characterisation and quantification of the key biological processes that drive disease persistence and spread in the
livestock industries.
Research areas include: the role of wildlife in the epidemiology of livestock disease; the early detection of disease using animal behaviour; the effects of host environment and farming practice on disease risk, persistence and spread; and the development and testing of disease control strategies
(e.g. paratuberculosis, gastrointestinal parasitism, e-coli O157, bovine TB).
Keywords
Disease Systems, Behavioural Ecology, Host communities, Disease dynamics, Routes of transmission, Disease Control.