Group members
Anna Meredith - PhD student [Head of Exotic Animal Service, R(D)SVS], DEFRA funded
PhD title: Evaluating the potential of carnivores as sentinels for emerging infectious diseases in the UK. To evaluate as a proof of principle the concept that carnivore and scavenger species have the potential to act as valuable sentinels for new and emerging diseases in the United Kingdom, by detailed investigation of the prevalence of selected known pathogens in prey and carnivore/scavenger species using case-specific field studies in identified sites in Northern England and Scotland, and an evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of the approach for the detection of new and emerging diseases, which will be conducted after the fieldwork has been completed.
Old members
Completed PhD :
• BBSRC funded, R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh – Paul Bessell “The spatial epidemiology of Foot and Mouth Disease in Great Britain”. Awarded December 2008.
• Medical Statistics, University of Edinburgh – Kate Snedeker “Analysing Escherichia coli O157 outbreaks in Scotland, Canada and the United States of America”. Awarded April 2008.
Completed MSc (co-supervisor) :
• University of Wales, Aberystwyth – Claire Wylie “Can the geographical distribution of cases of equine grass sickness be explained by the distribution of various soil factors?”. Awarded 2008.
• R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh – Kim Lee Tan “Patterns of sizes of outbreaks of human infection caused by Campylobacter, Escherichia coli 0157 and Salmonella in England and Wales”. Awarded 2000.