Centre for Epidemiology and Planetary Health (CEPH)

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Projects per year 2013 2022 2027

• 22 Active
• 41 Finished

Projects per year

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• Active

  Unravelling the mechanisms of resistance to the macrocyclic lactones in the sheep scab mite, Psoroptes ovis

  Hearn, J. (PI)

  1/09/24 → 31/08/27

  Project: Research

  • Ovis 100%
  • Psoroptes Ovis 100%
  • Psoroptes 100%
  • Sheep 100%
  • Sheep Dip 25%

• The impact of withdrawing of zinc oxide supplementation during piglet weaning on AMR, pathogens and the microbiome

  Beechener, S. (PI), Rodrigues da Costa, M. (Researcher), Hutchinson, I. (Researcher), Webster, C. (Technician) & Chalmers, G. (Consultant)

  1/03/24 → 28/02/27

  Project: Research

  • Anisotropic Magnetoresistance 100%
  • ZnO 100%
  • Zinc Oxide 100%
  • Antimicrobial Resistance 100%
  • Pig 100%

• Molecular Epidemiology Of Neoparamoeba Perurans, Causative Agent Of Amoebic Gill Disease (agd) In Farmed Salmonids

  Boerlage, A. (Supervisor) & Dagen, S. (PhD Student)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/23 → 30/09/27

  Project: PhD project

• Life In The Belly Of A Whale: Genomic And Population Genetic Approaches To Disentangle The Adaptations Of The Parasitic Liver Fluke Campula Oblonga And How It Interacts With Its Cetacean Host

  Lawton, S. (Supervisor) & Beaton, K. (PhD Student)

  SRUC internal funding

  1/10/23 → 30/09/27

  Project: PhD project

• A UK platform for the control of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea:Application of a novel disease simulation model to guide programme development & policy design

  Eze, J. (PI), Duncan, A. (CoI) & Beechener, S. (CoI)

  1/09/23 → 30/06/26

  Project: Research

  • Policy Development 100%
  • United Kingdom 100%
  • Simulation Model 100%

• UK Seafood Fund: Skills and Training Scheme

  Thomson, M. (PI), Boerlage, A. (CoI), Humphry, R. (CoI), Lawton, S. (CoI), Landeryou, T. (CoI) & Soutar, R. (CoI)

  1/03/23 → 31/03/25

  Project: Research

  • Fish Health 100%
  • Gill 72%
  • Food Chain 36%
  • Phytoplankton 36%
  • Farmed Fish 21%

• BRACE: Biosecurity and Roundworm Advice for Cattle Enterprises (BRACE)

  Lamont, K. (PI)

  1/01/23 → 15/01/26

  Project: Research

  • Biosecurity 100%
  • Nematode 100%
  • Farm Animal 33%
  • Prevalence 20%
  • Farmers' Attitudes 8%

• RESAS 22-27: SRUC-e2-2 Reimagined Policy Futures: Shaping Sustainable, Inclusive And Just Rural And Island Communities In Scotland.

  Atterton, J. (PI), Glass, J. (CoI), Tiwasing, P. (CoI), Merrell, I. (CoI), Lamont, K. (CoI), Merrell, I. (CoI) & Vuin, A. (CoI)

  Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services

  1/04/22 → 31/03/27

  Project: Research

  • Social Exclusion 100%
  • Community Resilience 66%
  • Communities 55%
  • Policy Community 33%
  • Population Dynamics 33%

• RESAS 22-27: SRUC-a2-5 Sheep And Cattle Traceability: The Impact Of Environmental And Other Factors In Scotland On Ear Tag Loss

  Ramsay, R. (CoI), Baughan, J. (CoI), Henry, M. (CoI), Laughton, H. (CoI), Beechener, S. (CoI), Beechener, S. (PI) & Lamont, K. (CoI)

  Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services

  1/04/22 → 31/03/27

  Project: Research

  • Traceability 100%
  • Ear Tags 100%
  • Bovine 100%
  • Animal Health 25%

• RESAS 22-27: Mri-a2-10 Ticks And Zoonotic Tick-borne Pathogens (tbp's) In Scotland : Evaluating Risks For Humans And Livestock

  Lawton, S. (PI) & Eze, J. (CoI)

  Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services

  1/04/22 → 31/03/27

  Project: Research

• RESAS 22-27: SRUC-a2-6 Cervids And Camelids: Understanding The Structure Of The Sectors.

  Baughan, J. (CoI), Robinson, C. (CoI), Lamont, K. (CoI), Pritchard, T. (CoI), Henry, M. (PI) & Berezowski, J. (CoI)

  Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services

  1/04/22 → 31/03/27

  Project: Research

  • Research Project 100%
  • Data Structure 100%
  • Use Case 100%
  • Deer 100%
  • Camelid 100%

• RESAS 22-27: SRUC-b6-1 Understanding The Diversity Of Stec And Its Relationship With Human Pathogenic Potential

  Tongue, S. (PI), Webster, C. (CoI), Baughan, J. (CoI), Henry, M. (CoI), Holden, N. (CoI), Denniston, J. (CoI) & Nale, J. (CoI)

  Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services

  1/04/22 → 31/03/27

  Project: Research

  • Escherichia Coli O157:H7 100%
  • Escherichia coli 66%
  • Serotype 50%
  • Bovine 41%
  • Bacteriophage 35%

• EPIC IV: Scottish Government's Centre of Expertise on Animal Disease Outbreaks, 2022 - 2025 (EPIC IV)

  Toma, L. (CoI), Tongue, S. (CoI), Eze, J. (CoI), Hutchinson, I. (CoI), Stirling, J. (CoI), Rodrigues da Costa, M. (CoI), Lawton, S. (CoI), Denniston, J. (CoI), Berezowski, J. (CoI), Barnes, A. (PI), Sparks, N. (CoI) & Soliman, T. (Researcher)

  1/04/22 → 31/03/25

  Project: Research

  • Farm Animal 100%
  • Bovine 68%
  • Animal Health 40%
  • Feeds 40%
  • Greenhouse Gas 27%

• RESAS 22-27: Unc Soils And Related Environmental Data ? Collection, Management, Application, Dissemination And Governance

  Watson, C. (PI), Sinclair, A. (CoI), Hopkins, D. (CoI), Fraser, F. (CoI) & Denniston, J. (CoI)

  Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services

  1/04/22 → 31/03/27

  Project: Research

• RESAS 22-27: SRUC-a2-2 Zoonoses And Emerging Diseases.

  Lawton, S. (PI), Whyte, F. (CoI), Khattak, F. (CoI), Baughan, J. (CoI), Tongue, S. (CoI), Boerlage, A. (CoI), Galgano, S. (CoI), Rodrigues da Costa, M. (CoI), Khalid, Z. (CoI), Denniston, J. (CoI), Athanasiadou, S. (CoI), Nale, J. (CoI) & Landeryou, T. (CoI)

  Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services

  1/04/22 → 31/03/27

  Project: Research

  • Campylobacter 100%
  • Bacteriophage 60%
  • Infectious Agent 57%
  • Antimicrobial Resistance 57%
  • Acinetobacter Baumannii 50%

• RESAS 22-27: SRUC-d2-1 Vulnerability Of Remote Coastal Communities To Water Challenges: Perception, Valuation And Coping Mechanisms.

  Maynard, C. (PI), Grist, H. (PI), Atterton, J. (CoI), Lamont, K. (CoI), Green, A. (CoI), Atterton, J. (CoI), Lamont, K. (CoI) & Grist, H. (CoI)

  Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services

  1/04/22 → 31/03/27

  Project: Research

  • Coping Mechanisms 100%
  • Coastal Region 100%
  • UK 100%
  • Community Action 100%
  • Scotland 100%

• RESAS 22-27: SRUC-a2-3 A Systems Understanding Of The Flow Of Amr From Livestock Production To The Environment And Humans: Informing Antimicrobial Stewardship And Optimal Use

  Hutchings, M. (PI), Webster, C. (CoI), Tongue, S. (CoI), Baker, E. (CoI), Henry, M. (CoI), Humphry, R. (CoI), Holden, N. (CoI), Rodrigues da Costa, M. (CoI), Smith, L. (CoI), Humphry, R. (CoI) & Lowe, A. (CoI)

  Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services

  1/04/22 → 31/03/27

  Project: Research

  • Farm Animal 100%
  • Antimicrobial Use 50%
  • Antimicrobial Resistance 50%
  • Animal Health 50%

• RESAS 22-27: SRUC-a2-4 Achieving Improvements In The Health Of Scottish Livestock Through Increased Uptake Of Biosecurity Practices: Towards A Farmer-centric Approach Based On A Socio-epidemiological Model

  Lamont, K. (PI), Davidson, R. (CoI), Baughan, J. (CoI), Henry, M. (CoI), Botero Degiovanni, H. (CoI), Humphry, R. (CoI), Rodrigues da Costa, M. (CoI) & Beechener, S. (CoI)

  Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services

  1/04/22 → 31/03/27

  Project: Research

  • Teladorsagia circumcincta 100%
  • Biosecurity 83%
  • Farm Animal 83%
  • Trichostrongylus colubriformis 83%
  • Social Network 83%

• MI BICYCLE: Mitigating climate change by circular synergies between crop and livestock farms

  Watson, C. (PI), Topp, K. (PI) & Lamont, K. (PI)

  1/03/22 → 1/03/25

  Project: Research

  • Farm Animal 100%
  • Climate Change 100%
  • Greenhouse Gas 20%
  • Livestock Production 20%
  • Europeans 20%

• FARMSTRONG SCOTLAND Foundation Survey

  Lamont, K. (PI)

  4/02/22 → 31/03/27

  Project: Research

• BETTER: Biosecurity enhanced through training, evaluation and rising awareness

  Rodrigues da Costa, M. (Researcher) & Allepuz, A. (PI)

  12/05/21 → 12/05/25

  Project: Research

  • Biosecurity 100%
  • Farm Animal 33%
  • Avian Influenza 33%
  • African Swine Fever 33%
  • Foot and Mouth Disease 33%

• Data-driven control and prioritisation of non-EU-regulated contagious animal diseases (DECIDE)

  Boerlage, A. (CoI) & Gunn, G. (PI)

  1/04/21 → 31/03/26

  Project: Research

  • Animal Health 100%
  • Decision Support System 85%
  • Veterinarian 85%
  • Decision Making 85%
  • Slaughterhouse 85%
• Finished

  Understanding protective factors in lone and isolated workers in the West Highlands and Skye

  Lamont, K. (PI) & Jessiman, L. (CoPI)

  1/09/23 → 31/01/24

  Project: Research

  • Data Collection 100%

• Further developing a zooplankton challenge model for Atlantic salmon

  Boerlage, A. (PI), Landeryou, T. (Researcher), Thompson, K. (PI), Roy, W. (PI), Pflaum, S. (PI), Rodger, H. (PI) & Modepalli, V. (PI)

  1/04/23 → 31/10/24

  Project: Research

  • Zooplankton 100%
  • Salmo Salar 50%
  • Disease 50%
  • Gelatinous Zooplankton 50%
  • Gill 50%

• UK cattle abattoir AMR survey - PATH-SAFE/VMD

  Tongue, S. (PI), Foster, G. (CoI), Webster, C. (Technician), Henry, M. (Project manager), Rodrigues da Costa, M. (Researcher), Stirling, J. (Researcher), Eze, J. (Researcher), Humphry, R. (Researcher), Nale, J. (Researcher) & Baughan, J. (Project manager)

  1/01/23 → 30/09/24

  Project: Research

  • Slaughterhouse 100%

• FEC Check

  Lamont, K. (PI)

  Moredun Research Institute

  1/11/22 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

• RDE064 Sublot 2.2 Improving Animal Health - Exploring GHG Mitigation Pathways

  Barnes, A. (PI), MacLeod, M. (CoPI) & Rodrigues da Costa, M. (Researcher)

  10/10/22 → 10/04/23

  Project: Research

  • Sheep 100%
  • Pig 75%

• An Integrated Parasite Control Framework for Ruminants

  Pearce, M. (PI), Beechener, S. (Researcher) & Fox, N. (CoI)

  1/07/22 → 30/06/23

  Project: Research

  • Parasite 100%
  • Ruminant 100%
  • Nematode 100%
  • Parasite Control 100%
  • Bovine 66%

• Rapid Evidence Assessments - Assessment of practices to reduce post-weaning diarrhoea in pigs

  Rodrigues da Costa, M. (PI), Nale, J. (CoPI), Botero Degiovanni, H. (CoPI) & Beechener, S. (CoPI)

  27/06/22 → 11/11/22

  Project: Research

  • Pig 100%
  • Post-Weaning Diarrhea 75%
  • Zinc Oxide 50%
  • Feed Additives 7%
  • Pig Production 5%

• Enhancing the efficacy and ease of application of existing endemic livestock disease vaccines via novel adjuvants and delivery systems

  Beechener, S. (PI)

  1/06/22 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • Adjuvant 100%
  • Vaccine Efficacy 100%
  • Infectious Agent 66%
  • Vaccination Policy 16%

• Management of post-weaning diarrhoea and the implications for AMR in response to the upcoming ban on zinc supplementation in pigs

  Beechener, S. (PI)

  31/05/22 → 30/05/23

  Project: Research

  • Post-Weaning Diarrhea 100%
  • Pig 100%
  • Antimicrobial Resistance 100%
  • Zinc Oxide 11%

• Developing a zooplankton infection trial for Atlantic salmon

  Boerlage, A. (PI) & Reeves, A. (CoPI)

  9/05/22 → 9/10/22

  Project: Research

  • Zooplankton 100%
  • Disease 100%
  • Gill 100%
  • Salmo Salar 50%
  • Infection 50%

• Fish Welfare Study: Net9 Offshore Aquaculture

  Boerlage, A. (PI) & Hutchinson, I. (Researcher)

  9/05/22 → 20/10/22

  Project: Research

  • Salmo salar 100%

• Japan - Shared Challenges on Depopulation across Island Communities

  Atterton, J. (PI), Lamont, K. (CoI), Gkartzios, M. (CoI) & Dilley, L. (CoI)

  7/03/22 → 31/05/22

  Project: Research

  • Japan 100%

• Provision of isolates and associated data from the existing archive of the Food Standards Scotland (FSS) and SRUC (Scotland’s Rural College) Veterinary Services abattoir-based antimicrobial resistance surveys by SRUC Inverness staff.

  Tongue, S. (PI), Webster, C. (Technician) & Foster, G. (CoI)

  7/02/22 → 30/05/22

  Project: Research

  • Antimicrobial Resistance 100%
  • Slaughterhouse 100%
  • Veterinary Clinic 100%

• Pigdemic: Farmer-centric networks to control endemic pig diseases in the UK: using pleurisy as a case study

  Rodrigues da Costa, M. (CoI), Pearce, M. (CoI), Gunn, G. (PI), Berezowski, J. (CoI), Reeves, A. (CoI) & Beechener, S. (CoI)

  1/11/21 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

  • Pig 100%
  • Case Study 100%
  • Veterinarian 50%
  • Animal Health 50%
  • Seeds 25%

• State of Crofting in Coigach & Assynt: Report about crofting in the Coigach and Assynt Landscape Partnership Area

  Lamont, K. (PI)

  1/09/21 → 30/06/22

  Project: Research

• Scottish Wildlife Trust - State Of Crofting

  Lamont, K. (PI)

  Scottish Wildlife Trust

  1/09/21 → 30/06/22

  Project: Research

• SRUC Statistical consultancy for NHS Highland 2021-2024

  Humphry, R. (PI) & Eze, J. (CoI)

  1/04/21 → 31/03/24

  Project: Research

  • Mountains 100%

• RESAS RD2.3.12 SD4 - 2021/22

  Dwyer, C. (PI), Beechener, S. (Researcher), Wemelsfelder, F. (Researcher), Lawrence, A. (Researcher), Athanasiadou, S. (Researcher) & Vigors, B. (Researcher)

  1/04/21 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

  • Welfare 100%
  • Animal Welfare 100%
  • Farm Animal 33%
  • Decision Making 33%
  • Health Management 16%

• Improving the Mental Health of Farmers

  Lamont, K. (PI), Henry, M. (CoI), Humphry, R. (CoI), Gunn, G. (CoI) & Baughan, J. (Researcher)

  1/07/20 → 30/06/22

  Project: Research

  • Qualitative Research 100%
  • Work-Family Conflict 100%
  • External Pressure 100%
  • Thematic Analysis 100%
  • Loneliness 100%

• Quantitative Epidemiology of COVID-19 in Rural Scotland

  Wall, E. (PI) & Reeves, A. (PI)

  1/05/20 → 31/10/20

  Project: Research

• Understanding the Relative Cost-effectiveness of Sea-lice Treatments for Farmed Salmon Production

  Toma, L. (PI), Shrestha, S. (CoI), Reeves, A. (CoI), Barratt, A. (CoI), Leinonen, I. (CoI) & Boerlage, A. (CoI)

  1/08/19 → 31/07/20

  Project: Research

• LymeApp

  Eze, J. (PI), Humphry, R. (CoI), Lamont, K. (CoI) & Anderson, H. (CoI)

  ID MAPPS Ltd.

  30/07/19 → 31/05/21

  Project: Research

• RESAS Centres of Expertise: EPIC

  Gunn, G. (PI), Toma, L. (CoI), Tongue, S. (CoI), Auty, H. (CoI), Gomes, C. (CoI), Eze, J. (CoI), Sparks, N. (CoI), Hutchinson, I. (CoI), Reeves, A. (CoI), Stirling, J. (CoI), Barratt, A. (CoI) & Barnes, A. (CoI)

  Scottish Government: Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

  • Biosecurity 100%
  • Laying Hens 66%
  • Equipment 16%
  • Flocks 16%

• Statistical consulting and training - 2019-2021

  Humphry, R. (PI)

  NHS Highland

  1/04/19 → 31/03/21

  Project: Research

• RESAS Strategic Research Programme 2016-21 WP2.2 Livestock production, health, welfare and disease control

  Gunn, G. (PI), Webster, C. (CoI), Baughan, J. (CoI), Tongue, S. (CoI), Gomes, C. (CoI), Eze, J. (CoI), Hutchings, M. (CoI), Lamont, K. (CoI), Humphry, R. (CoI) & Evans, J. (CoI)

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

  • Biosecurity 100%
  • Animal Health 100%
  • Farm Animal 50%
  • United Nations 25%
  • Cultural Heritage 25%

• RESAS Strategic Research Programme 2016-21 WP2.3 Productive and sustainable land management

  Wall, E. (PI), Smith, S. (CoI), Nicoll, L. (CoI), Parker, J. (CoI), Robertson, D. (CoI), Davidson, R. (CoI), Donbavand, J. (CoI), Anderson, C. (CoI), Roehe, R. (CoI), Harrison, B. (CoI), Purcell, L. (CoI), Duthie, C.-A. (CoI), Gunn, G. (CoI), Pritchard, T. (CoI), Jones, S. (CoI), Bagnall, A. (CoI), Vosough Ahmadi, B. (CoI), Archibald, I. (CoI), Rees, B. (CoI), Eory, V. (CoI), Glenk, K. (CoI), Edwards, T. (CoI), Buckingham, S. (CoI), March, M. (CoI), Broadbent, C. (CoI), Cloy, J. (CoI), Hargreaves, P. (CoI), Wishart, H. (CoI), Griffiths, B. (CoI), Fox, N. (CoI), Sparks, N. (CoI), Shrestha, S. (CoI), Banos, G. (CoI), Henry, M. (CoI), Watson, C. (CoI), Dickinson, J. (CoI), Topp, K. (CoI), Burnett, F. (CoI), Kyle, J. (CoI), Denholm, S. (CoI), Dewhurst, R. (CoI), Lawson, D. (CoI), McCubbin, I. (CoI), Dwyer, C. (CoI), Holland, J. (CoI), McCracken, D. (CoI), Barratt, A. (CoI), Havis, N. (CoI), Stanisz-Migal, M. (CoI), Miller, G. (CoI), Bowen, J. (CoI), Hutchings, M. (CoI), Creissen, H. (CoI), D'Eath, R. (CoI), Baddeley, J. (CoI), Houdijk, J. (CoI), Coffey, M. (CoI), Morgan-Davies, C. (CoI), Walker, R. (CoI), Turner, S. (CoI), Haskell, M. (CoI), Barnes, A. (CoI), Athanasiadou, S. (CoI), Cole, L. (CoI), Sandilands, V. (CoI), McLaren, A. (CoI), MacLeod, M. (CoI) & Smith, L. (CoI)

  1/04/19 → 31/03/20

  Project: Research

  • Microbiome 100%
  • Methanogenesis 100%
  • Methanogen 50%
  • Protista 33%
  • Fibrobacter 33%

• Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

  Baughan, J. (CoI), Shrestha, S. (CoI), Henry, M. (CoI), Lamont, K. (CoI), Humphry, R. (CoI) & Tongue, S. (PI)

  UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  14/02/19 → 31/05/22

  Project: Research

  • Pig 100%
  • Feeds 60%
  • Biosecurity 20%
  • Herd 20%

• Enabling livestock-keepers to eliminate sleeping sickness (ENABLES)

  Auty, H. (PI)

  1/02/19 → 30/11/20

  Project: Research