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Research interests
I am a quantitative ecologist in the Disease Systems Team, with main interests in:
- Interactions between climate change and animal health
- Biotic and abiotic drivers of parasite transmission
- Approaches to modelling disease systems
- Wildlife and livestock disease dynamics
- Disease control and surveillance
My research covers both wildlife and livestock disease dynamics, at scales ranging from individual host and farm level risk, to metapopulations and national level drivers of outbreaks. I have particular interests in the two-way interaction between animal health and climate change, and in wildlife reservoirs of livestock pathogens.
I develop models of ecological and epidemiological processes using both mechanistic process-based approaches and GIS based correlative modelling, across multiple scales from individual hosts up to national levels. This theoretical modelling is complimented by experimental field work, with both approaches combining to improve understanding of disease dynamics, and inform long-term control strategies.
I am also an associate at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (BioSS)
Teaching
Veterinary Epidemiology MSc, University of Edinburgh
Module leader: Wildlife disease ecology in livestock ecosystems
Climate change and animal health
Applied Animal Science BSc, SRUC
Module leader: Animal conservation
Climate change and animal health
Education/Academic qualification
Bachelor, School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Durham
Award Date: 1 Jun 2007
PhD, Environment Department, University of York
8 Dec 2008 → 7 Dec 2012
External positions
Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (BioSS)
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Projects
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RESAS Strategic Research Programme 2016-21 WP2.3 Productive and sustainable land management
Wall, E., Smith, S., Nicoll, L., Parker, J., Robertson, D., Davidson, R., Donbavand, J., Anderson, C., Roehe, R., Harrison, B., Purcell, L., Duthie, C., Gunn, G., Pritchard, T., Jones, S., Bagnall, A., Vosough Ahmadi, B., Archibald, I., Rees, B., Eory, V., Glenk, K., Edwards, T., Buckingham, S., March, M., Broadbent, C., Cloy, J., Hargreaves, P., Wishart, H., Griffiths, B., Fox, N., Sparks, N., Shrestha, S., Banos, G., Henry, M., Watson, C., Dickinson, J., Topp, K., Burnett, F., Kyle, J., Denholm, S., Dewhurst, R., Lawson, D., McCubbin, I., Dwyer, C., Holland, J., McCracken, D., Barratt, A., Havis, N., Stanisz-Migal, M., Miller, G., Bowen, J., Hutchings, M., Creissen, H., D'Eath, R., Baddeley, J., Houdijk, J., Coffey, M., Morgan-Davies, C., Walker, R., Turner, S., Haskell, M., Barnes, A., Athanasiadou, S., Cole, L., Sandilands, V., McLaren, A., MacLeod, M. & Smith, L.
1/04/19 → 31/03/20
Project: Research
Research output
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Financial Impacts of Liver Fluke on Livestock Farms Under Climate Change–A Farm Level Assessment
Shrestha, S., Barratt, AS., Fox, NJ., Vosough Ahmadi, B. & Hutchings, M., 7 Dec 2020, In: Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 7, 564795.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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When to kill a cull: factors affecting the success of culling wildlife for disease control
Prentice, J., Fox, NJ., Hutchings, MR., White, P., Davidson, RS. & Marion, G., 29 Mar 2019, In: Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 16, 152, 20180901.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Counterintuitive increase in observed Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis prevalence in sympatric rabbits following the introduction of paratuberculosis control measures in cattle
Fox, NJ., Caldow, GL., Liebeschuetz, H., Stevenson, K. & Hutchings, MR., 14 Feb 2018, In: Veterinary Record. 182, 22, p. 634 - 638 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Role of wildlife in the epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis
Fox, NJ., Hutchings, MR. & Barrow, P., 2018, Bovine Tuberculosis. CABI Publishing, p. 93-107 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Ubiquitous parasites drive a 33% increase in methane yield from livestock
Fox, NJ., Smith, LA., Houdijk, JGM., Athanasiadou, S. & Hutchings, MR., Nov 2018, In: International Journal for Parasitology. 48, 13, p. 1017 - 1021 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile10 Citations (Scopus)43 Downloads (Pure)