This theme emphasises quantitative approaches to understanding the pathogenesis and transmission of infectious diseases and involves epidemiology, genetics and evolution, and mathematical biology. It includes the epidemiology of endemic and exotic pathogens, mathematical modelling of host-pathogen interactions, and the informatics of pathogen evolution. Researchers contributing to the theme NameInterestAffiliationEmailNeil AndersonConservation Medicine and wildlife diseaseRoslin Institute / R(D)SVSneil.anderson@ed.ac.ukKatie AtkinsMathematical modelling of infectious diseasesCentre for Global Health Usher Institute & London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineKatherine.Atkins@ed.ac.ukLisa BodenContingency planning for animal disease outbreaks, food security & animal and public health lawGlobal Academy of Agriculture and Food Securitylisa.boden@ed.ac.ukMark BronsvoortEpidemiology of animal infectionsRoslin Institutemark.bronsvoort@roslin.ed.ac.ukHarry CampbellGenetic epidemiology & child healthUsher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informaticsharry.campbell@ed.ac.ukNick ColegraveExperimental evolution of microbesSchool of Biological SciencesN.Colegrave@ed.ac.ukSinead CollinsExperimental evolution of microbesSchool of Biological Sciencess.collins@ed.ac.ukEmma CunninghamMaternal effects in host-pathogen interactionsSchool of Biological Sciencese.cunningham@ed.ac.ukDeborah HoyleEpidemiology of veterinary pathogens, zoonoses and antimicrobial resistance in animalRoslin InstituteDeborah.Hoyle@ed.ac.ukLaura GlendinningUnderstanding the impact of the microbiota in animalsRoslin Institutelaura.glendinning@roslin.ed.ac.ukMike HutchingsDisease systemsScotlands Rural Collegemike.hutchings@sruc.ac.ukRowland KaoEpidemiology of animal disease outbreaksRoslin Instituterowland.kao@ed.ac.ukAndrew Leigh-BrownMolecular evolution of HIVSchool of Biological SciencesA.Leigh-Brown@ed.ac.ukLu LuExploring the drivers of zoonotic disease evolution, spread, and transmission under the One Health framework.Roslin Institutelu.lu@ed.ac.ukSamantha LycettPathogen Phylodynamics - evolution and epidemiology of viruses and bacteriaRoslin Institutesamanatha.lycett@ed.ac.ukLiam MorrisonDisease progression in trypanosome infectionsRoslin InstituteLiam.Morrison@roslin.ed.ac.ukHarish NairChildhood pneumonia and viral respiratory infectionsUsher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informaticsharish.nair@ed.ac.ukAmy PedersenEcology of multiple infection in wild animalsSchool of Biological SciencesAmy.Pedersen@ed.ac.ukJosephine PembertonEvolution of parasite resistanceSchool of Biological Sciences j.pemberton@ed.ac.ukKim PicozziMolecular diagnosis of trypanosomiasisInfection MedicineKim.Picozzi@ed.ac.ukAndrew RambautMolecular evolution of RNA virusesSchool of Biological Sciencesa.rambaut@ed.ac.ukSarah ReeceEvolution of parasite transmission strategiesSchool of Biological SciencesSarah.Reece@ed.ac.ukAlison RodgerInfectious Diseases & HIVUsher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informaticsalison.rodger@ed.ac.ukPaul SharpEvolution of viruses, bacteria & PlasmodiumSchool of Biological Sciencespaul.sharp@ed.ac.ukDarren ShawComparative epidemiologyRoslin Institute / R(D)SVSDarren.Shaw@ed.ac.ukPedro ValeIndividual-level variation in host defence systemsSchool of Biological Sciencespferrei2@staffmail.ed.ac.ukSue WelburnMolecular epidemiology of trypanosomiasisInfection MedicineSue.Welburn@ed.ac.ukAndrea WilsonMathematical modelling of host-pathogen interactionsRoslin Instituteandrea.wilson@roslin.ed.ac.ukMark WoolhouseVeterinary & human epidemiologyUsher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informaticsmark.woolhouse@ed.ac.uk This article was published on 2025-07-07
