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Andy Morse

Professor Andy Morse
B.Sc. (Hons), Ph.D. (Physics), FRMetS, FRGS, FRSA

Research

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Andy Morse has a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Physics from the University of Manchester, he works on the impacts of climate variability and climate change on human and animal health. He is best known for his work at seasonal scales using ensemble predictions of seasonal climate variability on vector borne diseases. He has worked with a range of infectious diseases including malaria, Rift Valley fever, dengue and Zika. Much of his work has been focussed on sub-Saharan Africa. Andy also works on longer climate change impacts on infectious disease using outputs from a range of global climate models, using probabilistic approaches to bound the uncertainties in projections. Andy has additional interest in weather and climate disruption of other systems e.g. forests, fisheries and urban pollution level. He has over 100 journal publications.

He was co-awarded the 2006 World Meteorological Organisation’s Norbert Gerbier-MUMM International award for the work on integrating impacts models within seasonal ensemble forecasting systems. https://www.ecmwf.int/en/about/media-centre/news/2006/demeter-awarded-norbert-gerbier-mumm-international-award


Applications of climate data to health

climate applications, ensemble prediction systems, seasonal forecasts, uncertainty, business applications of climate data, disease models, malaria, boundary layer meteorology, turbulence, Africa, India, West African monsoon, meningitis, forests.

Research grants

CLIMate SEensitive DISease Forecasting Tool (CLIMSEDIS )

WELLCOME TRUST (UK)

April 2023 - March 2028

Investigating the effects of climate change in malaria for urgent action to combat climate change with reference to COP26 priorities

BRITISH COUNCIL (UK)

April 2021 - March 2022

: Environmental solutions to reduce the risk of current and future tick-borne zoonotic pathogens in the UK

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

December 2021 - November 2025

One Health Research Network for the Horn of Africa (HORN)

BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL

October 2017 - March 2023

Impact of El Niño on malaria vector dynamics in Tanzania and Malawi: observation improvement and unleashing forecasting potential

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

April 2016 - December 2017

Improving projections for the future of bluetongue and its vectors under scenarios of climate and environmental change

BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL

March 2013 - March 2018

Predicting the effects of climate change on infectious diseases of animals

LEVERHULME TRUST (UK)

October 2007 - March 2013

Enhancing the public understanding of epidemics: a pilot study in preparing and testing learning materials for school and college students and teachers.

WELLCOME TRUST (UK)

January 2004 - December 2004

African monsoon multidisciplinary analysis (AMMA).

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

January 2005 - December 2009

Ghana/Tanzania - UK Science Networking Scheme

ROYAL SOCIETY (CHARITABLE)

May 2008 - January 2009

Environmental application of NERC data

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

June 2013 - October 2013

End-to-end Quantification of Uncertainty for Impacts Prediction (EQUIP)

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

February 2010 - June 2013

IRSES - CLIMSEAS

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

June 2010 - November 2014

Risk assessment of the impact of climate change on human health and well-being

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

April 2009 - April 2012

African monsoon multidisciplinary analyses - UK (AMMA-UK).

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

January 2006 - February 2010

Quantifying Weather and Climate Impacts on Health in Developing Countries (QWeCI)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

February 2010 - September 2013

Healthy Futures

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

January 2011 - December 2014

ENSEMBLE-based predictions of climate changes and their impacts (ENSEMBLES).

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

September 2004 - December 2009

    Research collaborations

    Prof. Mike Begon

    Rodent population dynamics and climate variablity controls

    Prof. Matthew Baylis

    Animal health and climate change. Leverhulme proposal submitted.

    Dr. John Mitchell

    The Met. Office

    EU FP6 ENSEMBLES project

    Prof. Ed Maltby

    Climate variablity and water resources impacts on ecosystem services

    Dr Ian Hastings

    Malaria modelling work in Tanzania driven by seasonal forecasts

    Dr. Phillip McCall

    Vector borne diseases.

    Dr. Madeleine Thomson

    International Research Institute for Climate and Society

    Collaboration on EU DEMETER and EU ENSEMBLES projects and through AMMA International project

    Dr. Yves Brunet

    INRA Bordeaux-Aquitaine

    Wind damage in forests GIP EcoFor project and previosu collaboration

    Dr. Tim Palmer, FRS

    European Centre for Medium Range Forecasting

    Working on end-to-end integration of forecasts from ensemble prediction systems and the application to end user and impacts studies for both humanitarian and industrial/commercial benifit.

    Dr. Barry Gardiner

    Forest Research, Forestry Commission

    NERC CASE Studentships and French GIP-EcoFor funded wind damge project