Research
Research grants
Preventing drops in egg production in UK free-range flocks: understanding the interactions between farm practices, flock coinfections and immunity
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
January 2024 - January 2027
Global Health Research Group in Gastrointestinal Infections: Facilitating the Introduction and Evaluation of Vaccines for Enteric Diseases in Children in Eastern and Southern sub-Saharan Africa
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
August 2022 - July 2025
Development of a penside diagnostic test for Fasciola hepatica.
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
September 2020 - November 2021
The impact of liver fluke on the welfare of horses
BRITISH VETERINARY ASSOCIATION ANIMAL WELFARE FOUNDATION (UK)
November 2016 - December 2017
Risk factors for EID of domestic animals
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (UK)
October 2006 - September 2008
SAFEFOODERA NETWORK - Assessment of information for the identification of emerging risks
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
April 2007 - March 2008
BAMRA: Bayesian Approaches in Microbial Risk Assessment (Working Group)
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL
May 2007 - November 2008
Antimicrobial use and risk of resistance; an epidemiological study of antimicrobial-reistant E.coli and staphylococci in the horse.
BRANSBY HOME OF REST FOR HORSES
June 2007 - May 2010
Provision of modelling the probability of a premises changing infection status between visits
VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY (UK)
June 2005 - March 2009
Science Team - The Public view of uncertainty - Joint Proposal with Kingston University
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
September 2006 - August 2008
Antimicrobial use and carriage of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli and staphylococci in dogs and horses in the community: molecular mechanisms of resistance and risk to humans
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (UK)
August 2007 - November 2016
Use of routine data to investigate risk factors for salmonella SPP: spatial & temporal analyses.
VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY (UK)
December 2004 - March 2006
Research collaborations
Jerry Busby
The University of Lancaster
Patrick Brown
The University of Lancaster
Mike Begon
Damian Clancy
Peter Diggle
The University of Lancaster
Supervisor of PhD. research