Teaching
High level of commitment and extensive experience in learning, teaching, and supervision and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
University of Liverpool contributions to learning, teaching, and supervision since 2021 include the following.
PhD Supervisor - in addition to theses below
2022-present. Neelam Iqbal. Environmental and social drivers of human risk to dengue, chikungunya and Zika in the UK. (Primary supervisor)
2020-present. Tijana Williams. Socio-economic and environmental determinants of LF in Bangladesh. (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM)- Secondary supervisor)
2020-2024. Carrie Barrett. Impact of enhanced morbidity management on lymphatic filariasis (MRC DPT LSTM-Lancaster - Primary supervisor)
Masters and Undergraduate Learning, Teaching and Supervision
MSc Planetary and One Health https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/planetary-and-one-health-msc
2025 - present. MSc POH Programme lead - launch in September 2025
MSc Emerging Infections and Pandemic Sciences https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/emerging-infections-and-pandemics
2022 - present. MSc EIP Module lead - Global Outbreak Surveillance and Control
MSc and UG LIFE363 Research Project Supervisor
2025 - MSc Emerging Infections and Pandemics - Disease outbreaks
2024 -MSc Infection and Immunity - Yellow Fever risk factors
2021- MRes Clinical Sciences - Neglected Tropical Diseases and climate change
2022 - 2025. LIFE363 projects on vector-borne disease, surveillance strategies, veterinary science
Academic Advisor
2022-2024. LIFE150, LIFE 223. Essential Skills for Life Science - Years 1 and 2
2024 -2025. BIOS105: Study and Communication Skills - Year 1. NY-BIOS-YR3- Year 3
Module Tutor
2022-2024. VSCI200 Disease Mechanisms; VSCI300 Clinical Application.
2022-2023. VSCI100 Normal Animal; VSCI200 Disease Mechanisms; VSCI300 Clinical Application; LIFE702 Introduction to Research; LIFE
Module activity development
2021-present. VSCI300.Outbreak Investigation. Scenario based on West Nile Virus risk to the UK.
Examiner for School of Veterinary Science.
2022- 2023. VSCI100, VSVI200, VSCI300. OSPE Practical for Year 1, Year 2, Year 3 students.
Summer projects
2023 - present. Projects focussing on vector-borne diseases, water and sanitation, climate change, natural disasters, multiple-criteria decision analysis
Supervised Theses
- Community-based surveillance and control of malaria vectors in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Developing an integrated implementation plan for control and elimination of NTDs: Nationwide mapping surveys for lymphatic filariasis, schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Zambia
- Expansion of lymphatic filariasis transmission assessment surveys (TAS) in Oceania as a pragmatic platform for key insights into the epidemiology of communicable diseases including intestinal parasite infections
- Investigation of lymphatic filariasis distribution, morbidity management and disability prevention in Bangladesh
- Investigation of risk factors for better control and surveillance of lymphatic filariasis in Papua New Guinea
- Monitoring malaria vector densities and behaviours in Tanzania
- The impact of vector control for malaria on lymphatic filariasis in Tanzania
- Vector competence and filariasis transmission in Mali