Research
Vector-borne diseases
CURRENT & RECENT GRANTS
Impact of El Niño on malaria vector dynamics in Tanzania: observation, improvement and unleashing forecasting potential
NERC
£291,098
2016-2017
PI
Zika: susceptibility of South American and European vectors to ZIKV infection, and influence of temperature
MRC
£145, 769
2016-2017
PI
Vector-borne diseases in the UK & US: common threats and shared solutions
BBSRC US Partnering Award
£50,000
2016-2020
PI
Vector competence of British mosquitoes to flaviviruses
BBSRC
£501,712
2013-2016
PI
Improving projections for the future of bluetongue and its vectors under scenarios of climate and environmental change
BBSRC Invertebrate Pests and Disease Vectors call
£1,141,506 of £1,275K
2013-2017
PI
Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging Infections and Zoonoses
NIHR
£3.9M
2014–2019
Co-I; Lead of Vector theme
Climate change and health
Enhanced Infectious Diseases Database (EID2) Big Data approaches to host-pathogen mapping: EID2 – an open-access, taxonomically- and spatially-referenced database of pathogens and their hosts
BBSRC
£186,795
2016-2017
PI
Improving the control of liver fluke infection in cattle in the UK
BBSRC-IPA
£552,790
2013-2017
CO-I
One Health
One Health Regional Network in the Horn of Africa (HORN).
RCUK/BBSRC
£8.8m
2017-2021HORN website
Research groups
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
CLIMate SEensitive DISease Forecasting Tool (CLIMSEDIS )
WELLCOME TRUST (UK)
April 2023 - March 2028
: 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
Usutu virus risk to the UK: Determining local vector competence and modelling climate suitability
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
June 2022 - May 2025
Amirah Rashid - Bench Fees
MAJLIS AMANAH RAKYAT (KUALA LUMPUR)
November 2021 - October 2024
Global trade of coronavirus hosts: bringing geographically isolated hosts and viruses together risks novel recombination and spillover to humans
UK RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
July 2021 - July 2022
Predicting animal hosts for future novel coronavirus recombination, and effective strategies for minimising avoidable human-influence driven risk
UK RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
March 2021 - March 2022
NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections (HPRU EZI)
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
April 2020 - March 2025
The role of heartwater (Ehrlichia ruminantium infection) in Acute Camel Death Syndrome in Kenya
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY (BEIS) (UK)
January 2019 - October 2020
Transitions to resilience and sustainability through UK dairy systems and supply chain innovation
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
January 2018 - September 2022
Vector excreta surveillance to support the rapid detection of vector-borne diseases.
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
July 2017 - June 2019
One Health Research Network for the Horn of Africa (HORN)
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL, ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
October 2017 - March 2023
Understanding the emergence of variant infectious bronchitis virus in chickens in UK and India: shared control strategies
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
July 2017 - August 2022
The Tick Cell Biobank: outposts in Asia, Africa and South America
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
July 2017 - June 2021
The Tick Cell Biobank - a UK and international biological resource
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
July 2017 - March 2023
2014 allocation - Wellcome ISSF non clinical fellowships
WELLCOME TRUST (UK)
May 2015 - October 2018
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
Big Data approaches to host-pathogen mapping: EID2 - an open-access, taxonomically- and spatially-referenced database of pathogens and their hosts
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
October 2016 - March 2018
US Partnering Award: Vector-borne diseases in the UK & US: common threats and shared solutions
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
July 2016 - July 2020
Zika: susceptibility of vectors to infection and influence of temperature on the extrinsic incubation period
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY (BEIS) (UK)
April 2016 - September 2017
MIDGESYM - Symbiotic bacteria in midges: understanding their role in determining vector competence and transmission of viruses
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
August 2015 - July 2017
Mosquitoes and the spread of arboviruses: What is the threat to UK horses?
THE HORSE TRUST (UK)
September 2014 - August 2017
Health Protection Research Unit: Emerging Infections (including zoonoses) and Biological Threats. (HPRU)
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
April 2014 - March 2020
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
Vector competence of British mosquitoes to flaviviruses.
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
November 2013 - November 2017
Emergence of Japanese encephalitis in the highlands of Nepal
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
June 2013 - December 2015
Surveillance in backyard poultry in Oman for select agents of poultry - Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus and Newcastle Disease virus.
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (UK)
October 2012 - March 2014
Innovative and Sustainable Strategies to Mitigate the Imact of Global Change on Helminth Infections in Ruminants - GLOWORM
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
January 2012 - December 2014
The epidemiology of liver fluke in dairy farms
TESCO PLC (UK)
October 2012 - September 2014
Improving the control of liver fluke infection in cattle in the UK
AGRISEARCH (UK) (IRE), BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL, DAIRYCO (UK), EBLEX (UK), HYBU CIG CYMRU MEAT PROMOTION WALES (UK), QUALITY MEAT SCOTLAND (UK)
October 2013 - February 2019
Vaccines against helmiths infections - PARAVAC
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
April 2011 - March 2015
The threat of African horse sickness virus in the UK: furthering our understanding of vector biology and how best to protect horses in the event of an outbreak.
HORSERACE BETTING LEVY BOARD (UK)
January 2012 - January 2016
Quantifying Weather and Climate Impacts on Health in Developing Countries (QWeCI)
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
February 2010 - September 2013
What, where and weather? Integrating open-source taxonomic, spatial and climatologic information into a comprehensive database of livestock infections.
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
December 2012 - November 2013
Risk assessment of the impact of climate change on human health and well-being
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL
April 2009 - April 2012
Predicting the effects of climate change on infectious diseases of animals
LEVERHULME TRUST (UK)
October 2007 - March 2013
Research collaborations
Jolyon Medlock
HPRU in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections
Public Health England
Joint supervision of Phds. Theme leads for Vector Biology
Steve Torr
HPRU Emerging and Zoonotic Infections
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Joint supervision of Phds. Theme leads for Vector Biology
Greg Hurst
Andrew Morse
Tom Solomon
Diana Williams