Land Use Conference 2018: Land Use and Disease Risk

28 November 2018

EPIC scientists are presenting a poster at the Land Use Conference to be held in Edinburgh, Scotland on the 28th and 29th November 2018. The poster 'Land Use and Disease Risk' highlights 4 areas of research.

Land Use and Disease Risk by EPIC Scotland

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Land Use and Disease Risk

Can restoration of afforested peatland regulate pests and disease?

Lucy Gilbert (University of Glasgow)

Further reading:

Vector Borne Disease Case Study

 Gilbert, L. 2013. Can restoration of afforested peatland regulate pests and disease?

Modelling potential disease spread in British Deer

Theo Pepler  (University of Glasgow)

Further reading: 

Pepler et al., 2018 Regularized covariance matrix estimation under the common principal components model

Theo Pepler homepage

EPIC Conference 2017 

 

Modelling the role of landscape and climate in the spread of midge-borne diseases in Scotland.

Paul Bessell (Roslin)

Further reading:

Vector Borne Disease Case Study

Bluetongue Virus

Bessell et al., 2016. Assessing the potential for Bluetongue virus 8 to spread and vaccination strategies in Scotland.

 

Restricting access to the countryside during a Foot-and-Mouth outbreak

Lisa Boden (University of Edinburgh) and Harriet Auty (SRUC)

Further reading:

Veterinary Risk Assessments

Foot-and-Mouth Disease

Boden et al.,2014. Working at the science policy interface.

EPIC Conference 2017 - Lisa Boden

EPIC Conference 2017 - Harriet Auty