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Dr Joanne Turner PhD

Research Associate Livestock & One Health

About

Personal Statement

I graduated from the University of Liverpool in 1996 with a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics, and again in 2000 with a PhD entitled "Temporal and Spatial Host-Pathogen Models with Diverse Types of Transmission".

I joined the Epidemiology group in 2000 as a mathematical modeller to investigate the transmission of E. coli O157 in a typical UK dairy herd and the role of contact behaviour in the transmission of E. coli O157 between individual animals. This was followed by several projects investigating the effects of climate change on the transmission on vector-borne diseases, in particular bluetongue. I then moved to modelling the transmission of liver fluke in cattle and sheep and assessing the potential effects of a novel vaccine. In 2019, I moved to the Department of Mathematical Sciences to work on a model that described the transmission of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) between farmed fish populations as a result of live animal movements and down-river spread. At the end of this project, I moved back to the Epidemiology group, now called the Department of Livestock and One Health, to develop further the liver fluke model.

Although my work focusses mostly on the transmission and control of diseases of veterinary animals, I have also been involved in modelling human infections including Zika and COVID-19. I am currently seconded to the Department of Mathematical Sciences, where I am assessing the impact of different vaccination strategies on Lassa fever infection in West Africa.

Key words: #fixedterm, infectious disease modelling