People at SpatialEpiLab

Members of our team a wealth of expertise owing to their diverse backgrounds in veterinary science, ecology, spatial epidemiology and mathematical modelling. We apply spatial epidemiology and risk mapping approaches for projects at interface between animal and human public health to develop a broader understanding of what mechanisms influence the geographical distributions of animal and human infections.

Ricardo Soares Magalhães

Prof Magalhães is an infectious disease epidemiologist with qualifications in both human and veterinary public health. His primary research focus is on the application of spatial risk assessment methods and population-based intervention studies to provide epidemiological evidence for more rational implementation of strategies for the control of infectious diseases of animals and humans. His interests are broad, ranging from the development of geographical models of infectious disease distribution to quantifying the role of spatial variation as an influence on socio-economic indicators such as water, sanitation and hygiene, to assessing the spatial distributions of helminth infection of children and associated morbidities. He has fostered collaborations that encompass many international and domestic partners, with a diversity of ongoing projects supported locally at UQ’s Child Health Research Centre, School of Veterinary Science and School of Public Health. He is currently seeking PhD candidates with skills in data analysis, statistical programming and machine learning to contribute to projects linking Big Data to spatial and spatio-temporal epidemiology. Read more about A/Prof Magalhães’s work on his ResearchGate and at his Google Scholar page.
Prof Soares Magalhães recent publications

Year	Title	Journal	Authors
2023	Japanese Encephalitis Emergence in Australia: The Potential Population at Risk	Clinical Infectious Diseases	L Yakob, W Hu, FD Frentiu, et al
2023	The Association Between Air Pollutants, Meteorological Factors and Tuberculosis Cases in Beijing, China: a Seven-Year Time Series Study	Environmental Research	S Sun, Q Chang, J He, et al
2023	using Ecological Niche Modeling to Predict the Potential Distribution of Scrub Typhus in Fujian Province, China	Parasites & Vectors	X Li, X Wei, W Yin, et al
2023	Global Patterns of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (Mers-Cov) Prevalence and Seroprevalence in Camels: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	One Health	MM Islam, H Khanom, E Farag, et al
2023	Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Environmental Determinants of Scrub Typhus in Anhui Province, China, 2010–2020	Scientific Reports	X Wei, J He, W Yin, et al
2023	Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Machine Learning Algorithms for Rapid and Non-Invasive Detection of Trichuris	Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases	TN Kariyawasam, S Ciocchetta, P Visendi, et al
2023	Nasal Microbiota Profiles in Shelter Dogs with Dermatological Conditions Carrying Methicillin-Resistant and Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus Species	Scientific Reports	S Horsman, E Meler, D Mikkelsen, et al
2023	Molecular Detection of Tetracycline-Resistant Genes in Multi-Drug-Resistant Escherichia Coli Isolated from Broiler Meat in Bangladesh	Antibiotics	GS Alam, MM Hassan, M Ahaduzzaman, et al
2023	The One Health Epidemiology of Avian Influenza Infection in Bangladesh: Lessons Learned from the Past 15 Years	Transboundary and Emerging Diseases	MM Hassan, P Dutta, MM Islam, et al
2023	Associations Between Canine Hookworm Infection and Dog Owners Awareness, Perception, and Behaviour: a Cross Sectional Study in Brisbane, Queensland, 2019 2020	Zoonoses and Public Health	K Owada, S Abdullah, N Clark, et al
2023	Developing the Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for ’australia’s Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy: 2020 and Beyond’using a One Health Approach	Population Medicine	L Hall, S Lawler, T Comans, et al
2023	Perceptions of Livestock Value Chain Actors (Vcas) on the Risk of Acquiring Zoonotic Diseases from their Livestock in the Central Dry Zone of Myanmar	Bmc Public Health	TTZ Win, A Campbell, RJ Soares Magalhaes, et al
2022	Anaemia in Women of Reproductive Age in Low-and Middle-Income Countries: Progress Towards the 2025 Global Nutrition Target	Bulletin of the World Health Organization	MM Hasan, RJS Magalhaes, SP Garnett, et al
2022	Knowledge, Attitudes, and Common Practices of Livestock and Poultry Veterinary Practitioners Regarding the Amu and Amr in Bangladesh	Antibiotics	M Kalam, M Rahman, M Alim, et al
2022	Geographical and Socioeconomic Inequalities in the Double Burden of Malnutrition among Women in Southeast Asia: a Population-Based Study	The Lancet Regional Health-Southeast Asia	T Biswas, N Townsend, R Magalhaes, et al
2022	Near-Term Forecasting of Companion Animal Tick Paralysis Incidence: An Iterative Ensemble Model	Plos Computational Biology	NJ Clark, T Proboste, G Weerasinghe, et al
2022	Epidemiological Characteristics and Spatiotemporal Patterns of Scrub Typhus in Fujian Province During 2012–2020	Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases	L Qian, Y Wang, X Wei, et al
2022	Epidemiological Profile of a Human Hepatitis e Virus Outbreak in 2018, Chattogram, Bangladesh	Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease	K Owada, J Sarkar, M Rahman, et al
2022	Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity and Determinants of Canine Rabies Evidence at Local Government Area Level in Nigeria: Implications for Rabies Prevention and Control	One Health	PP Mshelbwala, JS Weese, NJ Clark, et al
2022	The Effects of Oclacitinib Treatment on Antimicrobial Usage in Allergic Dogs in Primary Practice: An Australia Wide Case-Control Study	Bmc Veterinary Research	H Rynhoud, C Croton, G Henry, et al
2022	Effects of Long-Term Ambient Air Pollution Exposure on Township-Level Pulmonary Tuberculosis Notification Rates During 2005–2017 in Ningxia, China	Environmental Pollution	I Popovic, RJS Magalhães, Y Yang, et al
2022	Exploring the Determinants of Influenza a/H7n9 Control Intervention Efficacy in China: Disentangling the Effect of the “1110” Policy and Poultry Vaccination	Transboundary and Emerging Diseases	Z Yi, G Lu, S Chaojian, et al
2022	Prevalence and Diversity of Gastrointestinal Parasites in Free‐ranging Rhesus Macaques (Macaca Mulatta) in Different Land Gradients of Bangladesh	American J of Primatology	S Islam, MK Rahman, MH Uddin, et al
2022	Profiling Risk Factors for Household and Community Spatiotemporal Clusters of q Fever Notifications in Queensland Between 2002 and 2017	Pathogens	T Proboste, NJ Clark, S Tozer, et al
2022	Toxoplasma Gondii Infection is Associated with Low Birth Weight: Findings from an Observational Study among Rural Bangladeshi Women	Pathogens	I Parvin, SK Das, S Ahmed, et al
2022	a Cross‐sectional Survey of Risk Factors for the Presence of Coxiella Burnetii in Australian Commercial Dairy Goat Farms	Australian Veterinary J	KW Hou, AK Wiethoelter, MA Stevenson, et al
2022	Forecasting Scrub Typhus Cases in Eight High-Risk Counties in China: Evaluation of Time-Series Model Performance	Frontiers in Environmental Science	J He, X Wei, W Yin, et al
2022	Co-Effects of Global Climatic Dynamics and Local Climatic Factors on Scrub Typhus in Mainland China Based on a Nine-Year Time-Frequency Analysis	One Health	J He, Y Wang, P Liu, et al
2022	Research and Innovation Opportunities to Improve Epidemiological Knowledge and Control of Environmentally Driven Zoonoses	Annals of Global Health	T Proboste, A James, A Charette-Castonguay, et al
2022	Impact of a 5-Year Mass Drug Administration Programme for Soil-Transmitted Helminthiases on the Spatial Distribution of Childhood Anaemia in Burundi from 2007 to 2011	Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease	M Assoum, G Ortu, MG Basáñez, et al
2022	Spatial Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Subtype H5n6 in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, 2016–2017	Transboundary and Emerging Diseases	JS Lim, RJ Soares Magalhães, S Chakma, et al
2022	How can We Compare Multispecies Livestock Rearing Households?–an Analysis of the Impact of Health and Production Parameters on Multispecies Livestock Rearing Outcomes	Bmc Veterinary Research	TTZ Win, A Campbell, RJ Soares Magalhaes, et al
2022	Anemia en Mujeres en Edad Reproductiva De Países De Ingresos Bajos y Medios: Avances Hacia La Meta Global De Nutrición De 2025	Bulletin of the World Health Organization	MM Hasan, RJS Magalhaes, SP Garnett, et al
2021	Rabies Epidemiology, Prevention and Control in Nigeria: Scoping Progress Towards Elimination	Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases	PP Mshelbwala, JS Weese, OA Sanni-Adeniyi, et al
2021	The Application of Spectroscopy Techniques for Diagnosis of Malaria Parasites and Arboviruses and Surveillance of Mosquito Vectors: a Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal …	Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases	B Goh, K Ching, RJ Soares Magalhães, et al
2021	Levels, Trends, and Inequalities in using Institutional Delivery Services in Low-and Middle-Income Countries: a Stratified Analysis by Facility Type	Global Health: Science and Practice	MM Hasan, RJS Magalhaes, Y Fatima, et al
2021	Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia Coli Surveillance in the Human, Food Chain, and Environment Sectors: Tricycle Project (Pilot) in Indonesia	One Health	N Puspandari, S Sunarno, T Febrianti, et al
2021	The Association Between the Use of Oclacitinib and Antibacterial Therapy in Dogs with Allergic Dermatitis: a Retrospective Case-Control Study	Frontiers in Veterinary Science	H Rynhoud, J Gibson, E Meler, et al
2021	Double Burden of Malnutrition among Women of Reproductive Age in 55 Low-and Middle-Income Countries: Progress Achieved and Opportunities for Meeting the Global Target	European J of Clinical Nutrition	MM Hasan, S Ahmed, RJS Magalhaes, et al
2021	Geographical Variation and Temporal Trend in Anemia among Children 6-59 Months of Age in Low-and Middle-Income Countries During 2000-2018: Forecasting the 2030 Sdg Target	Public Health Nutrition	MM Hasan, RJS Magalhaes, S Ahmed, et al
2021	Perceptions of Dog Owners Towards Canine Gastrointestinal Parasitism and Associated Human Health Risk in Southeast Queensland	One Health	T Nguyen, N Clark, MK Jones, et al
2021	National Seroprevalence of Coxiella Burnetii in Chile, 2016–2017	Pathogens	T Tapia, MF Olivares, J Stenos, et al
2021	Molecular Epidemiology of Clinical and Colonising Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Isolates in Companion Animals	Frontiers in Veterinary Science	H Rynhoud, BM Forde, SA Beatson, et al
2021	Risk Areas for Influenza a (H5) Environmental Contamination in Live Bird Markets, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Emerging Infectious Diseases	S Chakma, MG Osmani, H Akwar, et al
2021	Geographical Variation in Coxiella Burnetii Seroprevalence in a Dairy Farm Located in South-Western Ethiopia: Understanding the Broader Community Risk	Pathogens	T Proboste, FB Deressa, Y Li, et al
2021	Epidemiology of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Species Carriage in Companion Animals in the Greater Brisbane Area, Australia	Research in Veterinary Science	H Rynhoud, E Meler, JS Gibson, et al
2021	What Drives Small-Scale Farmers to Vaccinate their Multiple Livestock Species Animals Against Common Infectious Diseases in Myanmar?	Plos One	TTZ Win, A Campbell, RJS Magalhaes, et al
2021	Effect of Endometrial Sampling Procedures on Subsequent Pregnancy Rate of Cattle	Animals	O Ramirez-Garzon, R Soares Magalhaes, N Satake, et al
2021	Temporal Trends in Between and Within‐country Inequalities in Caesarean Delivery in Low‐and Middle‐income Countries: a Bayesian Analysis	Bjog: An Int J of Obstetrics & Gynaecology	MM Hasan, S Ahmed, RJ Soares Magalhaes, et al
2021	Development and Validation of a Sub-National, Satellite-Based Land-Use Regression Model for Annual Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations in North-Western China	Int J of Environmental Research and Public Health	I Popovic, RJS Magalhães, S Yang, et al
2021	Prevalence and Antibiotic Resistance Profile of Salmonella Spp. in Broiler Carcasses from Dominant Poultry Production Areas in Bhutan		KP Penjor, MG Gurung, KI Islam, et al
2020	Epidemiology of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia	Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases	J Kurscheid, B Laksono, MJ Park, et al
2020	Double Burden of Underweight and Overweight among Women in South and Southeast Asia: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	Advances in Nutrition	T Biswas, RJS Magalhaes, N Townsend, et al
2020	Patterns and Determinants of the Double Burden of Malnutrition at the Household Level in South and Southeast Asia	European J of Clinical Nutrition	T Biswas, N Townsend, RJS Magalhaes, et al
2020	Coxiella Burnetii in the Environment: a Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal of Sampling Methods	Zoonoses and Public Health	AMH Abeykoon, NJ Clark, RJ Soares Magalhaes, et al
2020	Parasite Associations Predict Infection Risk: Incorporating Co-Infections in Predictive Models for Neglected Tropical Diseases	Parasites & Vectors	NJ Clark, K Owada, E Ruberanziza, et al
2020	Seroprevalence of and Risk Factors for q Fever in Dairy and Slaughterhouse Cattle of Jimma Town, South Western Ethiopia	Bmc Veterinary Research	FB Deressa, DO Kal, BD Gelalcha, et al
2020	Meeting the Global Target in Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Care Services in Low-and Middle-Income Countries	Global Health: Science and Practice	MM Hasan, RJS Magalhaes, S Ahmed, et al
2020	Spatial Distribution of Leptospirosis Incidence in the Upper Yangtze and Pearl River Basin, China: Tools to Support Intervention and Elimination	Science of the Total Environment	PW Dhewantara, W Zhang, A Al Mamun, et al
2020	Profiling the Public Health Risk of Canine Rabies Transmission in Kogi State, Nigeria	One Health	SS Okeme, GS Kia, PP Mshelbwala, et al
2020	Unravelling Animal Exposure Profiles of Human q Fever Cases in Queensland, Australia using Natural Language Processing	Transboundary and Emerging Diseases	NJ Clark, S Tozer, C Wood, et al
2020	Environmental and Sociodemographic Risk Factors Associated with Environmentally Transmitted Zoonoses Hospitalisations in Queensland, Australia	One Health	J Cortes-Ramirez, D Vilcins, P Jagals, et al
2020	Tb and Hiv Epidemiology and Collaborative Service: Evidence from Ethiopia, 2011–2015	Hiv/Aids-Research and Palliative Care	YA Gelaw, Y Assefa, RJS Magalhaes, et al
2020	Environmental Recovery of Nosocomial Bacteria in a Companion Animal Shelter Before and after Infection Control Procedures	Frontiers in Veterinary Science	S Horsman, H Rynhoud, X Zhou, et al
2020	Interim Guidance for Health‐care Professionals and Administrators Providing Hospital Care to Adult Patients with Cognitive Impairment, in the Context of Covid‐19 Pandemic	Australasian J on Ageing	M Martin‐Khan, K Bail, MW Yates, et al
2020	Conservation Epidemiology of Predators and Scavengers to Reduce Zoonotic Risk	The Lancet Planetary Health	CJ O’Bryan, AR Braczkowski, RJS Magalhães, et al
2020	Geographical Variation in the Risk of H7n9 Human Infections in China: Implications for Risk-Based Surveillance	Scientific Reports	X Zhou, L Gao, Y Wang, et al
2020	Dog Bite Emergency Department Presentations in Brisbane Metro South: Epidemiology and Exploratory Medical Geography for Targeted Interventions	One Health	A Pekin, H Rynhoud, B Brennan, et al
2020	Modelling the Impact of Maup on Environmental Drivers for Schistosoma Japonicum Prevalence	Parasites & Vectors	ALA Navas, F Osei, RJS Magalhães, et al
2020	Covid-19 Propagation Prediction and Assessment Method with Imported Cases and Infection Generations: Shanxi Province as a Case		J Zhang, GQ Sun, M Li, et al
2020	Effect of Increased Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccine Coverage on the Burden of Influenza among Elderly People in Hong Kong Versus Brisbane: Abridged Secondary Publication	Hong Kong Med j	L Yang, WB Hu, CM Wong, et al
2020	Interim Guidance for the Care of Adult Patients with Cognitive Impairment Requiring Hospital Care During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Australia		M Martin-Khan, A Argo, K Bail, et al
2020	Elective Caesarean Delivery Associated with Infant Hospitalisation for Intestinal but not Respiratory Infection	Maternal and Child Health J	KS Betts, RJS Magalhães, R Alati
2020	Modelling the Impact of Maup on Environmental Drivers for Schistosoma Japonicum Prevalence.	Parasites & Vectors	AL Araujo Navas, F Osei, RJ Soares Magalhães, et al
2020	Estimation of Disability-Adjusted Life Years (Dalys) Averted over a 10-Year Period as Outcome Measure for Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis (Sth) Control Strategies in the Philippines	Southeast Asian J of Tropical Medicine and Public Health	FB Garcia Jr, KH Balcon, N Graves, et al
2019	Spatial and Temporal Variation of Dengue Incidence in the Island of Bali, Indonesia: An Ecological Study	Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease	PW Dhewantara, R Marina, T Puspita, et al
2019	Hiv Prevalence among Tuberculosis Patients in Sub-Saharan Africa: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	Aids and Behavior	YA Gelaw, G Williams, RJS Magalhães, et al
2019	Current Progress and Future Directions in the Double Burden of Malnutrition among Women in South and Southeast Asian Countries	Current Developments in Nutrition	T Biswas, N Townsend, RJS Magalhaes, et al
2019	Effect of Temperature and Altitude Difference on Tuberculosis Notification: a Systematic Review	J of Global Infectious Diseases	YA Gelaw, W Yu, RJS Magalhães, et al
2019	Risk Factors for Dengue Outbreaks in Odisha, India: a Case-Control Study	J of Infection and Public Health	S Swain, M Bhatt, D Biswal, et al
2019	Spatial Clustering and Socio-Demographic Determinants of Hiv Infection in Ethiopia, 2015–2017	Int J of Infectious Diseases	YA Gelaw, RJS Magalhães, Y Assefa, et al
2019	Mapping Soil-Transmitted Helminth Parasite Infection in Rwanda: Estimating Endemicity and Identifying at-Risk Populations	Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease	E Ruberanziza, K Owada, NJ Clark, et al
2019	Distribution of and Associated Factors for Dengue Burden in the State of Odisha, India During 2010–2016	Infectious Diseases of Poverty	S Swain, M Bhatt, S Pati, et al
2019	Climate Variability, Satellite-Derived Physical Environmental Data and Human Leptospirosis: a Retrospective Ecological Study in China	Environmental Research	PW Dhewantara, W Hu, W Zhang, et al
2019	Identification of Microchip Implantation Events for Dogs and Cats in the Vetcompass Australia Database	Animals	P McGreevy, S Masters, L Richards, et al
2019	Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Associated with Avian Influenza along the Live Chicken Market Chains in Eastern China: a Cross‐sectional Survey in Shanghai, Anhui, and Jiangsu	Transboundary and Emerging Diseases	X Zhou, Y Zhang, C Shen, et al
2019	Mapping Schistosoma Mansoni Endemicity in Rwanda: a Critical Assessment of Geographical Disparities Arising from Circulating Cathodic Antigen Versus Kato-Katz Diagnostics	Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases	NJ Clark, I Umulisa, E Ruberanziza, et al
2019	Comparison of Influenza Disease Burden in Older Populations of Hong Kong and Brisbane: The Impact of Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination	Bmc Infectious Diseases	L Yang, KP Chan, CM Wong, et al
2019	Sociodemographic Profiling of Tuberculosis Hotspots in Ethiopia, 2014–2017	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene	YA Gelaw, G Williams, Y Assefa, et al
2019	Zoonotic and Economically Significant Pathogens of Peri-Urban Wild Dogs Across North-Eastern New South Wales and South-Eastern Queensland, Australia	Wildlife Research	L Harriott, M Gentle, R Traub, et al
2019	Geographical Distribution and Risk Factors for Echinococcus Granulosus Infection in Peri-Urban Wild Dog Populations	Int J for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife	L Harriott, M Gentle, R Traub, et al
2019	The Impact of Expanded Brucellosis Surveillance in Beef Cattle on Human Brucellosis in Korea: An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis	Bmc Infectious Diseases	S Ryu, RJS Magalhães, BC Chun
2019	Determinants of Spatial Heterogeneity of Functional Illiteracy among School-Aged Children in the Philippines: An Ecological Study	Int J of Environmental Research and Public Health	K Owada, M Nielsen, C Lau, et al
2019	Functional Illiteracy Burden in Soil-Transmitted Helminth (Sth) Endemic Regions of the Philippines: An Ecological Study and Geographical Prediction for 2017	Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases	K Owada, M Nielsen, CL Lau, et al
2019	Modeling Schistosoma Japonicum Infection under Pure Specification Bias: Impact of Environmental Drivers of Infection	Int J of Environmental Research and Public Health	AL Araujo Navas, F Osei, LR Leonardo, et al
2019	The Association Between Diet of Periurban Wild Dogs and Zoonotic Pathogen Carriage	Australian Mammalogy	L Harriott, M Gentle, R Traub, et al
2019	Disparities in the Prevalence of Malnutrition of Reproductive Women and under Five Children in Low-and Middle-Income Countries (P04-103-19)	Current Developments in Nutrition	MM Hasan, RJS Magalhaes, AA Mamun
2019	a Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal of the Quality of Studies Looking into the Economic Evaluation of Control Strategies for Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis And …	Acta Medica Philippina	FB Garcia Jr, K Halton-Balcon, N Graves, et al
2019	Districts of Hiv Clustering in Ethiopia: 2015-2017	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene	YA Gelaw, RJS Magalhaes, Y Assefa, et al
2019	Geographical Distribution of Human Leptospirosis Incidence in the Upper Yangtze and Pearl River Basin, China: Tools to Support Surveillance and Focused Intervention	American J of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene	PW Dhewantara, AA Mamun, W Zhang, et al
2018	Airborne Geographical Dispersal of q Fever from Livestock Holdings to Human Communities: a Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal of Evidence	Bmc Infectious Diseases	NJ Clark, RJS Magalhães
2018	a Systematic Literature Review and Critical Appraisal of Epidemiological Studies on Outdoor Air Pollution and Tuberculosis Outcomes	Environmental Research	I Popovic, RJS Magalhaes, E Ge, et al
2018	Labrador Retrievers under Primary Veterinary Care in the Uk: Demography, Mortality and Disorders	Canine Genetics and Epidemiology	PD McGreevy, BJ Wilson, CS Mansfield, et al
2018	Spatial Epidemiological Approaches to Inform Leptospirosis Surveillance and Control: a Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal of Methods	Zoonoses and Public Health	PW Dhewantara, CL Lau, KJ Allan, et al
2018	Epidemiological Shift and Geographical Heterogeneity in the Burden of Leptospirosis in China	Infectious Diseases of Poverty	PW Dhewantara, AA Mamun, WY Zhang, et al
2018	Epidemiology of Pseudorabies in Intensive Pig Farms in Shanghai, China: Herd-Level Prevalence and Risk Factors	Preventive Veterinary Medicine	L Xia, Q Sun, J Wang, et al
2018	Geographical and Temporal Distribution of the Residual Clusters of Human Leptospirosis in China, 2005–2016	Scientific Reports	PW Dhewantara, A Al Mamun, WY Zhang, et al
2018	Characteristics of Livestock Husbandry and Management Practice in the Central Dry Zone of Myanmar	Tropical Animal Health and Production	TTZ Win, A Campbell, RJS Magalhães, et al
2018	Spatiotemporal Patterns and Environmental Drivers of Human Echinococcoses over a Twenty-Year Period in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China	Parasites & Vectors	AMC Restrepo, YR Yang, DP McManus, et al
2018	Risk Factors for Recurrence of Fmd Outbreaks in Iran: a Case-Control Study in a Highly Endemic Area	Bmc Veterinary Research	K Ilbeigi, S Bokaie, S Aghasharif, et al
2018	Spatial Distribution and Populations at Risk of A. Lumbricoides and T. Trichiura Co-Infections and Infection Intensity Classes: An Ecological Study	Parasites & Vectors	K Owada, CL Lau, L Leonardo, et al
2018	Effectiveness of Market-Level Biosecurity at Reducing Exposure of Poultry and Humans to Avian Influenza: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	The J of Infectious Diseases	X Zhou, Y Wang, H Liu, et al
2018	Environmental Risk Factors and Changing Spatial Patterns of Human Seropositivity for Echinococcus Spp. in Xiji County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China	Parasites & Vectors	AM Cadavid Restrepo, YR Yang, DP McManus, et al
2018	The Extensive Networks of Frequent Population Mobility in the Samoan Islands and their Implications for Infectious Disease Transmission	Scientific Reports	Z Xu, CL Lau, X Zhou, et al
2018	Environmental Risk Factors and Changing Spatial Patterns of Human Seropositivity for Echinococcus Spp. in Xiji County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China	Parasites & Vectors	AMC Restrepo, YR Yang, DP McManus, et al
2018	Modelling Local Areas of Exposure to Schistosoma Japonicum in a Limited Survey Data Environment	Parasites & Vectors	ALA Navas, RJS Magalhães, F Osei, et al
2018	Chronic Helminth Infection Perturbs the Gut-Brain Axis, Promotes Neuropathology and Alters Behaviour	The J of Infectious Diseases, Jiy	PR Giacomin, AK Kraeuter, EA Albornoz, et al
2018	Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity of Malnutrition Indicators in Children under 5 Years of Age in Bangladesh, 1999–2011	Public Health Nutrition	MT Hasan, AA Mamun, GM Williams, et al
2018	Spatial Prediction of the Risk of Exposure to Echinococcus Spp. among Schoolchildren and Dogs in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China	Geospatial Health	AMC Restrepo, YR Yang, DP McManus, et al
2018	The Role of Neonatal Pulmonary Morbidity in the Longitudinal Patterns of Hospitalisation for Respiratory Infection During the First Year of Life	Epidemiology & Infection	KS Betts, RJS Magalhães, R Alati
2018	Spatiotemporal Patterns and Environmental Drivers of Human Echinococcoses over a Twenty-Year Period in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China	Parasites and Vectors	AM Cadavid Restrepo, YR Yang, DP McManus, et al

Early and Mid Career Researchers

Nicholas Clark

Dr Clark is a UQ Amplify Fellow and Lecturer in Genetics and Molecular Epidemiology with broad interests in spatial epidemiology, ecologial forecasting and identifying mechanisms that influence the spread of pathogens at the human-wildlife interface. He graduated with a PhD from Griffith University under supervision of Dr Sonya Clegg, where he used mathematical models to study factors that influence the ecology and evolution of avian malaria parasites. His role with the group is to conduct spatial modelling of zoonotic pathogens, primarily Q fever and rabies virus, develop multivariate statistical models and forecast risks of tick infestation for Australian domestic animals. He is currently seeking PhD candidates with skills in data analysis and / or statistical programming to contribute to projects linking Big Data to ecology and molecular epidemiology problems. See our Opportunities page for details of the types of projects he is interested in supervising and how to contact him. Read more about Dr Clark’s work on his UQ Researchers website and at his Google Scholar page. R code for Dr Clark’s software programs can be found on his Github page.
Dr Clark's recent publications

Year	Title	Journal	Authors
2024	Modelling Nonlinear Responses of a Desert Rodent Species to Environmental Change with Hierarchical Dynamic Generalized Additive Models	Ecological Modelling	K Karunarathna, K Wells, NJ Clark
2024	The Influence of Environment on Mosquito Feeding Patterns: a Meta-Analysis of ’universal’dna Diet Studies in a Global Context		M Lee, NJ Clark, TU Webster, et al
2024	The Influence of Environment on Mosquito Feeding Patterns: a Meta-Analysis of” Universal” Dna Diet Studies in a Global Context	Biorxiv	R ORorke, M Lee, NJ Clark, et al
2023	Cryptic Marine Barriers to Gene Flow in a Vulnerable Coastal Species, the Dugong (Dugong Dugon)	Marine Mammal Science	AM McGowan, JM Lanyon, N Clark, et al
2023	Direct and Indirect Viral Associations Predict Coexistence in Wild Plant Virus Communities	Current Biology	A Norberg, H Susi, S Sallinen, et al
2023	using a Gradient Boosted Model for Case Ascertainment from Free-Text Veterinary Records	Preventive Veterinary Medicine	U Kennedy, M Paterson, N Clark
2023	Modelling Modifiable Factors Associated with the Probability of Human Rabies Deaths among Self-Reported Victims of Dog Bites in Abuja, Nigeria	Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases	PP Mshelbwala, R J. Soares Magalhães, JS Weese, et al
2023	Epidemiological Insights into the Burden of Feline Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Queensland Rspca Shelters	Australian Veterinary J	U Kennedy, M Paterson, N Clark
2023	using Joint Species Distribution Models to Improve Predictions of Co-Infection in Veterinary Epidemiology	Geovet	F Powell-Romero, K Wells, N Clark
2023	Associations Between Canine Hookworm Infection and Dog Owners’ Awareness, Perception, and Behaviour: a Cross‐sectional Study in Brisbane, Queensland, 2019–2020	Zoonoses and Public Health	K Owada, S Abdullah, N Clark, et al
2023	Identification of Antimicrobial Resistance in Faecal Microbes from Wild Dugongs (Dugong Dugon).	Aquatic Mammals	AM McGowan, JM Seddon, JM Lanyon, et al
2023	Forecasting Rodent Population Dynamics and Community Transitions with Dynamic Nonlinear Models	Ecoevorxiv	NJ Clark, SKM Ernest, H Senyondo, et al
2022	Near-Term Forecasting of Companion Animal Tick Paralysis Incidence: An Iterative Ensemble Model	Plos Computational Biology	NJ Clark, T Proboste, G Weerasinghe, et al
2022	Dynamic Generalised Additive Models (Dgams) for Forecasting Discrete Ecological Time Series	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	NJ Clark, K Wells
2022	Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity and Determinants of Canine Rabies Evidence at Local Government Area Level in Nigeria: Implications for Rabies Prevention and Control	One Health	PP Mshelbwala, JS Weese, NJ Clark, et al
2022	Improving the Predictability and Interpretability of Co‐occurrence Modelling Through Feature‐based Joint Species Distribution Ensembles	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	F Powell‐Romero, N Fountain‐Jones, A Norberg, et al
2022	Polymicrobial Foot Infection Patterns are Common and Associated with Treatment Failure	Open Forum Infectious Diseases	NR Barshes, NJ Clark, D Bidare, et al
2022	Profiling Risk Factors for Household and Community Spatiotemporal Clusters of q Fever Notifications in Queensland Between 2002 and 2017	Pathogens	T Proboste, NJ Clark, S Tozer, et al
2022	Haemoprotozoa in Wild Short‐beaked Echidnas (Tachyglossus Aculeatus)	Australian Veterinary J	AG Hill, SP Boyd, NJ Clark, et al
2022	Profiling Risk Factors for Household and Community Spatiotemporal Clusters of q Fever Notifications in Queensland Between 2002 and 2017. Pathogens 2022, 11, 830	s Note: Mdpi Stays Neutral with Regard to Jurisdictional Claims in Published …	T Proboste, NJ Clark, S Tozer, et al
2021	Global Drivers of Avian Haemosporidian Infections Vary Across Zoogeographical Regions	Global Ecology and Biogeography	A Fecchio, NJ Clark, JA Bell, et al
2021	Coxiella Burnetii in the Environment: a Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal of Sampling Methods	Zoonoses and Public Health	AMH Abeykoon, NJ Clark, RJ Soares Magalhaes, et al
2021	Perceptions of Dog Owners Towards Canine Gastrointestinal Parasitism and Associated Human Health Risk in Southeast Queensland	One Health	T Nguyen, N Clark, MK Jones, et al
2021	Mriml: Multi‐response Interpretable Machine Learning to Model Genomic Landscapes	Molecular Ecology Resources	NM Fountain‐Jones, CP Kozakiewicz, BR Forester, et al
2021	Direct and Indirect Viral Associations Predict Coexistence in Wild Plant Virus Communities		A Norberg, H Susi, S Sallinen, et al
2021	Tick Paralysis in Australian Birds Caused by Ixodes Holocyclus	Australian Veterinary J	AG Hill, NJ Clark, F Tokonami
2021	Role of Live Poultry Movement on Environmental Contamination Patterns of Avian Influenza a Viruses Circulating in Live Bird Markets, Dhaka, Bangladesh		S Chakma, PP Mshelbwala, MA Samad, et al
2021	Spatial Patterns of Canine Rabies Evidence at the Local Government Area Level in Nigeria: Association with Socioeconomic and Ecological Determinants		PP Mshelbwala, JS Weese, I Tekki, et al
2020	An Inverse Latitudinal Gradient in Infection Probability and Phylogenetic Diversity for Leucocytozoon Blood Parasites in New World Birds	J of Animal Ecology	A Fecchio, JA Bell, M Bosholn, et al
2020	Microbial Associations and Spatial Proximity Predict North American Moose (Alces Alces) Gastrointestinal Community Composition	J of Animal Ecology	NM Fountain‐Jones, NJ Clark, AC Kinsley, et al
2020	Rapid Winter Warming Could Disrupt Coastal Marine Fish Community Structure	Nature Climate Change	NJ Clark, JT Kerry, CI Fraser
2020	Robust Geographical Determinants of Infection Prevalence and a Contrasting Latitudinal Diversity Gradient for Haemosporidian Parasites in Western Palearctic Birds	Molecular Ecology	NJ Clark, SV Drovetski, G Voelker
2020	Parasite Associations Predict Infection Risk: Incorporating Co-Infections in Predictive Models for Neglected Tropical Diseases	Parasites & Vectors	NJ Clark, K Owada, E Ruberanziza, et al
2020	Unravelling Animal Exposure Profiles of Human q Fever Cases in Queensland, Australia, using Natural Language Processing	Transboundary and Emerging Diseases	NJ Clark, S Tozer, C Wood, et al
2020	Genetic Analysis of Porcine Circovirus Type 2 (Pcv2) in Queensland, Australia	Australian Veterinary J	NK Mone, NJ Clark, M Kyaw‐Tanner, et al
2019	Climate Variation Influences Host Specificity in Avian Malaria Parasites	Ecology Letters	A Fecchio, K Wells, JA Bell, et al
2019	Host Specificity in Variable Environments	Trends in Parasitology	K Wells, NJ Clark
2019	Synchronous Shedding of Multiple Bat Paramyxoviruses Coincides with Peak Periods of Hendra Virus Spillover	Emerging Microbes & Infections	AJ Peel, K Wells, J Giles, et al
2019	Out-of-Africa, Human-Mediated Dispersal of the Common Cat Flea, Ctenocephalides Felis: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to World Domination	Int J for Parasitology	AL Lawrence, CE Webb, NJ Clark, et al
2019	Global Patterns in Helminth Host Specificity: Phylogenetic and Functional Diversity of Regional Host Species Pools Matter	Ecography	K Wells, DI Gibson, NJ Clark
2019	Mapping Soil-Transmitted Helminth Parasite Infection in Rwanda: Estimating Endemicity and Identifying at-Risk Populations	Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease	E Ruberanziza, K Owada, NJ Clark, et al
2019	Mapping Schistosoma Mansoni Endemicity in Rwanda: a Critical Assessment of Geographical Disparities Arising from Circulating Cathodic Antigen Versus Kato-Katz …	Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases	NJ Clark, I Umulisa, E Ruberanziza, et al
2019	Commensal Bacterial Sharing Does not Predict Host Social Associations in Kangaroos	J of Animal Ecology	T Proboste, P Corvalan, N Clark, et al
2018	Airborne Geographical Dispersal of q Fever from Livestock Holdings to Human Communities: a Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal of Evidence	Bmc Infectious Diseases	NJ Clark, RJ Soares Magalhães
2018	Parasite Spread at the Domestic Animal - Wildlife Interface: Anthropogenic Habitat Use, Phylogeny and Body Mass Drive Risk of Cat and Dog Flea (Ctenocephalides Spp …	Parasites & Vectors	NJ Clark, JM Seddon, J Šlapeta, et al
2018	Climate, Host Phylogeny and the Connectivity of Host Communities Govern Regional Parasite Assembly	Diversity and Distributions	NJ Clark, SM Clegg, K Sam, et al
2018	Global Spread of Helminth Parasites at the Human–domestic Animal–wildlife Interface	Global Change Biology	K Wells, DI Gibson, NJ Clark, et al
2018	Unravelling Changing Interspecific Interactions Across Environmental Gradients using Markov Random Fields	Ecology	NJ Clark, K Wells, O Lindberg
2018	Phylogenetic Uniqueness, not Latitude, Explains the Diversity of Avian Blood Parasite Communities Worldwide	Global Ecology and Biogeography	NJ Clark
2018	Emergence of Canine Parvovirus Subtype 2b (Cpv-2b) Infections in Australian Dogs	Infection, Genetics and Evolution	NJ Clark, JM Seddon, M Kyaw-Tanner, et al
2018	Mrfcov: Markov Random Fields with Additional Covariates	r Package Version	NJ Clark, K Wells, O Lindberg

Kei Owada

Dr Owada is a post-doctoral fellow at UQ, specialising in infectious disease epidemiology. She completed her PhD thesis on the role of soil-transmitted helminths on the cognitive development of school aged children at the UQ faculty of medicine (2019). Her primary supervisor was Prof Ricardo J Soares Magalhães. She has received field epidemiology training at the US CDC (2011), and worked as a field epidemiologist. Her past work includes integrated disease surveillance work in Sierra Leone (2012), Ebola outbreak front line response work in Sierra Leone (2014-2015), and Ebola outbreak response and preparedness work at the WHO regional office in Brazzaville, Congo (2018-2019). Her experience also extends to the field of medical entomology, after receiving field entomology training in Samoa as part of the Samoa Lymphatic filariasis xenomonitoring project (2018).

Tatiana Proboste

Dr Proboste is a post-doctoral fellow at UQ Spatial Epidemiology Laboratory. Her background is in Veterinary Medicine (DVM) and terrestrial ecology and biodiversity management (Msc) with a specialisation in wildlife disease ecology and spatial analysis. As a researcher, Tatiana has worked on molecular detection of tick-borne pathogens under the supervision of Dr Javier Millan in Spain, and during her PhD, she worked on developing tools to investigate the role of wildlife in disease transmission in urbanized environment under the supervision of Prof Jenny Seddon, Dr Nick Clark, Dr Hawthorne Beyer and Prof Jonathan Rhodes. Tatiana is currently working on the “Taking the Query out of Q Fever” project and in the development of a zoonotic vector-borne disease early warning system to enhance surveillance in Australia.

Dr Proboste's recent publications

Year	Title	Journal	Authors
2024	Prevalence of Pathogens Important to Human and Companion Animal Health in an Urban Unowned Cat Population	Wildlife Research	T Michaelian, L Harriott, M Gentle, et al
2023	R08. 2 Integration of Spatial and Network Analysis to Undercover Community Exposure to Zoonotic Vector-Borne Diseases: The Example of Ross River Virus During the Covid19 …	Geovet	T Proboste, D Bista, S Arora, et al
2022	Near-Term Forecasting of Companion Animal Tick Paralysis Incidence: An Iterative Ensemble Model	Plos Computational Biology	NJ Clark, T Proboste, G Weerasinghe, et al
2022	Profiling Risk Factors for Household and Community Spatiotemporal Clusters of q Fever Notifications in Queensland Between 2002 and 2017	Pathogens	T Proboste, NJ Clark, S Tozer, et al
2022	Research and Innovation Opportunities to Improve Epidemiological Knowledge and Control of Environmentally Driven Zoonoses	Annals of Global Health	T Proboste, A James, A Charette-Castonguay, et al
2022	Haemoprotozoa in Wild Short‐beaked Echidnas (Tachyglossus Aculeatus)	Australian Veterinary J	AG Hill, SP Boyd, NJ Clark, et al
2022	Profiling Risk Factors for Household and Community Spatiotemporal Clusters of q Fever Notifications in Queensland Between 2002 and 2017. Pathogens 2022, 11, 830	s Note: Mdpi Stays Neutral with Regard to Jurisdictional Claims in Published …	T Proboste, NJ Clark, S Tozer, et al
2021	Geographical Variation in Coxiella Burnetii Seroprevalence in Dairy Farms Located in South-Western Ethiopia: Understanding the Broader Community Risk	Pathogens	T Proboste, FB Deressa, Y Li, et al
2019	Commensal Bacterial Sharing Does not Predict Host Social Associations in Kangaroos	J of Animal Ecology	T Proboste, P Corvalan, N Clark, et al

Silvia Ciocchetta

Dr Ciocchetta is a veterinarian, parasitologist and medical entomologist. She is a Research Fellow at the University of Queensland Schools of Veterinary Science and a member of the University of Queensland School of Public Health Infectious Disease Diagnostics team, developing near-infrared spectroscopy applications for novel non-invasive diagnosis of infectious diseases. She is a chief investigator on an innovative project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that uses near-infrared spectroscopy as a rapid detection method for the quantification of intestinal worm burden in humans. Dr Ciocchetta is also leading an NHMRC Ideas Grant on the applications of NIRS technology to the surveillance of vector-borne diseases. Her key strengths are her extensive field and laboratory experience in Biosecurity, Parasitology, Medical Entomology, Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Vector-Borne Diseases Surveillance, Vector Biology and Control, and Near-infrared Spectroscopy.

Dr Ciocchetta's recent publications

Year	Title	Journal	Authors
2023	Investigation on Key Aspects of Mating Biology in the Mosquito Aedes Koreicus	Medical and Veterinary Entomology	S Ciocchetta, FD Frentiu, F Montarsi, et al
2023	Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Machine Learning Algorithms for Rapid and Non-Invasive Detection of Trichuris	Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases	TN Kariyawasam, S Ciocchetta, P Visendi, et al
2023	Machine Learning and Detection of Trichuris Muris in Mice	The University of Queensland	T Kariyawasam, M Lord, S Ciocchetta
2023	Identification of Visible and Near-Infrared Signature Peaks for Arboviruses and Plasmodium	Biorxiv	B Goh, RJ Soares Magalhaes, S Ciocchetta, et al
2023	Investigation on Key Aspects of Mating Biology in the Mosquito		S Ciocchetta, FD Frentiu, F Montarsi, et al
2022	Dynamaedes: a Unified Modelling Framework for Invasive Aedes Mosquitoes	Parasites & Vectors	D Da Re, W Van Bortel, F Reuss, et al
2022	First Report of the Detection of Denv1 in Human Blood Plasma with Near-Infrared Spectroscopy	Viruses	B Goh, P Visendi, AR Lord, et al
2022	Novel Diagnostic Tools for Soil Transmitted Helminths with Non-Invasive Capability. the Nearinfrared Spectroscopy and Artificial Intelligence	American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene	MT Sikulu-Lord, T Kariyawasam, S Ciocchetta, et al
2022	In Vitro Detection of Dengue 1 Virus in Human Whole Blood, Plasma, and Serum with Nearinfrared Spectroscopy	American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene	B Goh, P Visendi, S Ciocchetta, et al
2022	Investigation on Key Aspects of Aedes Koreicus Mating Biology		S Ciocchetta, FD Frentiu, A Michelutti, et al
2022	Supplementary Materials Dynamaedes: a Unified Modelling Framework for Invasive Aedes Mosquitoes		D Da Re, W Van Bortel, F Reuss, et al
2021	The Application of Spectroscopy Techniques for Diagnosis of Malaria Parasites and Arboviruses and Surveillance of Mosquito Vectors: a Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal …	Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases	B Goh, K Ching, RJ Soares Magalhães, et al
2021	The Potential of Nir Technique for Diagnosis of Trichuris Muris		S Ciocchetta, PR Giacomin, TK Niroshini, et al
2019	Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination in Samoa: Evaluating the Use of Molecular Xenomonitoring as a Surveillance Tool	American J of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene	B McPherson, S Sheridan, K Owada, et al
2018	The New European Invader Aedes (Finlaya) Koreicus: a Potential Vector of Chikungunya Virus	Pathogens and Global Health	S Ciocchetta, NA Prow, JM Darbro, et al
2018	The Vector Potential of the Mosquito Aedes Koreicus	Queensland University of Technology	S Ciocchetta

PhD Students

Tarni Cooper

Tarni is a veterinarian interested in One Health, particularly the human aspects of agricultural research for development (R4D). Tarni’s current research is supporting efforts to improve veterinary antimicrobial stewardship in Vietnam using a systems approach, combining epidemiological and participatory tools. Tarni’s advisors are Prof Ricardo Soares Magalhães, A/Prof Elske Van de Fliert from the Centre for Communication and Social Change and Dr Delia Grace of the International Livestock Research Institute. Tarni’s research is supported by the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health and contributes to the CGIAR Antimicrobial Resistance Hub. Read more about Tarni’s work on her ResearchGate and Google Scholar pages.
Tarni's recent publications

Year	Title	Journal	Authors
2023	Developing a New Technology for Demonstrating Environmental Sustainability in the Australian Grassfed Beef Industry	Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems	S Sarwar, H Ross, S Bommel, et al
2022	Beyond Numbers: Determining the Socioeconomic and Livelihood Impacts of African Swine Fever and Its Control in the Philippines	Frontiers in Veterinary Science	TL Cooper, D Smith, MJC Gonzales, et al
2021	Investigating the Socio-Economic and Livelihoods Impacts of African Swine Fever in Timor-Leste: An Application of Spatial Group Model Building	Frontiers in Veterinary Science	J Berends, J Bendita Da Costa Jong, TL Cooper, et al
2021	African Swine Fever–beyond the Numbers		T Cooper
2021	Final Report: Developing a Regional African Swine Fever Socioeconomic and Livelihood Impact Assessment Framework		D Smith, T Cooper
2021	Q&a;: African Swine Fever–beyond the Numbers		R Cleland, A Robinson, I Kernot, et al
2020	Participatory Epidemiology: Principles, Practice, Utility, and Lessons Learnt	Frontiers in Veterinary Science	RG Alders, SN Ali, AA Ameri, et al
2019	Counting the Cost: The Potential Impact of African Swine Fever on Smallholders in Timor-Leste	One Health	D Smith, T Cooper, A Pereira, et al
2019	Engaging with Complexity for Improved Veterinary Antimicrobial Stewardship in Thai Nguyen, Vietnam	Int Livestock Research Institute	T Cooper, D Grace, E Fliert, et al

Md. Mehedi Hasan

Md. Mehedi Hasan is a PhD student at The University of Queensland. He has been awarded an International Research Training Program (RTP) scholarship funded by the Commonwealth Government of Australia to undertake his current doctoral research. His doctoral thesis is focused on maternal and child health in low- and middle- income countries. Prior to his PhD studies, Mehedi served icddr,b; an International research organization based in Bangladesh and Helen Keller International (HKI) in Bangladesh. During his professional period, he was involved in several projects focusing on nutritional status of women and under five children, household food insecurity, food consumption, dietary diversity, infant and young child feeding practices, maternal and reproductive health, homestead food production, and hygiene.

Shovon Chakma

Shovon Chakma is a veterinarian from Bangladesh with an over four years of experience working in infectious disease surveillance programs in Bangladesh. He completed One Health Epidemiology Fellowship from Massey University, New Zealand in 2016 and is a life member of One Health Bangladesh. Prior to joining the SpatialEpiLab at the School of Veterinary Science at the UQ, he worked as a National Technical Advisor (Epidemiology) for Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in Bangladesh, focusing particularly on avian influenza virus (AIV) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance systems in live bird markets and livestock disease outbreak investigation. As a researcher, he implemented the first known study of zoonotic agents carried by non-indigenous rodents living in the Australian wet-tropical forest interface. His PhD project will evaluate the risk of live bird market environmental contamination heterogeneity with avian influenza over space and time in Bangladesh, which will then be linked to health outcomes in poultry and humans. Outside of work and study, he enjoys playing cricket and site-seeing.
Shovon's recent publications

Year	Title	Journal	Authors
2023	The One Health Epidemiology of Avian Influenza Infection in Bangladesh: Lessons Learned from the Past 15 Years	Transboundary and Emerging Diseases	MM Hassan, P Dutta, MM Islam, et al
2023	Human Exposure to Bats, Rodents and Monkeys in Bangladesh	Ecohealth	IS Shanta, SP Luby, K Hossain, et al
2022	Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity and Determinants of Canine Rabies Evidence at Local Government Area Level in Nigeria: Implications for Rabies Prevention and Control	One Health	PP Mshelbwala, JS Weese, NJ Clark, et al
2022	Spatial Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Subtype H5n6 in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, 2016–2017	Transboundary and Emerging Diseases	JS Lim, RJ Soares Magalhaes, S Chakma, et al
2022	Research and Innovation Opportunities to Improve Epidemiological Knowledge and Control of Environmentally Driven Zoonoses	Annals of Global Health	T Proboste, A James, A Charette-Castonguay, et al
2022	Role of Poultry Trade Network on the Avian Influenza a Viruses Environmental Contamination Patterns at Live Bird Markets, Dhaka, Bangladesh		S Chakma, MG Osmani, PP Mshelbwala, et al
2022	Transmission Dynamics and Epidemiology of Avian Influenza Infection at Human-Poultry-Wildlife Interface in Bangladesh	Queensland Alliance for One Health Sciences, School of Veterinary Science …	MM Hasan, P Dutta, MM Islam, et al
2022	Poultry Trade Network and Avian Influenza a Viruses Environmental Contamination at Live Bird Markets, Dhaka, Bangladesh: The Value of Social Network Analysis	Queensland Alliance for One Health Sciences, School of Veterinary Science …	S Chakma, S Horsman, MG Osmani, et al
2022	Detection of Risk Areas and Factors Associated with the Avian Influenza H5 Environmental Contamination at Live Bird Markets in Dhaka Metropolitan Local Government Areas, Bangladesh		S Chakma, MG Osmani, MR Karim, et al
2021	Rabies Epidemiology, Prevention and Control in Nigeria: Scoping Progress Towards Elimination	Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases	PP Mshelbwala, JS Weese, OA Sanni-Adeniyi, et al
2021	Risk Areas for Influenza a (H5) Environmental Contamination in Live Bird Markets, Dhaka, Bangladesh	Emerging Infectious Diseases	S Chakma, MG Osmani, H Akwar, et al
2021	Spatial Patterns of Canine Rabies Evidence at the Local Government Area Level in Nigeria: Association with Socioeconomic and Ecological Determinants		PP Mshelbwala, JS Weese, I Tekki, et al
2021	Effect of Weed Management on the Improvement of Growth and Yield of Sesame (Sesamum Indicum L.).	Biochemical & Cellular Archives	MN Aktar, MF Karim, S Chakma, et al
2020	Qualitative Risk Assessment of Transmission Pathways of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Hpai) Virus at Live Poultry Markets in Dhaka City, Bangladesh	Zoonoses and Public Health	SKS Islam, H Akwar, MM Hossain, et al
2020	An Assessment on Potential Risk Pathways for the Incursion of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus in Backyard Poultry Farm in Bangladesh	Veterinary World	K Islam, MM Ahsan, S Chakma, et al
2020	Healing Capacity of Leaves Stalks Extract of Pasak Bumi (Eurycoma Longifolia Jack.) on Incised Wounds of Mice Skin	Pharmacognosy J	RGP Panjaitan, A Maulidya, ARP Raharjeng, et al
2020	Raw Date Palm Sap Consumption and Human Exposure to Bat in Bangladesh		IS Shanta, SP Luby, K Hossain, et al
2019	Consumption of Raw Date Palm Sap and Human Exposure to Bats in Bangladesh	Nipah Virus Int Conference, Singapore.	IS Shanta, SP Luby, K Hossain, et al
2018	Investigation of Animal Anthrax Outbreaks in the Human–animal Interface at Risky Districts of Bangladesh During 2016–2017	J of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research	SKS Islam, S Chakma, AHMT Akhter, et al
2018	Why Do Community Livestock Continue to be Ignored Within Emerging Disease Surveillance Programmes? Addressing the Systemic Bias for Intensified Livestock Production Within …	Prince Mahidol Award Conference	H Akwar, K Naher, AS Zubery, et al
2018	Sink Surveillance, an Innovative Approach to Identify Hpai and Other Emerging Zoonotic Pathogens in Live Bird Markets in Bangladesh	Prince Mahidol Award Conference (Pmac), Poster a	M Osmani, H Akwar, Z Hasan, et al
2018	Utilising Existing Surveillance Platforms to Establish a Sustainable Amr National Surveillance and Monitoring System in Bangladesh	The Second Oie Global Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance, Marrakesh …	T Nasrin, S Akter, PK Howlader, et al
2018	The Potential Pathways of Introduction and Transmission of Hpai Virus at Live Birds Markets in Dhaka City, Bangladesh	The	SKS Islam, H Akwar, MZ Hasan, et al
2018	Achieving Resilience to Emerging Infectious Diseases Within the Poultry Production Systems; Development of a Production-Led Strategy for the Progressive Control of Avian …	Prince Mahidol Award Conference, Thailand	E Brum, K Naher, AS Zubery, et al
2017	a Survey of Zoonotic Pathogens Carried by Non‐indigenous Rodents at the Interface of the Wet Tropics of North Queensland, Australia	Transboundary and Emerging Diseases	S Chakma, J Picard, R Duffy, et al
2017	Livestock Associated Epidemiological Information Profiling in New Sandwip Island (Jahajerchar) of the Meghna Estuary, Noakhali using Participatory Disease Searching Tool.		SKS Islam, SC Shovon Chakma, AHMT Akhter, et al
2017	Amu Reality Check: Documenting the Widespread Use of Critically Important Human Antimicrobials in Livestock in Bangladesh		Z Hasan, H Akwar, S Chakma, et al
2017	The Source-Sink Model and Its Implications for Spillover Risk to Humans and Detection of Rare Pathogens – What the Patterns of Human H5n1 and H7n9 Cases Tell Us About Emerging …		H Akwar, MM Hossain, U Hesterberg, et al
2017	Should Consumers Purchase Poultry from Live Bird Markets or from Door-to-Door Live Bird Traders - a Comparative Assessment of Avian Influenza Spill-over Risk in Dhaka, Bangladesh		Z Hasan, U Hesterberg, H Akwar, et al
2016	Isolation, Identification and Antimicrobial Resistance Profile of Staphylococcus Aureus in Cockroaches (Periplaneta Americana)	J of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research	A Islam, AD Nath, K Islam, et al
2016	Isolation and Epidemiology of Multidrug Resistant Escherichia Coli from Goats in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh	J of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research	K Islam, A Ahad, M Barua, et al
2016	a Cross Sectional Study of Infectious Bursal Disease and Newcastle Disease in Poultry in Narsingdi District of Bangladesh	Deakin University	S Islam, A Islam, SP Moni, et al
2016	Leptospirosis in Bangladesh: An Urgent Need for Coordinated Surveillance System	Online J of Public Health Informatics	S Chakma, S Mahmood
2016	Serological Evidence of Henipavirus Exposure among Apparently Healthy Occupational Risk Group in Bangladesh: a One Health Priority for Control		S Mahmood, MN Islam, MNU Chowdhury, et al
2016	Community Attitudes and Knowledge About Bats in Nipah-Affected and Non Nipah-Affected Areas: Potential Threat to Biodiversity and Conservation in Bangladesh		MNU Chowdhury, MN Islam, S Mahmood, et al
2016	Case-Control Area Study of Risk Factors for Exposure of Village Residents to Nipah Virus in Bangladesh		MN Islam, S Mahmood, MNU CHowdhury, et al
2016	Economic Evaluation of One Health Policies for Controlling Anthrax in Bangladesh		K Islam, S Mahmood, MNU Chowdhury, et al
2016	a Qualitative Risk Assessment of Emerging Infectious Diseases of Bangladesh	Int J of Infectious Diseases	S Chakma, K Islam, S Mahmood
2016	Identification of Potential Risk Factors for Recurrent Outbreaks of Infectious Bursal Disease (Ibd) in Poultry Farms of Bogra District, Bangladesh in 2015	Asian-Australasian J of Bioscience and Biotechnology	SKS Islam, AHMT Akhter, MA Sufian, et al
2016	Social Network Analysis of Poultry Movement and Contact Patterns to Assess Transmission Potential of Exotic Subtypes of Avian Influenza in Poultry- Dense Districts of Bangladesh	Ecohealth	S Chakma, K Islam, M Asaduzzaman, et al
2015	Isolation and Molecular Detection of Pasteurella Multocida Type a from Naturally Infected Chickens, and their Histopathological Evaluation in Artificially Infected Chickens In …	J of Advanced Veterinary & Animal Research	SN Panna, KHM Nazir, MB Rahman, et al
2015	Epidemiology of Infectious Bursal Disease in Broiler Birds of Three Districts in Bangladesh	Asian J of Medical and Biological Research	S Chakma
2015	Prevalence of Infectious and Non-Infectious Diseases in Different Age Groups of Commercial Layer Chicken in Feni District, Bangladesh	Van Veterinary J	MB HOSSAIN, S CHAKMA, A Al NOMAN
2015	Production Performances of Japanese Quail Parent Stock under Open Housing System	J of Embryo Transfer	MB Hossain, PC Sen, MA al Noman, et al
2014	Assessment of Bangladeshi Mothers’ Knowledge and Awareness on Childhood Tuberculosis: a Cross Sectional Study	Science J of Public Health	T Islam, S Chakma, MAR Bhuiyan, et al
2014	Analysis of Urban Development Suitability in Dhaka Megacity: Geospatial Perspectives on Urbanization Environment and Health Series	Dordrecht: Springer Science	S Chakma
2012	Estimation of Genetic Parameters on the Performance of Brahama Graded Calves	Int J of Applied Research	GS Ahmad, MMH Hussain, MN Islam, et al
2010	Rapid Detection of Infectious Laryngotracheitis Virus by Standardization of Polymerase Chain Reaction Targeting a Relatively Conserved Region of the Thymidine Kinase Gene	University J of Zoology, Rajshahi University	S Chakma, S Sarker, S Talukder, et al
2009	Management Practices and Prevalent Diseases in a Commercial Layer Farm of Mymensingh District	Internation J of Bioresearch	M Aktar, PM Das, J Hassan, et al
NA	Talking About End-of-Life Care: How Should Physicians Act		ASM Nurunnabi, N Ahmad, S Chakma, et al
NA	Biocheck. Ugent: a Risk-Based Tool to Assess the Status of Biosecurity in Backyard Poultry in Low-and Middle-Income Countries	Ugent: a Risk-Based Tool to Assess the Status of Biosecurity in Backyard …	N Ibrahim, I Chantziaras, S Chakma, et al
NA	Role of Live Poultry Movement and Market-Level Biosecurity in the Temporal Variation of Avian Influenza a/H5 Environmental Contamination in Live Bird Markets of Dhaka, Bangladesh	Bangladesh	S Chakma, S Horseman, MG Osmani, et al

Uttara Kennedy

Uttara Kennedy has worked for over 18 years as a small animal veterinarian, practice manager and mentor across Australia and India. She has an MSc in International Animal Welfare, Ethics and Law and is a Member of the ANZVCS (Animal Welfare chapter). Alongside pursuing her PhD, she is a veterinarian at RSPCA Queensland’s largest city shelter. Her experience has given her deep insight into the issues pertaining to shelter medicine and control of endemic diseases in the shelter environment. Her PhD work involves using machine learning technology to categorise clinical notes within the RSPCA database for case ascertainment. Accurate case ascertainment is vital in informing shelter policy to improve animal management practices to have a direct positive impact on animal welfare and shelter resource management worldwide. She loves disappearing into the bush on long hiking-camping adventures with her family when she is not working or studying.
Uttara's recent publications

Year	Title	Journal	Authors
2023	using a Gradient Boosted Model for Case Ascertainment from Free-Text Veterinary Records	Preventive Veterinary Medicine	U Kennedy, M Paterson, N Clark
2023	Epidemiological Insights into the Burden of Feline Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Queensland Rspca Shelters	Australian Veterinary J	U Kennedy, M Paterson, N Clark
2023	The Sheltering of Unwanted Cows in India	Cattle Welfare in Dairy and Beef Systems: a New Approach to Global Issues …	A Sharma, U Kennedy, CJC Phillips
2021	Cow Shelters: Animal Welfare, Human Well-Being and the Environment in an Indian Context	One Welfare in Practice	U Kennedy, A Sharma, CJC Phillips
2019	The Welfare of Cows in Indian Shelters	Animals	A Sharma, U Kennedy, C Schuetze, et al
2019	Biological Control of Pests and a Social Model of Animal Welfare	J of Environmental Management	A Mankad, U Kennedy, L Carter
2019	a Novel Method of Assessing Floor Friction in Cowsheds and Its Association with Cow Health	Animals	A Sharma, U Kennedy, C Phillips
2019	a Novel Method of Assessing Floor Friction in Cowsheds and Its Association with Cow Health.		AS Arvind Sharma, U Kennedy, C Phillips
2019	The Welfare of Cows in Indian Shelters.		AS Arvind Sharma, U Kennedy, C Schuetze, et al
2019	The Welfare of Cows in Indian Shelters.	Animals	S Arvind, U Kennedy, C Schuetze, et al
2018	The Sheltering of Unwanted Cattle, Experiences in India and Implications for Cattle Industries Elsewhere	Animals	U Kennedy, A Sharma, CJC Phillips

Francisca Powell

Fran is a PhD candidate currently working on using multivariate modelling approaches to predict co-infections in both humans and animals. Her principal advisor is Dr. Nicholas Clark, and her associate advisors are Prof. Ricardo Soares Magalhães, Dr. Nicholas Fountain-Jones and Dr. Konstans Wells. Fran has broad interests in One Health research and infectious disease epidemiology and control, and has a multidisciplinary academic background in biomedical science, sociology, and French.
Francisca's recent publications

Year	Title	Journal	Authors
2023	Improving the Predictability and Interpretability of Co‐occurrence Modelling Through Feature‐based Joint Species Distribution Ensembles	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	F Powell‐Romero, NM Fountain‐Jones, A Norberg, et al
2023	R04. 1 using Joint Species Distribution Models to Improve Predictions of Co-Infection in Veterinary Epidemiology	Geovet	F Powell-Romero, K Wells, N Clark

Thomas Callaghan

Thomas is a PhD student interested in zoonotic infectious diseases and a One Health approach to their management. His current research focuses on the spatial epidemiology of zoonotic foodborne disease in Queensland. This work will include identifying which risk factors and exposure pathways are associated with animal infection, human infection, morbidity, and hospitalisation. Thomas has worked as a scientist for several years at Safe Food Production Queensland, Biosecurity Queensland, and the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries. Thomas completed his prior tertiary studies at UQ with a Bachelor of Environmental Science (Honours) and Graduate Certificate in Animal Science. He is a member of the Australian Society for Microbiology and an alumnus of the Evolutionary Physiology Laboratory at UQ’s School of Biological Science. Thomas’s advisors at UQ are Prof Ricardo Soares Magalhães, Prof Colleen Lau, A/Prof Rowland Cobbold and Dr Dwan Vilcins. His external advisors are Robin Sherlock (Safe Food Production Queensland) and Adj A/Professor Jim Smith (Queensland Health and QUT). Read more about Thomas on his ResearchGate page.

Holly Crompton

Holly is a PhD student with a particular interest in infectious disease epidemiology, geospatial analysis and One Health approaches to disease control. Her current PhD work is on identifying risk factors and using spatial analysis techniques with the goal of targeting global rabies elimination. Her Primary supervisor is Prof Ricardo Soares Magalhães and her associate supervisors are Dr. Nicholas Clark, Professor Cassiano Victoria and Dr. Janine Barrett.

K. A. N. K. Karunarathna

I am a PhD candidate at School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland. Research is being carried out under supervision of Dr. Nicholas Clark in his DECRA project “Modelling Ecological Responses to Climate Change”.

I hold a B.Sc. (Hons) in Statistics from University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, a M.Sc. in Applied Statistics and M.Phil. in Statistics. Both M.Sc. and M.Phil. degrees are from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. I have been working at Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Eastern University, Sri Lanka since 2011. Prior to this, I rendered my service as an instructor and teaching staff in University of Sri Jayewardenepura and University of Peradeniya, respectively for couples of years. My research fields of interest are statistical modelling, inferences, and designs of experiments. Most of my research are in the fields such as health, environment, industrial, education, and social science.

Josefina Abedin

I am a medical Microbiologist and a PhD student at the School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland funded by Bangladesh Government Scholarship. I have completed M.Phil in Microbiology from Dhaka Medical College, Bangladesh in 2016. My doctoral thesis is focused on molecular characterization of Influenza Viruses at human-poultry high-risk interfaces in Bangladesh. Prior to my PhD studies I have worked with multi-sectoral lab teams for more than 6 years in Bangladesh and contributed to the diagnosis of novel viral agent family, investigating different zoonotic diseases outbreak including covid 19 outbreak and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). During my Professional period, I was involved in several projects focusing on Infectious disease epidemiology and One health research. I was the lab coordinator of IEDCR for the USAID PREDICT project in Bangladesh and maintained liaison with laboratory partners regarding molecular and serological identification of known and novel viruses. I have served as an instructor to train other lab personnel from the government of Bangladesh.

Josefina's recent publications

Year	Title	Journal	Authors
2023	Serological Evidence of Bluetongue Virus and Associated Factors in Small Ruminants of Bangladesh	Preventive Veterinary Medicine	S Islam, MK Rahman, J Abedin, et al
2023	Seroprevalence of and Risk Factors of Rift Valley Fever and q Fever in Domestic Ruminants of Bangladesh	Int J of Infectious Diseases	S Islam, MK Rahman, J Abedin, et al
2022	Transmission Dynamics and Genomic Epidemiology of Emerging Variants of Sars-Cov-2 in Bangladesh	Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease	MA Sayeed, J Ferdous, O Saha, et al
2022	Transmission Pathways and Genomic Epidemiology of Emerging Variants of Sars-Cov-2 in the Environment	Covid	A Islam, MA Sayeed, MA Kalam, et al
2022	Seroprevalence and Risk Factors of Bluetongue Virus in Sheep of Chattogram, Bangladesh, Veterinary World, 15 (6): 1589–1594	Abstract	TK Munmun, S Islam, S Zamil, et al
2021	Assessment of Basic Reproduction Number (R0), Spatial and Temporal Epidemiological Determinants, and Genetic Characterization of Sars-Cov-2 in Bangladesh	Infection, Genetics and Evolution	A Islam, MA Sayeed, MK Rahman, et al
2021	Molecular Epidemiology of Sars-Cov-2 in Diverse Environmental Samples Globally	Microorganisms	A Islam, MA Sayeed, MA Kalam, et al
2021	Spatial Epidemiology and Genetic Diversity of Sars-Cov-2 and Related Coronaviruses in Domestic and Wild Animals	Plos One	A Islam, J Ferdous, MA Sayeed, et al
2020	Serological Evidence of West Nile Virus in Wild Birds in Bangladesh	Veterinary Sciences	A Islam, S Islam, ME Hossain, et al
2020	Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Coronavirus in Human in Bangladesh	Int J of Infectious Diseases	SD Choudhury, A Islam, J Abedin, et al

Sara Horsman

Sara is a PhD student focusing on the epidemiology and control of canine skin and ear conditions in Australia. Her work encompasses spatial and spatiotemporal epidemiological approaches, identifying environmental and socio-economic risk factors of skin and ear conditions, and associations between antimicrobial resistance and treatment types for allergies and skin/ear infections in dogs. Along with bacteriology, specifically antimicrobial resistance and usage, and molecular microbiology, including microbiota analyses (16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing) and whole-genome sequencing. Her principal advisor is Assoc. Prof. Justine Gibson, and her associate ad visors are Dr Erika Meler,Dr. Deirdre Mikkelsen, and Prof Ricardo Soares Magalhães.

Sara's recent publications

Year	Title	Journal	Authors
2023	Bacterial Culture and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Results from Bovine Milk Samples Submitted to Four Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories in Australia from 2015 to 2019	Frontiers in Veterinary Science	C Langhorne, SD Gupta, S Horsman, et al
2023	Bacterial Culture and Susceptibility Test Results for Clinical Mastitis Samples from Australia’s Subtropical Dairy Region.	J of Dairy Science	C Langhorne, S Horsman, C Wood, et al
2021	Environmental Recovery of Nosocomial Bacteria in a Companion Animal Shelter Before and after Infection Control Procedures	Frontiers in Veterinary Science	S Horsman, H Rynhoud, X Zhou, et al
2021	Nasal Microbiota Diversity and Abundance in Shelter Dogs Carrying Methicillin-Resistant and-Sensitive Staphylococcus Species		S Horsman, D Mikkelsen, J Mallyon, et al

Former lab group members

Philip Mshelbwala

Philip is a veterinarian, and a PhD student at the School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, with broad interests in infectious diseases, epidemiology and One Health. The central focus of his PhD is to quantify rabies transmission risk in Nigeria to support prevention and control efforts towards attaining zero human rabies deaths mediated via dogs by 2030. His pimary supervisors is Dr. Nicholas Clark, and his co-supervisors are Prof Ricardo Soares Magalhães, Prof J. Scott Weese and Professor Joanne Meers. Read more about Philip’s work on his ResearchGate page.

Hester Rynhoud

Hester is interested in the study of zoonotic bacterial diseases and how they contribute to the One Health concept. Hester’s current research focuses on the molecular and spatial epidemiology of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus spp. carriage in Brisbane’s domestic and shelter animals. Hester’s advisors at UQ are A/Prof Ricardo Soares Magalhães, Dr Justine Gibson and Dr Erika Meler. Read more about Hester’s work on her ResearchGate page.

Pandji Dhewantara

Pandji is an early-career researcher working at the National Institute of Health Research and Development (NIHRD)-Ministry of Health of Indonesia. He obtained his Master’s degree on Environmental science in Padjajaran University, Bandung, Indonesia. In Indonesia, his research particularly focuses on the epidemiology of vector-borne diseases such as dengue, malaria and lymphatic filariasis. Currently, his PhD project is focusing on leptospirosis – a zoonotic bacterial disease caused by Leptospira in China. His project is aiming at estimating the burden of human leptospirosis in China and using spatial analytical tools to understand the spatial epidemiology of human leptospirosis in China and the effects of demographical, ecological and socio-economic factors on the geographical and temporal pattern of human leptospirosis. Pandji’s advisors are Prof Ricardo Soares Magalhães, A/Prof. Abdullah Mamun from UQ’s Institute of Social Science Research and Prof. Wenbiao Hu from the School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology. Read more about Pandji’s work on his ResearchGate and Google Scholar pages.

Yalemzewod Assefa Gelaw (Yalem)

Yalemzewod is a PhD candidate interested in infectious disease, particularly in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB). Yalem’s current research focuses on the epidemiology of tuberculosis and HIV associated TB co-infection in Ethiopia. Yalem joined the University of Queensland after ten years of experience working in the Ministry of Health as a senior environmental health officer, as well as holding an academic position at the University of Gondar in Ethiopia. He obtained his master’s degree on Master of public health in Epidemiology and Biostatistics in University of Gondar, Ethiopia. Yalem’s advisors are Prof Gail Williams, Dr Yibeltal Alemu and Prof Ricardo Soares Magalhães. Read more about Yalem’s work on his Google scholar and ResearchGate pages.

Andrea Araujo Navas

Andrea is a geographer currently conducting PhD research into uncertainties related to spatial epidemiological studies. Her interest are to analyse spatial structures from epidemiological data as well as to focus on the relevance of different environmental risk factors that determine the exposure to Schistosoma japonicum infection in the Philippines. Andrea’s main research is at the Faculty of Geo-information and Earth Observations Sciences at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. Her advisors are Prof Alfred Stein and Dr Frank Osei at UTwente, and Prof Ricardo Soares Magalhães at University of Queensland. Read more about Andrea’s work on her ResearchGate page.

Tuhin Biswas

Tuhin started his research career as a research fellow in one of the centre of excellence “Centre for Control of Chronic Diseases” at icddr,b which was established with funding support from National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI). He has experience working in a number of research projects that include diabetes & prediabetes, surveillance and community management of hypertension, metabolic syndrome, child obesity, mental health and its resultant health effects in Bangladesh. His major works included implementation of research projects; planning, organizing and carry out various research/field research and study activities. His PhD research will explore the double burden of malnutrition among the women in South and Southeast Asia and its geographical variation, health inequality and health achievement. Tuhin’s advisors are A/Prof Abdullah Mamun and Prof Ricardo Soares Magalhães. Read more about Tuhin’s work on his Google scholar and ResearchGate pages.

Xiaoyan Zhou

Xiaoyan is currently a PhD student studying the spatial epidemiology of emerging infectious diseases. Xiaoyan’s research topic is Spatial Risk Assessment of the Zoonotic Influenza A (H7N9) along the Live Meat Chicken Market Chain in Southeast China. Her research aims to get a better understanding of live poultry market chains in eastern China, with the specific aim to define the risks of sustained transmission of H7N9 virus along the live meat chicken market chain in eastern China. Before she started her PhD, she has been working as national GIS specialist for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in China for over four years. Here she mainly focused on applying statistical modeling and simulation approaches to conduct risk assessment and spatial prediction to better understand the epidemiological features of zoonotic diseases in Asian countries. Xiaoyan obtained her master’s degree in Geospatial Sciences and Remote Sensing from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Alex Pekin

Alex was an Honours scholar at the University of Queensland. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Animal and Veterinary Bioscience) in 2018 and is researching risk factors and spatial distribution of dog bite attacks in South-East Queensland; a collaborative project between the University of Queensland and Queensland Health. He is committed to utilizing a One Health approach as a method of improving healthcare infrastructure in developed and developing countries. As an undergraduate he contributed to work quantifying the temporal relationship between H7N9 avian influenza onset in humans with poultry surveillance, live bird movements, and sociodemographic factors. He plans to pursue further study into One Health issues, with a focus on veterinary solutions and interventions. Alex’s advisor was Prof Ricardo Soares Magalhães.