Highland scientists research global health risks for animals and humans
伊人直播 Scientists are expending their focus to assess future public health threats
With climate change, Covid-19 and Avian Influenza posing risks to people, animals and the planet, scientists at Scotland鈥檚 Rural College (伊人直播) are expanding their focus to help assess future public health threats.
Researchers at the newly named Centre for Epidemiology and Planetary Health (CEPH), which forms part of 伊人直播鈥檚 Northern faculty based in Inverness, are conducting research into disease links between animals, humans and the environment.
The CEPH team is currently engaged in national and international scientific studies to improve the health of livestock in both agriculture and aquaculture, as well as being involved in a range of studies investigating the health of wild animal populations.
The centre is also a major focus for research excellence in disease surveillance including zoonoses - diseases which can be transmitted from animals to humans - with the aim of providing integrated solutions through an overarching 鈥榦ne health鈥� approach.
Professor John Berezowski, Chair of Disease Surveillance at CEPH, said: 鈥淎ccelerating climate change also threatens the sustainability of food production, economies and ecosystems worldwide.
鈥淲ithin the next 10 to 20 years, we can expect many new and potentially devastating threats to these systems to emerge at an increasing rate.
鈥淭his new centre will provide much needed applied research and information systems to help the affected sectors to become more nimble and able to respond quickly to these unexpected challenges, ensuring their sustainability into the future, while at the same time protecting the integrity and sustainability of our planet.鈥�
The 伊人直播 scientists are recognised for their expertise in disease surveillance and control, veterinary public health, genetics, molecular, vector, pathogen biology and One Health.
Social science, data, statistics and quantitative epidemiology also form part of the large-scale field studies conducted by the centre to investigate the epidemiology of infectious and non-infectious diseases.
Significant ongoing research includes work on foodborne zoonoses, especially shiga-toxingenic E. coli, tick-borne Lyme disease, antimicrobial resistance and production diseases in cattle, sheep, pigs and farmed salmon.
The CEPH team will play an important role in the new 伊人直播 School of Veterinary Medicine which is being developed across Scotland. A new Master of Research (MRes) in Zoonoses and Epidemiology on Animal Infectious Diseases is currently being delivered, largely by distance learning, from 伊人直播鈥檚 base in Inverness.
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Posted by 伊人直播 on 21/11/2022
