School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine

ZELS DTP partners

The nine projects that comprise the ZELS DTP consortium:

Lead UK institution	ZELS research project	PI
University of Glasgow	Social, Economic and Environmental Drivers of Zoonoses in Tanzania (SEEDZ)	Prof Sarah Cleaveland Prof Jo Sharp
Other key partners: Tanzania: Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Sokoine Unversity of Agriculture, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute, Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development. UK: Institute of Development Studies. Other: Otago University, Washington State University

Royal Veterinary College	Control of brucellosis in the main peri-urban dairy production zones of West and Central Africa	Prof Javier Guitian
Other key partners: Ecole Inter Etats des Sciences et Médecine Vétérinaires (EIMSV, Senegal). UK: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, GALVmed, Animal and Plant Health Agency

University of Glasgow	Molecular epidemiology of brucellosis in northern Tanzania	Prof Dan Haydon Dr Jo Halliday
Other key partners: Tanzania: Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development. UK: Animal and Plant Health Agency, Institute of Development Studies

The Pirbright Institute	Combating avian influenza through systematic analysis of antigenic drift, genetic variation, and development of novel diagnostic tools and vaccines	Dr Munir Iqbal
Other key partners: Oxford University Clinical Research Unit-Vietnam, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (Pakistan), National Center for Veterinary Diagnostics (Vietnam), Department of Animal Health (Vietnam). UK: MRC National Institute for Medical Research, Imperial College

Royal Veterinary College	Controlling and monitoring emerging zoonoses in the poultry farming and trading system in Bangladesh: an interplay between pathogens, people, policy	Prof Dirk Pfeiffer
Other key partners: Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Science University (Bangladesh), National Agriculture Research Centre (Pakistan), Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (FAO Bangladesh), Bangladesh Department of Livestock services. UK/Other: LSHTM, Chatham House, Queensland University

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine	Life on the edge: tackling human African trypanosomiasis on the edge of wilderness areas	Prof Stephen Torr
Other key partners: Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Research Institute, South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis. UK: Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Scotland’s Rural College

Royal Veterinary College	Epidemiology and evolution of zoonotic schistosomiasis in a changing world	Prof Joanne Webster
Other key partners: Université Gaston Berger (Senegal), RISEAL Niger, MOH Senegal and Niger, MOE Senegal and Niger. UK/Europe: Imperial, SCI, LCNTHR, NHM SCAN, WHO, TDR, University of Leiden

University of Cambridge	ETHICOBOTS (Ethiopia Control of Bovine Tuberculosis Strategies)	Prof James Wood
Other key partners: Ethiopia: Addis Ababa University, Amauer Hansen Research Institute, Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural Research. UK/Europe: Veterinary Medicine and Social Anthropology (Cambridge), Animal and Plant Health Agency, Swiss Tropical Health Institute

University of Glasgow	Hazards Associated with Zoonotic enteric pathogens in Emerging Livestock meat pathways (HAZEL)	Prof Ruth Zadoks
Other key partners: Tanzania: Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Sokoine Unversity of Agriculture, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development. UK: Institute of Food Research, Institute of Development Studies. Other: Massey University, Washington State University, Otago University

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