Project
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Funded by Natural Environment Research Council.
Collaboration with Stanford University and University of St Andrews.
Project to investigate the effect of increasing temperatures, temperature variability and shift in precipitation patterns due to climate change on the dynamics of snail borne schistosomiasis. Collaborating with Standford who are project leads, university of california, Stony Brook University, University of Washington, st Andrews, Cote d'Ivoire and Brazil.
Total award value £250,816.80
Chair in Food Security & Sustainability, Maths
Professor, Institute of Aquaculture
PhD Researcher, Institute of Aquaculture
Article
Aslan IH, Pourtois JD, Chamberlin AJ, Mitchell KR, Mari L, Lwiza KM, Wood CL, Mordecai EA, Yu A, Tuan R, Palasio RGS, Monteiro AMV, Little DC, Ozretich RW & Norman R (2024) Re-assessing thermal response of schistosomiasis transmission risk: Evidence for a higher thermal optimum than previously predicted. Coffeng LE (Editor) PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18 (6), Art. No.: e0011836. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011836
Article
Ozretich RW, Wood CL, Allan F, Koumi AR, Norman R, Brierley AS, De Leo GA & Little DC (2022) The Potential for Aquaculture to Reduce Poverty and Control Schistosomiasis in Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) during an Era of Climate Change: A Systematic Review. Reviews in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture. https://doi.org/10.1080/23308249.2022.2039096