New paper out! We used structural equation modelling to investigate spatio-temporal drivers of #ticks and #Lymedisease hazard in urban greenspaces and rural woodland. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk

🚀 New Launch: #VBD Hub Forum on Vector-Borne Diseases - a new space for researchers, public health professionals, clinicians, policymakers, and practitioners to connect and collaborate on #vector-borne diseases in the UK. 🦟🪰🕷️ 👉 Join the conversation and introduce yourself: forum.vbdhub.org

Exciting 4-yr Postdoc opportunity on our new project (DRIVERS): Identifying drivers of #schistosomiasis treatment failure & recommendations for treatment strategies. PDRA will analyse individual-level factors behind poor efficacy & reinfection. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43... Apply by 26 Jan.

New paper out! We used structural equation modelling to quantify how deer affect Lyme disease hazard, both directly and indirectly via vegetation and rodents. doi.org/10.1016/j.tt... #LymeDisease #DiseaseEcology #Ticks @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk

Come join us - we are recruiting a postdoc in phylodynamics and epidemiological modelling to join an exciting project on foot-and-mouth-disease virus in African buffalo www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research... Please share widely! #jobs #disease #ecology #evolution #phylodynamics

Do you want to know why some cities have more ticks in their urban greenspaces than others? Read our newest study to find out! www.nature.com/articles/s44... You can also read our blog post describing our findings! communities.springernature.com/posts/why-do... #Ticks #LymeDisease #UrbanEcology

🚨 New paper 🚨 How does livestock grazing impact tick-borne disease hazard? Our new study in the New Forest National Park used a paired experiment to find out. Important for #rewilding and #conservation grazing schemes! #Ticks #LymeDisease @ukhsa.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨New paper out! We surveyed 84 sites across 36 recreational areas in England and Wales and assessed tick density and Lyme disease hazard in 2021-2023. #LymeDisease #Ticks #Ecology @ukhsa.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Amazing funded PhD opportunity for a UK student to work on the effects of forest restoration and rewilding on tick-borne diseases with an amazing supervisory team!! Deadline 28 July!

EoI: Climate/landuse change and disease risk workshop 🦟😷🌳🕷️🦠 Explore how land-use policy impacts human, animal & plant health 🗓️ 23 May 2025, UKCEH Wallingford. Travel covered ➡️ Apply: forms.office.com/r/wFrnzFBPVC Deadline 2 May. ECRs welcome! Poster 1drv.ms/b/s!Asq7tlTR...

Hey folks! I'll be teaching two workshops in May on Structural Equation Modeling! One course is introductory (May 7-9): smart-workshops.com/intro-sem-info The other is on longitudinal models (May 14-16): smart-workshops.com/long-sem-info 🙏Please RT and share! 🙏 Let met tell you more...

Save the date! *June 4-6, 2025* The One Health VBD Hub is organising a training workshop on data sharing and analysis at leafy 🌿Silwood Park, UK 🥬 More details coming soon! 🦟 🖥️ 🦠 🦌

📢 Have you seen a mosquito in Scotland? The @MosquitoScot team want to hear about it! You can report your sighting and submit a photo here ⬇️ mosquito-scotland.com Please help us fill in the mosquito map for Scotland and understand future vector-borne disease risk!