University of Exeter I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Exeter with expertise in ecological modelling, Bayesian statistics and wildlife population dynamics. My research focuses on developing and applying quantitative methods to help understand survival, movement and disease processes in wild populations with a particular interest in badgers and bovine tuberculosis. I also have wider experience developing ecological data […]
University of Exeter I am a researcher working on advancing Bayesian statistical methods for the analysis of disease transmission and ecological dynamics. On the BADGER project, I am applying these approaches to interrogate 50+ years of data on badgers and bovine tuberculosis, with the aim of answering both evolutionary and ecological questions about the host-pathogen […]
University of Edinburgh Having previously worked on this long-term badger research system, I am now a research fellow in the Institute of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Edinburgh where my group works at the interface of behaviour, population ecology and epidemiology. My team will be bringing our expertise on network analysis and modelling to the BADGER project […]
Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) Clare Benton is a wildlife epidemiologist at the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), where she leads the Wildlife Health Field Services team. Her work focuses on how badger social structure, genetics, and inbreeding influence tuberculosis transmission, using approaches such as whole‑genome sequencing to understand host–pathogen interactions. Through the NERC‑funded project, she is […]
National Wildlife Management Centre I am Research Leader at the National Wildlife Management Centre, Woodchester Park, home to the long-running European badger ecology and disease dynamics study. My research focuses on wildlife disease ecology, especially bovine tuberculosis in badgers. Current projects use camera traps, GPS proximity collars and genetic data to study badger population density, […]
University of Sheffield Jon Slate is an evolutionary geneticist at the University of Sheffield. His group combine genomics tools with life history data from long-term individual-based studies. They are interested in the genetic and epigenetic basis of phenotypic variation, and the maintenance of genetic variation.
University of Exeter I am currently an Associate Professor in Bayesian Statistics in the Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Exeter. My research interests include the application and development of Bayesian statistical methodology for the study of infectious disease dynamics. I have worked on diseases such as bovine tuberculosis, COVID-19, HIV, Salmonella, […]
University of Exeter I am an evolutionary ecologist at the University of Exeter with broad interests in eco‑evolutionary processes in host–pathogen systems. In the BADGER project, I lead the Genetics and Genomics work package. This work will integrate whole‑genome re‑sequencing data from 2,500 badgers sampled over 50 years with detailed infection and life‑history records to investigate how genetic variation influences bTB susceptibility, disease progression, […]
University of Exeter Andy is an evolutionary ecologist, with particular interests in evolution of social behaviour and senescence (ageing). His group use long-term field studies of wild social vertebrates to address emerging questions in both fields. Andy leads the senescence component of the badger project, studying the evolution and mechanisms of ageing in European badgers […]
University of Exeter I am a population biologist with broad interests in the dynamics of wild populations, the evolution of life histories, and the epidemiology of wildlife disease. I use statistical analysis, modelling and theory to explain patterns in population dynamics, endangerment and invasiveness, in nature. Armed with detailed demographic and genomic information, I lead […]