This lab is fascinated by everything that parasites do – and we blend ecology, evolution, data analysis and modeling to try and work out exactly what that is. Our current interests are in:

• Understanding the relationship between biodiversity and parasite fitness (including clarifying theory on the dilution effect)
• Characterizing parasite generalism, host-species jumping and host-parasite ‘missing links’ using macroecology techniques (RCN: Macroecology of Infectious Disease)
• Establishing the different ways in which vector diversity impacts vector-borne diseases
• Exploring the consequences of refugia on the emergence of drug resistance
• Determining the potential for early warning signals in time series of infectious diseases, with a focus on childhood infections (AERO)