I am conducting One Health research at the Communicable Diseases Policy Research Group, LSHTM. I am an infectious disease veterinarian and epidemiologist. Prior to joining LSHTM, I was a postdoctoral fellow at Massey University, New Zealand, where I also completed my PhD. I also hold DVM from Hokkaido University (Japan) and an MSc Veterinary Epidemiology from LSHTM and Royal Veterinary College.
Over the last few years, I have been increasingly shifting towards a mixed-method research and use both classic epidemiological analyses (statistical and mathematical disease modelling) and qualitative methods (e.g. in-depth interviews and ethnography). Particularly I am interested in understanding how local health behaviours are constructed in different contexts.
Affiliations
Teaching
I supervise both London-based and distance-learning MSc students from LSHTM and RVC e.g. Public Health, Control of Infectious Disease, One Health, Veterinary Epidemiology. If you are interested in, please feel free to get in touch.
Research
My main research interest/area is:
(1) generation and implementation of evidence related to public health, One Health and animal health
(2) human-animal relationship and how this influences perceptions towards disease in humans and animals (both livestock and pet animals), and implications for disease surveillance.
(3) understanding how diseases influence human behaviours, and quantify the impact of behavioural changes on disease spread
(4) strategies to improving conservations of natural environment and local livelihood, especially smallholders in South-East Asia countries.
Specific research topics include:
(a) Modelling of disease transmisisons including SARS-CoV-2, Zoonotic Influenza, African Swine Fever, Zoonotic tuberculosis, Bovine Mycoplasma
(b) A mixed-method approach to understanding livestock farmers' behaviours in relation to disease e.g. livestock trading, treatment and disease prevention
(c) Antimicrobial resistance among food products
(d) Tick-borne disease (e.g. SFTS)
(e) Disease surveillance among pet animals (especially cats)
Selected Publications
