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Mr Will Leung

Research Fellow

United Kingdom

I am a Bloomsbury Colleges-funded PhD candidate at the Communicable Diseases Policy Research Group, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). I am interested in "One Health" approaches to understanding and mitigating infectious disease emergence and spread in human and animal populations. My current research centers on characterising the role of the swine production system and associated swine movement/trade networks in the emergence and transmission of influenza A viruses in Cambodia.

I hold an MSc in Veterinary Epidemiology (Royal Veterinary College and LSHTM) and a BSc in Biomedical Science (University of the West of England). Prior to joining LSHTM in 2019, I was a molecular biology research technician at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) researching the host range, virulence, and molecular epidemiology of amphibian ranaviruses.

Affiliations

Department of Global Health and Development
Faculty of Public Health and Policy

Research

Research Area
Epidemiology
Mathematical modelling
Social epidemiology
Surveillance
Food production (agriculture)
Agriculture
Disease and Health Conditions
Influenza
Zoonoses
Emerging infectious diseases
Country
Cambodia
United Kingdom
Region
East Asia & Pacific (all income levels)

Selected Publications

Simulating contact networks for livestock disease epidemiology: a systematic review
LEUNG, WT M; RUDGE, JW; Fournié, G;
2023
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface
Social contact patterns relevant for infectious disease transmission in Cambodia.
LEUNG, WT M; MEEYAI, A; HOLT, HR; Khieu, B; Chhay, T; Seng, S; Pok, S; Chiv, P; Drake, T; RUDGE, JW;
2023
Scientific reports
Social contact patterns relevant for infectious disease transmission in Cambodia
LEUNG, WT M; Meeyai, A; HOLT, HR; Khieu, B; Chhay, T; Seng, S; Pok, S; Chiv, P; Drake, T; RUDGE, J;
2023
Zenodo
Effects of historic and projected climate change on the range and impacts of an emerging wildlife disease.
Price, SJ; LEUNG, WT M; Owen, CJ; Puschendorf, R; Sergeant, C; Cunningham, AA; Balloux, F; Garner, TW J; Nichols, RA;
2019
Global change biology
A quantitative-PCR based method to estimate ranavirus viral load following normalisation by reference to an ultraconserved vertebrate target
LEUNG, WT M; Thomas-Walters, L; Garner, TW J; Balloux, F; Durrant, C; Price, SJ;
2017
Journal of Virological Methods
Host Microbiome Richness Predicts Resistance to Disturbance by Pathogenic Infection in a Vertebrate Host
Harrison, X; Price, S; Hopkins, K; LEUNG, W; Sergeant, C; Garner, T;
2017
bioRxiv
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