My PhD is focused around understanding how the transmission of infectious diseases is facilitated by livestock movements, and how the characterisation of livestock movement networks can inform optimal strategies of disease mitigation, control, and surveillance.   In particular, I aim to characterise the transmission dynamics of influenza A viruses among pig production areas in Cambodia. This will be informed by a) empirical characterisation of the live pig trading network using social network analysis (SNA) and network modelling, and b) mathematical modelling to assess the potential impacts of changing pig sector configurations (e.g. increased intensification), and different disease control interventions on influenza transmission dynamics.