Professor James Wood

Alborada Professor of Equine and Farm Animal Science at Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge

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Co-Chair, Cambridge Infectious Diseases, and Head of the Department of Veterinary Medicine

James Wood is co-chair of Cambridge Infectious Diseases and Head of the Department of Veterinary Medicine

My research interests focus on the dynamics of infectious diseases particularly for emerging or zoonotic diseases at the interface of humans and animals. Mathematical modelling and more traditional epidemiological approaches are combined with detailed molecular studies of pathogen and host in a multidisciplinary framework.

Studies of infection dynamics should consider host ecology as well as the infection and its pathogenesis. My interests include influenza (currently avian influenza in relation to on farm biosecurity in GB), emergent viral infections of bats in sub-Saharan Africa (with Ghanaian and UK collaborators), coronaviruses and bovine tuberculosis control, including tricky policy challenges. In addition to my research interests, I am also involved in the Cambridge-Africa programme, which focuses on building links between Cambridge and African Institutions and which aims to strengthen Africa's own capacity for a sustainable research.

My position and research is generously supported by The ALBORADA Trust

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http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/research/investigators/wood.html

Scott McPherson

UK Health Security Agency
Dr Monika Preuss

UK Health Security Agency
Laura Eden and Zoë Bond

Government Office for Science (GO-Science)
Dr Alexander Churchill

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
Jonathan Ashworth

Shadow Cabinet
Dr Simon Strickland

Cabinet Office
Dame Caroline Wilson

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
Paul Green

Veterinary Medicines Directorate
William Hall

Financial Services Group, HM Treasury
Dr Emma Hennessey

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
Professor Guy Poppy

Food Standards Agency
Steve Wearne

Food Standards Agency
Sophie Odenthal

Financial Services Group, HM Treasury
Nigel Campbell

Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Dr James Hutchinson

Kiwi Innovation Network (KiwiNet)
Dr Jasdeep Sandhu

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
Mike Edbury

Government Office for Science (GO-Science)
Andrea Lee

City of London Corporation
Dr Susan Windham-Bannister

Biomedical Growth Strategies LLC
John Tesh

Civil Contingencies Secretariat (CCS), Cabinet Office

Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge

Alborada Professor of Equine and Farm Animal Science

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