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PhD students, moving on, moving up

Three of our PhD students are moving on to bigger and hopefully better things in the next few weeks.

Dan Franklin has submitted his thesis, and has just begun a one-year DEFRA-funded PDRA with Matt Keeling & Samik Datta, looking at novel pests and parasites of honey-bees. This is in collabortion with FERA and should have rapid impact on bee health and control.

Kat Rock has recently had a successful viva and has completed her minor corrections. Kat has just started a 2-month contract working with Deirdre Hollingsworth performing an in-depth review of mathematical modelling of visceral leishmaniasis. We hope that this is just a stop-gap before longer-range funding comes through for detailed modelling of HAT.

Matt Graham is just about to take up a PDRA position at Johns Hopkins University, looking at models of measles and rubella infection. This looks an exciting opportunity to work in a superb group in the USA.

Thu 12 Jun 2014, 10:49