*Epidemiology of bovine tuberculosis in badgers, Biosciences, Statistics
– MPhil/PhD (NERC iCASE Funded) Ref: 3179*
Supervisors:
Professor Dave Hodgson, University of Exeter
Dr TJ McKinley, University of Exeter
Professor Dez Delahay, Animal and Plant Health Agency
The University of Exeter’s College of Life and Environmental Sciences is
inviting applications for a NERC iCASE PhD studentship funded by NERC
and the Animal and Plant Health Agency, to commence in September 2018 or
as soon as possible thereafter. For eligible students the studentship
will cover UK/EU tuition fees plus an annual tax-free stipend of at
least £14,777 for 3 years full-time, or pro rata for part-time study.
The student would be based in the Centre for Ecology and Conservation in
the College of Life and Environmental Sciences at the Penryn Campus in
Cornwall.
This project will use a long-term study of badgers and bovine
tuberculosis to understand the demography and epidemiology of the
badger-bTB interaction using state-of-the-art statistical modelling.
This project forms part of a major research programme, delivered by the
University of Exeter in collaboration with the Animal and Plant Health
Agency, to understand the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of
wildlife disease, with a focus on bovine tuberculosis. We have developed
integrated statistical models of disease progression and transmission
(McDonald, J. L., Bailey, T. , Delahay, R. J., McDonald, R. A., Smith,
G. C., Hodgson, D. J. (2016), Demographic buffering and compensatory
recruitment promotes the persistence of disease in a wildlife
population. Ecol Lett, 19: 443-449), and now wish to extend these models
to include information on population genetics, social and spatial
structure, ageing and inbreeding. The project will yield high impact
understanding of this important wildlife disease system, and will yield
high quality publications.
The studentship will cover a stipend at the minimum Research Council
rate, currently £14,777 per annum, research costs and tuition fees at
the UK/EU rate for students who meet the residency requirements outlined
by NERC. Students from EU countries who do not meet the residency
requirements may still be eligible for a fees-only award but no
stipend. Applicants who are classed as International for tuition fee
purposes are not eligible for funding.
For more details and a link to the application process, please see:
http://www.exeter.ac.uk/studying/funding/award/?id=3179
The deadline for applications is 7th July 2018.
For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Dave Hodgson:
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