The Research Platform for Disease Ecology, Health and Climate is a joint initiative between the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate and the Section for Parasitology and Aquatic Diseases, University of Copenhagen. The platform will bring together experts in ecology, bio-statistics, climate change biology and human and veterinary parasitology in Denmark and abroad, to develop collaborative projects within snail-borne disease ecology, health and climate. The mission is to integrate knowledge across disciplines to enhance our ability to discover new solutions to predict and control snail-borne infectious diseases in a constantly changing environment.
The platform is led by Anna-Sofie Stensgaard, assistant professor in disease ecology at the Natural History Museum of Denmark.
The team received funding from the Knud Højgaards Foundation for a period of three years to develop the platform. The initial focus is on snail and parasites species that are found in Denmark and Europe. However, the long-term aim is to improve the general methodological framework for predicting impacts of climate change not just for snail-borne parasites, but also other climate sensitive, vectorborne diseases.
In the initial three year-phase, focus will be on a number of projects that deal with the challenges relating specifically to the observed increase in snail-borne parasites in Europe.
The platform is led by Anna-Sofie Stensgaard, assistant professor in disease ecology at the Natural History Museum of Denmark.
The team received funding from the Knud Højgaards Foundation for a period of three years to develop the platform. The initial focus is on snail and parasites species that are found in Denmark and Europe. However, the long-term aim is to improve the general methodological framework for predicting impacts of climate change not just for snail-borne parasites, but also other climate sensitive, vectorborne diseases.
In the initial three year-phase, focus will be on a number of projects that deal with the challenges relating specifically to the observed increase in snail-borne parasites in Europe.
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