James Wood (epidemiologist)

James Wood
OBE, BVetMed, BSc, MSc, DipECVPH, PhD, DLSHTM, FRCVS
Born
James Lionel Norman Wood
Scientific career
FieldsVeterinary epidemiology
Websitewww.vet.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-james-wood-obe

James Wood OBE is an infectious disease and veterinary epidemiologist at the University of Cambridge. His work includes research in tuberculosis in cattle, emerging infectious diseases, antibiotic resistance, influenza, lyssavirus, filovirus, henipavirus, and rabies.[1][2][3]

Career

He was awarded an OBE in 2021 for services to veterinary science.[4] He is in charge of the FluMap consortium[5] led by the Animal and Plant Health Agency.[6][7][8]

Selected publications

  • Grenfell, Bryan T.; Pybus, Oliver G.; Gog, Julia R.; Wood, James L. N.; Daly, Janet M.; Mumford, Jenny A.; Holmes, Edward C. (16 January 2004). "Unifying the Epidemiological and Evolutionary Dynamics of Pathogens". Science. 303 (5656): 327–332. Bibcode:2004Sci...303..327G. doi:10.1126/science.1090727. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 14726583. (Co-author)
  • Mutreja, Ankur; Kim, Dong Wook; Thomson, Nicholas R.; Connor, Thomas R.; Lee, Je Hee; Kariuki, Samuel; Croucher, Nicholas J.; Choi, Seon Young; Harris, Simon R.; Lebens, Michael; Niyogi, Swapan Kumar; Kim, Eun Jin; Ramamurthy, T.; Chun, Jongsik; Wood, James L. N.; Clemens, John D.; Czerkinsky, Cecil; Nair, G. Balakrish; Holmgren, Jan; Parkhill, Julian; Dougan, Gordon (September 2011). "Evidence for several waves of global transmission in the seventh cholera pandemic". Nature. 477 (7365): 462–465. Bibcode:2011Natur.477..462M. doi:10.1038/nature10392. ISSN 1476-4687. PMC 3736323. PMID 21866102. (Co-author)
  • Luis, Angela D.; Hayman, David T. S.; O'Shea, Thomas J.; Cryan, Paul M.; Gilbert, Amy T.; Pulliam, Juliet R. C.; Mills, James N.; Timonin, Mary E.; Willis, Craig K. R.; Cunningham, Andrew A.; Fooks, Anthony R.; Rupprecht, Charles E.; Wood, James L. N.; Webb, Colleen T. (7 April 2013). "A comparison of bats and rodents as reservoirs of zoonotic viruses: are bats special?". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 280 (1756) 20122753. doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.2753. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 3574368. PMID 23378666. (Co-author)
  • Fromsa, Abebe; Willgert, Katriina; Srinivasan, Sreenidhi; Mekonnen, Getnet; Bedada, Wegene; Gumi, Balako; Lakew, Matios; Tadesse, Biniam; Bayissa, Berecha; Sirak, Asegedech; Girma Abdela, Musse; Gebre, Solomon; Chibssa, Tesfaye; Veerasami, Maroudam; Vordermeier, H. Martin; Bakker, Douwe; Berg, Stefan; Ameni, Gobena; Juleff, Nick; De Jong, Mart C. M.; Wood, James; Conlan, Andrew; Kapur, Vivek (29 March 2024). "BCG vaccination reduces bovine tuberculosis transmission, improving prospects for elimination". Science. 383 (6690) eadl3962. Bibcode:2024Sci...383L3962F. doi:10.1126/science.adl3962. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 38547287. (Co-author)

References

  1. ↑ Gallagher, James (19 September 2024). "Covid origins: Genetic ghosts suggest pandemic started in market". BBC News. Archived from the original on 5 October 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "James Wood". Wolfson College, Cambridge. Archived from the original on 5 October 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  3. ↑ "Prof James Wood". Professionals. Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "Professor James Wood awarded OBE for services to Veterinary Science". 14 June 2021.
  5. ↑ Garget, Jacqueline (13 June 2023). "Could bird flu spark the next pandemic - and are we prepared if it does?".
  6. ↑ "£3.3m award supports research into tackling bird flu". 20 October 2023.
  7. ↑ Khan, Selina (20 June 2022). "APHA, Defra and BBSRC have today announced a major new research consortium in the UK's battle against bird flu".
  8. ↑ Vaughan, Adam (20 June 2022). New Scientist https://www.newscientist.com/article/2325036-uk-bird-flu-research-project-launched-to-protect-poultry-and-seabirds/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)