PEDERSEN, Amy - University of Edinburgh - School of Biological Sciences

个人简介

1995 - 1999 BS, The George Washington University, USA 2000 - 2005 PhD, University of Virginia, USA 2005 - 2006 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia (with Dr. Sonia Altizer) 2006 - 2009 Royal Society International Incoming Research Fellowship, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield 2009 - Present Advanced Research Fellow, Wellcome Trust Centre for Infection, Immunity and Evolution, University of Edinburgh

研究领域

Much of the research in disease ecology and evolution has traditionally focused on a one host one parasite framework. And yet, in natural systems, hosts are usually co-infected by multiple parasites, and many parasites can infect several host species. My research aims to understand how these real-world complexities drive the ecology and evolution of parasites and their hosts.

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Pedersen, A.B. & Davies, T.J. 2009. The geography of cross species pathogen transmission in primates and humans. Ecohealth 6: 496-508. Sorrell, I., White, A., Pedersen, A.B., Hails, R. & Boots, M. 2009. The evolution of covert, silent infection as a parasite strategy. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 276: 2217-2216. Smith, K.F., Acevedo-Whitehouse, K., & Pedersen, A.B. 2009. The role of infectious diseases in contemporary and future wildlife extinctions. Animal Conservation 12; 1-12. Davies, T.J. & Pedersen, A.B. 2008. Phylogeny and geography predict pathogen community similarity in wild primates and humans. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B. Pedersen, A.B. and Grieves, T. 2008. The interaction of parasites and resources cause crashes in wild mouse population. Journal of Animal Ecology 77, 370-377. Altizer, S. and Pedersen, A.B. 2008. Host-pathogen evolution, biodiversity and disease risk for natural populations. In: Carroll, S. and Fox, C. (eds) Conservation Biology: Evolution in Action. New York, NY. Oxford University Press. Pgs 259-277.2008. Journal of Animal Ecology 77, 201-204. de Roode, J.C., Pedersen, A.B., Hunter, M. & Altizer, S. 2007. Host ecology affects virulence in a natural butterfly parasite. Journal of Animal Ecology 77, 120-126. Pedersen, A.B., Jones, K.E., Nunn, C.L. and Altizer, S.A. 2007. Infectious diseases and extinction risk in wild mammals. Conservation Biology 21: 1269-1279. Pedersen, A.B. & Fenton, A. 2007. Emphasizing the ecology in parasite community ecology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 22:133-139. Fenton, A. and Pedersen, A.B. 2005. Community epidemiology in theory and practice: A conceptual framework for describing transmission dynamics in multiple hosts. Emerging Infectious Disease 11:1815-1821. Pedersen, A.B., Altizer, Poss, M., Cunningham, A.A, and S., Nunn, C.L. 2005. Patterns of host specificity and transmission among parasites of wild primates . International Journal of Parasitology 35: 647-657.