Assessing the risks of zoonoses from the warming Arctic

Funder	Natural Environment Research Council
Recipient Organization	Aberystwyth University
Country	United Kingdom
Start Date	Nov 10, 2024
End Date	Mar 30, 2028
Duration	1,236 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Student; Supervisor
Data Source	UKRI Gateway to Research
Grant ID	`2927056`

Grant Description

The Arctic is warming - fast. This has consequences which reach beyond the Arctic, including the emerging potential for zoonoses.

This project aims to deliver the first evidence driven risk assessment of the risks posed by potential pathogen emergence from the Arctic by combining lab analyses, Arctic fieldwork, and metagenomics.

I will learn with international leaders in these fields, joining their interdisciplinary teams, state-of-the-art labs, and international fieldwork to take an integrative, environmental science led approach to understanding zoonotic diseases from the Arctic.