Summary
Christopher is a Research Associate within the Vaccine Epidemiology Research Group (VERG) in the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology. His background is in geographical and environmental sciences with a specialism in geographic information science (GIS).
As a health geographer, his research primarily focuses on the application of GIS-based spatial analysis and geostatistical modelling in epidemiological research. Christopher's current research focus involves developing remote and field based techniques for the environmental surveillance (ES) of pathogenic organisms, with a particular focus on detection of S. Typhi in low-income settings. In addition he also has research interest in the environmental monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 and Aspergillus fumigatus.
Christopher completed his PhD at the University of Glasgow where he investigated the spatio-temporal distribution of human and animal leptospirosis in Northern Tanzania under the supervision of Prof Sarah Cleaveland and Dr Jo Halliday. He also obtained a BSc in Environmental Hazards from the University of Brighton and an MSc in Geographic Information Science and Remote Sensing from the University of Manchester.
Publications
Journals
Shelton J, Collins R, Uzzell CB, et al., 2022, Citizen-science surveillance of triazole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus in UK residential garden soils, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol:88, ISSN:0099-2240, Pages:1-12
de Glanville WA, Davis A, Allan KJ, et al., 2020, Classification and characterisation of livestock production systems in northern Tanzania, Plos One, Vol:15, ISSN:1932-6203