Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE150101259

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE150101259

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The impact of urbanisation on viral diversity and disease emergence. Urbanisation increases the risk of infectious disease emergence by rapidly altering contact rates between humans and other species. Fortunately, many consequences of urbanisation appear to be universal, suggesting that it is possible to identify factors likely to increase the risk of viral disease emergence and predict their impacts. This project aims to examine the viral response to changes in host and vector population structure and dynamics that occur as a result of urbanisation, and identify viral characteristics that are associated with survival in an urban environment. This novel fusion of urban and viral ecology will have unprecedented impact on the development of predictive models of viral emergence for risk assessment and management.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-04-2015

End Date: 31-12-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $371,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Virology | Molecular Evolution | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics | Genetics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Control of Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Urban and Industrial Environments | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Disease Distribution and Transmission (incl. Surveillance and Response) |

Other Keywords

Control of Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Urban and Industrial Environments | Disease Distribution and Transmission (incl. Surveillance and Response) | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Genetics | Molecular Evolution | Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics | Virology

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