Dr. Graham Hickling's Research Program

Dr. Hickling's research focusses on applied projects investigating the spatial dynamics of a range of wildlife
diseases - with a view to improved management of the impacts of these diseases on humans, livestock and
valued wild species.  Simulation modelling and bioeconomic analyses are often a component of these studies. 

Current projects include:

- Wildlife reservoirs of bovine tuberculosis in Michigan and New Zealand.

- Invasion of Lyme Disease in the American Midwest.

- Assessing the risk of large-scale rodenticide applications to valued wildlife in Mongolia.

- Modelling disease risks associated with the Sterile Male Lamprey Release Program in the Great Lakes.

- Modelling the ecological dynamics of Mycobacterium ulcerans (the causal agent of Bureli Ulcer) in Ghana.