Sara Gandy

Sara Gandy

@saragandy.bsky.social

She/her Vector-borne disease ecologist Research associate at the University of Glasgow Will collect ticks for cake

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Dr Steven White
@drstevenmwhite.bsky.social

Our new paper on the effect of historic climate change on the population dynamics of Ixodes ricinus published in @royalsociety.org. Led by Dom Brass, Steven White, Sarah Burthe, Steffi Schafer and Beth Purse, and funded by the NERC TickSolve project. @ukceh.bsky.social doi.org/10.1098/rsif...

doi.orgThe effect of historic climate change on the population dynamics of Ixodes ricinusAbstract. The distribution and intensity of tick-borne disease (TBD) transmission events across Europe are increasing in response to changes in climate, la
Sara Gandy
@saragandy.bsky.social

New preprint: socioeconomics & Lyme disease Using data from Glasgow, we found that more advantaged neighbourhoods had higher Lyme disease incidence, partly explained by greater woodland cover. Heavily used park also had lower tick densities. @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...

medrxiv.orgWhen advantage turns into risk: disentangling landscape and behavioural drivers of socioeconomic inequality in Lyme disease risk, Glasgow as a case studyIntroduction: Socioeconomic deprivation is often associated with poorer health outcomes, but some studies suggest the opposite for Lyme disease. Here we test two hypotheses to explain this: difference...

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The Global Vector Hub
@globalvectorhub.bsky.social

🚀 New Launch: #VBD Hub Forum on Vector-Borne Diseases - a new space for researchers, public health professionals, clinicians, policymakers, and practitioners to connect and collaborate on #vector-borne diseases in the UK. 🦟🪰🕷️ 👉 Join the conversation and introduce yourself: forum.vbdhub.org

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Roman Biek
@rbiek.bsky.social

Come join us - we are recruiting a postdoc in phylodynamics and epidemiological modelling to join an exciting project on foot-and-mouth-disease virus in African buffalo www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research... Please share widely! #jobs #disease #ecology #evolution #phylodynamics

jobs.gla.ac.ukResearch Assistant/AssociateJob Purpose You will contribute to an international collaborative project entitled “Multi-scale infection dynamics from cells to landscapes: FMD in African buffalo”, working with Prof Roman Biek. T...
Sara Gandy
@saragandy.bsky.social

Do you want to know why some cities have more ticks in their urban greenspaces than others? Read our newest study to find out! www.nature.com/articles/s44... You can also read our blog post describing our findings! communities.springernature.com/posts/why-do... #Ticks #LymeDisease #UrbanEcology

nature.comThe dependence of urban tick and Lyme disease hazards on the hinterlands - Nature CitiesContext counts, and not just for social and economic aspects of urban life. This study finds that, for 16 cities in the United Kingdom, the landcover of the rural surroundings is a better predictor of ticks and environmental Lyme disease hazard than the landcover within the cities themselves.
UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social

Cities and towns surrounded by large areas of woodland are more likely to have ticks in their urban greenspaces, according to a new @uofglasgow.bsky.social study. @saragandy.bsky.social Read more ➡️ gla.ac/3KdvkLD

gla.acNumbers of ticks in urban greenspaces influenced by surrounding rural woodlandCities and towns surrounded by large areas of woodland are more likely to have ticks in their urban greenspaces, according to a new study.
Sara Gandy
@saragandy.bsky.social

- Overall prevalence of B. burgdorferi s.l. was 5.8% - Ixodes ricinus density was higher in woodlands and where deer were present - The density of infected nymphs was highest in north and south of England.

Sara Gandy
@saragandy.bsky.social

Amazing funded PhD opportunity for a UK student to work on the effects of forest restoration and rewilding on tick-borne diseases with an amazing supervisory team!! Deadline 28 July!

Luca Nelli@lucanelli.bsky.social

🚨 PhD opportunity! Join us at @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk to explore how forest restoration & rewilding shape tick-borne disease risk across Scotland 🇬🇧 and the Italian Dolomites 🇮🇹. Fieldwork, modelling, One Health focus. Apply by 28 July 2025 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

findaphd.comREstoring forest ecosystems for BiodiveRsity and healTH (REBIRTH) at University of Glasgow on FindAPhD.comPhD Project - REstoring forest ecosystems for BiodiveRsity and healTH (REBIRTH) at University of Glasgow, listed on FindAPhD.com

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