We have funding from the British Pig Executive (BPEX) to develop mathematical models of infectious disease in pigs. These models will include specific between herd transmission as well as within herd transmission (i.e. metapopulation models). The project will require close interaction with BPEX and the farming community to ensure that the models are relevant and useful.

Ideally, the student should be familiar with numerical methods and have an interest in infectious disease processes and have commitment to improving livestock health and productivity. Candidates must be EU citizens with a 2i or MSc equivalent.

Further details are available from the supervisors to whom a CV should be submitted. Candidates will be interviewed. The studentship will remain open until a suitable candidate has been found.

Professor Graham Medley
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL
Tel: +44 24 7652 4456
www.warwick.ac.uk/go/gold
Graham.Medley@warwick.ac.uk

Professor Laura Green
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL
024 765 23797
Laura.Green@warwick.ac.uk