Dr Gianluigi Rossi
Senior Research Fellow
Contact details
Address
- Street
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The Roslin Institute
Easter Bush Campus
Midlothian - City
- Post code
- EH25 9RG
Background
I am a disease ecologist, modeller and epidemiologist. I obtained a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences at the University of Parma (Italy). I then joined the Ph.D. program in Population and Disease Ecology, again in Parma, and my research was aimed to understand the role of cattle and veterinarian movements in potentially spread infectious diseases in the Emilia-Romagna Region dairy system, including assessing the surveillance for bovine tuberculosis. After obtaining my Ph.D. in 2015, I moved to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (IL, USA) to conduct my postdoctoral research. In 2017, I moved to the University of Edinburgh and Roslin Institute to work on the spread of bovine tuberculosis in badger and cattle. I joined EPIC in 2021, and since then I have been working in several areas, mainly: developing phylogenetic analyses, using environmental, genetic, and movement data, to infer pathogen transmission patterns; assessing cattle and pigs movements and other potential transmission pathways (i.e. fomites, wildlife); diseases surveillance.
Responsibilities & affiliations
Future leader for EPIC Challenge 3: Improving veterinary surveillance to detect and reduce animal and zoonotic disease threats
Research summary
My main research interest is modelling infectious diseases spread in livestock system and at the interface between livestock and wildlife, in order to improve disease surveillance and control. I use a combination of quantitative tools, including mathematical and statistical modelling, machine learning, networks, and phylogenetics analyses.
Current research interests
Pathogens spreading at the interface between livestock and wildlife; African swine fever modelling and phylogenetic; modelling surveillance systems in livestock; data-driven tools to support animal health and disease control.-
Unraveling the epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis using whole-genome sequencing combined with environmental and demographic data
(16 pages)
In:
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, vol. 10, pp. 1-16
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.1086001
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
A Cross-Sectional, Population-Based, Seroepidemiological Study of Rift Valley Fever in Cameroonian Cattle Populations
In:
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, vol. 9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.897481
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
SCoVMod - a spatially explicit mobility and deprivation adjusted model of first wave COVID-19 transmission dynamics
In:
Wellcome Open Research , vol. 7, pp. 1-20
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17716.1
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Multi-species temporal network of livestock movements for disease spread
In:
Applied Network Science, vol. 6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41109-021-00354-x
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Site specific relationships between COVID-19 cases and SARS-CoV-2 viral load in wastewater treatment plant influent
In:
Environmental Science and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c05029
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Phylodynamic analysis of an emergent Mycobacterium bovis outbreak in an area with no previously known wildlife infections
In:
Journal of Applied Ecology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14046
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Epidemic waves of COVID-19 in Scotland: a genomic perspective on the impact of the introduction and relaxation of lockdown on SARS-CoV-2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.01.08.20248677
Research output: › Working paper (Published) -
Identifying likely transmissions in Mycobacterium bovis infected populations of cattle and badgers using the Kolmogorov Forward Equations
In:
Scientific Reports
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78900-3
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Multilayer and multiplex networks: an introduction to their use in veterinary epidemiology
In:
Frontiers in Veterinary Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00596
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Mycobacterium bovis genomics reveals transmission of infection between cattle and deer in Ireland
In:
Microbial Genomics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000388
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)