Professor Rowland Kao
Chair of Veterinary Epidemiology and Data Science

Contact details
Address
- Street
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The Roslin Institute
Easter Bush Campus
Midlothian - City
- Post code
- EH25 9RG
Availability
Willingness to take Ph.D. students: Yes
Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of GuelphMaster of Science, University of GuelphBachelor of Applied Science, University of Toronto
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Genomic epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis infection in sympatric badger and cattle populations in Northern Ireland
(17 pages)
In:
Microbial Genomics, vol. 9, pp. 1-17
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.001023
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Ascertainment rate of SARS-CoV-2 infections from healthcare and community testing in the UK
In:
Journal of Theoretical Biology, vol. 558, pp. 1-11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2022.111333
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Ecological and evolutionary dynamics of multi-strain RNA viruses
In:
Nature Ecology & Evolution, vol. 6, pp. 1414-1422
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01860-6
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
A metapopulation model for preventing the reintroduction of bovine viral diarrhea virus to naïve herds: Scotland case study
In:
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, vol. 9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.846156
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) -
Assessing potential routes of Streptococcus agalactiae transmission between dairy herds using national surveillance, animal movement data and molecular typing
In:
Preventive Veterinary Medicine, vol. 197
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2021.105501
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
A new phylodynamic model of Mycobacterium bovis transmission in a multi-host system uncovers the role of the unobserved reservoir
In:
PLoS Computational Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009005
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)