Biographical Information
My main research interests are molecular epidemiology and risk research: food and environmental pathogens, particularly Campylobacter, E. coli, Cryptosporidia and Salmonella. I also focus on animal welfare: colic and sporting injury in horses, lameness in cattle, and ectoparasites in cattle and sheep.
I'm a graduate of the University of Bristol UK (BVSc and MRCVS in 1987), University of London UK (MSc in Epidemiology, 1993) and was awarded a PhD for my work on flystrike in sheep in 1993 (University of Bristol). I'm also a Diplomat of the European College of Veterinary Public Health and visiting Professor at the Universities of Liverpool and Glasgow, UK.
My employment history includes being a lecturer in Epidemiology (University of Liverpool), lecturer in Farm Animal Studies (University of Bristol) and Wellcome Trust Research Training Fellow in Clinical Epidemiology (University of Bristol). I was awarded a Senior Research Fellowship in 1999 and a Personal Chair in Veterinary Epidemiology, University of Liverpool, in 2002. Prior to joining Massey, I was Head of the Defra Epidemiology Fellowship Unit.
For more information about Nigel's work, see http://mepilab.massey.ac.nz.
Expertise
Veterinary epidemiology, risk assessment, public health
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