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The EERA group currently collaborates on a number of major international research grants and consultancies totaling over £3.8 million.

Dogslife
“Dogslife” is a revolutionary clinical research project which aims to recruit information from pet owners using a website based platform to study the factors which affect the health and illness (epidemiology) of domestic dogs.

Infectious Diseases of East African Livestock (IDEAL)
£1.7 million Wellcome Trust Programme Grant (2007-2011) studying the host genetic, manangement and environmental risk factors for productivity and mortality in cattle in the Lake Victoria Basin. Co-applicant with Prof Woolhouse (UoE), Dr Hanotte (ILRI) and Prof Coetzer (UoPetoria).

Epidemiology of Zoonoses Amongst Livestock Keepers in East Africa (PAZ).
Wellcome Trust £558K (2009-1012). Collaborator with Dr Eric Fevre (UoE)

The Veterinary Teaching Research Initiative (VTRI 101)
£1 million (2004-2009) named co-PI on Edinburgh component of £1.99 million DEFRA award with Prof Woolhouse (UoE) and Prof Reid (UoG). This project aims to train veterinarians in quantitative epidemiology

SEERAD Centre of Excellence award in quantitative epidemiology (EPIC)
£450,000 (part of SEERAD £2.5 million award.(2006-2010)) (co-PI with Prof. Woolhouse (UoE)).

Assessing the additional risk of foot-and-mouth disease transmission from using field lairages at Scottish livestock markets. SEERAD £55K (2008). Co-PI with Rowland Kao, Ruth Zadoks and George Gunn

Avian influenza surveillance in Northern Cameroon
Wellcome Trust small project grant £26,375 (2006). PI with Dr Tanya (IRAD, Cameroon). This project was to carry out surveillance activities in Northern Cameroon in wild and domestic birds looking for AI viruses