Biodiversity and Health

Biodiversity and Health research (focus on infectious disease risk)

I invest in impactful research and outreach collaborations with tangible outcomes enhanced by multisectoral actors. My focus is bridging connections between health and biodiversity conservation professionals to tackle pressing concerns, especially considering the global post-pandemic impacts.

On the left, a map showing hotspots for different variables relevant for zoonotic risk assessments. Middle, spatial clusters of variables that represent risk levels across different hotspots. On the right, travel time to health care in different transmission scenarios for Sarbecoviruses (Muylaert et al., 2023).
These are regions that have hotspots similarities across Sarbecovirus bat hosts main natural areas of distribution (Muylaert et al., 2022).

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References

2023

  1. Using drivers and transmission pathways to identify SARS-like coronavirus spillover risk hotspots
    Renata L. Muylaert, David A. Wilkinson, Tigga Kingston, and 6 more authors
    Nature Communications, Oct 2023

2022

  1. Present and future distribution of bat hosts of sarbecoviruses: implications for conservation and public health
    Renata L. Muylaert, Tigga Kingston, Jinhong Luo, and 6 more authors
    Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Apr 2022