This page shows Sherif Ammar's PhD project details:
| Title: | Towards Ecologically-Based Early Warning System for Arboviral Disease Transmission in New Zealand |
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| Student name: | Sherif Ammar |
| Degree sought: | PhD |
| Department & Institution: | Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington |
| Supervisors: | Associate professor Simon Hales, Dr Mary McIntyre, Professor Michael Baker |
| Proposed advisors: | Dr Julia Kasper, Curator Terrestrial Invertebrates, Te Papa and Dr. Mariana Musicante, NZ Biosecurity Entomology laboratory (NZBEL) |
| Proposed start date: | 1 November 2017 |
| Proposed submission date: | 1 November 2020 |
| Aim: | Generate urban mosquito data, which will be viewed in conjunction with climatic, environmental, and public health information to model potential scenarios and thresholds for the spread of local arbovirus disease under present and projected climatic conditions, as well as provide a basis to develop an early warning system for use by public health agencies. |
| Funding source: | University of Otago Doctorate Scholarship |
