Professor Matthew Baylis BA (Oxon). D.Phil. (Oxon)
Oxenhale Chair of Veterinary Epidemiology Livestock & One Health
Research
Vector-borne diseases
CURRENT & RECENT GRANTS
Impact of El Niño on malaria vector dynamics in Tanzania: observation, improvement and unleashing forecasting potential
NERC
£291,098
2016-2017
PI
Zika: susceptibility of South American and European vectors to ZIKV infection, and influence of temperature
MRC
£145, 769
2016-2017
PI
Vector-borne diseases in the UK & US: common threats and shared solutions
BBSRC US Partnering Award
£50,000
2016-2020
PI
Vector competence of British mosquitoes to flaviviruses
BBSRC
£501,712
2013-2016
PI
Improving projections for the future of bluetongue and its vectors under scenarios of climate and environmental change
BBSRC Invertebrate Pests and Disease Vectors call
£1,141,506 of £1,275K
2013-2017
PI
Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging Infections and Zoonoses
NIHR
£3.9M
2014–2019
Co-I; Lead of Vector theme
Climate change and health
Enhanced Infectious Diseases Database (EID2) Big Data approaches to host-pathogen mapping: EID2 – an open-access, taxonomically- and spatially-referenced database of pathogens and their hosts
BBSRC
£186,795
2016-2017
PI
Improving the control of liver fluke infection in cattle in the UK
BBSRC-IPA
£552,790
2013-2017
CO-I
One Health
One Health Regional Network in the Horn of Africa (HORN).
RCUK/BBSRC
£8.8m
2017-2021HORN website
Research Group Membership
Research Grants
Preventing drops in egg production in UK free-range flocks: understanding the interactions between farm practices, flock coinfections and immunity
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
January 2024 - January 2027
CLIMate SEensitive DISease Forecasting Tool (CLIMSEDIS )
WELLCOME TRUST (UK)
April 2023 - March 2028
: Environmental solutions to reduce the risk of current and future tick-borne zoonotic pathogens in the UK
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL
December 2021 - November 2025
Usutu virus risk to the UK: Determining local vector competence and modelling climate suitability
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
June 2022 - May 2025
Amirah Rashid - Bench Fees
MAJLIS AMANAH RAKYAT (KUALA LUMPUR)
November 2021 - October 2024
Global trade of coronavirus hosts: bringing geographically isolated hosts and viruses together risks novel recombination and spillover to humans
UK RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
July 2021 - July 2022
Predicting animal hosts for future novel coronavirus recombination, and effective strategies for minimising avoidable human-influence driven risk
UK RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
March 2021 - March 2022
NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections (HPRU EZI)
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
April 2020 - March 2025
The role of heartwater (Ehrlichia ruminantium infection) in Acute Camel Death Syndrome in Kenya
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY (BEIS) (UK)
January 2019 - October 2020
Transitions to resilience and sustainability through UK dairy systems and supply chain innovation
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
January 2018 - September 2022
Vector excreta surveillance to support the rapid detection of vector-borne diseases.
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
July 2017 - June 2019
One Health Research Network for the Horn of Africa (HORN)
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL, ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
October 2017 - March 2023
Understanding the emergence of variant infectious bronchitis virus in chickens in UK and India: shared control strategies
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
July 2017 - August 2022
The Tick Cell Biobank: outposts in Asia, Africa and South America
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
July 2017 - June 2021
The Tick Cell Biobank - a UK and international biological resource
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
July 2017 - March 2023
2014 allocation - Wellcome ISSF non clinical fellowships
WELLCOME TRUST (UK)
May 2015 - October 2018
Impact of El Niño on malaria vector dynamics in Tanzania and Malawi: observation improvement and unleashing forecasting potential
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL
April 2016 - December 2017
Big Data approaches to host-pathogen mapping: EID2 - an open-access, taxonomically- and spatially-referenced database of pathogens and their hosts
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
October 2016 - March 2018
US Partnering Award: Vector-borne diseases in the UK & US: common threats and shared solutions
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
July 2016 - July 2020
Zika: susceptibility of vectors to infection and influence of temperature on the extrinsic incubation period
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY (BEIS) (UK)
April 2016 - September 2017
MIDGESYM - Symbiotic bacteria in midges: understanding their role in determining vector competence and transmission of viruses
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
August 2015 - July 2017
Mosquitoes and the spread of arboviruses: What is the threat to UK horses?
THE HORSE TRUST (UK)
September 2014 - August 2017
Health Protection Research Unit: Emerging Infections (including zoonoses) and Biological Threats. (HPRU)
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
April 2014 - March 2020
Improving projections for the future of bluetongue and its vectors under scenarios of climate and environmental change
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
March 2013 - March 2018
Vector competence of British mosquitoes to flaviviruses.
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
November 2013 - November 2017
Emergence of Japanese encephalitis in the highlands of Nepal
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
June 2013 - December 2015
Surveillance in backyard poultry in Oman for select agents of poultry - Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus and Newcastle Disease virus.
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (UK)
October 2012 - March 2014
Innovative and Sustainable Strategies to Mitigate the Imact of Global Change on Helminth Infections in Ruminants - GLOWORM
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
January 2012 - December 2014
The epidemiology of liver fluke in dairy farms
TESCO PLC (UK)
October 2012 - September 2014
Improving the control of liver fluke infection in cattle in the UK
AGRISEARCH (UK) (IRE), BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL, DAIRYCO (UK), EBLEX (UK), HYBU CIG CYMRU MEAT PROMOTION WALES (UK), QUALITY MEAT SCOTLAND (UK)
October 2013 - February 2019
Vaccines against helmiths infections - PARAVAC
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
April 2011 - March 2015
The threat of African horse sickness virus in the UK: furthering our understanding of vector biology and how best to protect horses in the event of an outbreak.
HORSERACE BETTING LEVY BOARD (UK)
January 2012 - January 2016
Quantifying Weather and Climate Impacts on Health in Developing Countries (QWeCI)
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
February 2010 - September 2013
What, where and weather? Integrating open-source taxonomic, spatial and climatologic information into a comprehensive database of livestock infections.
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
December 2012 - November 2013
Risk assessment of the impact of climate change on human health and well-being
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL
April 2009 - April 2012
Predicting the effects of climate change on infectious diseases of animals
LEVERHULME TRUST (UK)
October 2007 - March 2013
Research Collaborations
Jolyon Medlock
Project: HPRU in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections
External: Public Health England
Joint supervision of Phds.
Theme leads for Vector Biology
Steve Torr
Project: HPRU Emerging and Zoonotic Infections
External: Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Joint supervision of Phds.
Theme leads for Vector Biology
Greg Hurst
Internal
Andrew Morse
Internal
Tom Solomon
Internal
Diana Williams
Internal