Chronic Wasting Disease Modeling Framework
The agent-based modeling framework that I developed as a component of my postdoctoral research on chronic wasting disease (CWD) facilitates applied wildlife epidemiological research and is being used by several wildlife agencies as a decision support tool to guide their CWD management strategies. I have also developed and published user-friendly apps to communicate nuanced and complex disease management issues to stakeholders (e.g., https://rpubs.com/anyadoc/OvCWD_APR ). I am now using this modeling framework to investigate ecological and evolutionary consequences of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in white-tailed deer.
Our recent papers can be accessed here: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2688-8319.12017 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2020.608235/full
Promoting solutions: Auburn professor drives disease management in deer populations https://wire.auburn.edu/content/ocm/2023/11/131102-belsare.php
OvCWD Training Workshop:
Aniruddha Belsare
Assistant Professor of Disease Ecology
My research interests include wildlife disease ecology, disease modeling and wildlife medicine.
