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SUMMARY:Maths\, disease and the British landscape: informing UK government
  policy through epidemiological models - Dr Matt Castle\, Department of Pl
 ant Sciences
DTSTART:20160202T181500Z
DTEND:20160202T191500Z
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CONTACT:Andrew Carlotti
DESCRIPTION:How does a national government cope with the threat of a new p
 est or disease that affects its native trees\, plants and natural environm
 ent? How can decisions be made on control\, surveillance and management wh
 en knowledge about these systems is poor? The epidemiology and modelling g
 roup in the department of plant sciences has been working with Department 
 for Environment\, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) for several years helping
  address these questions by developing models for the spread and control o
 f environmental diseases at a national scale that can be used to inform po
 licy. This presentation will describe the theory behind the models as well
  as looking at recent case studies\, including Ramorum disease\, Ash dieba
 ck\, Oriental Chestnut Gall Wasp and Oak Processionary Moth (probably dise
 ases you’ve never heard of!).
LOCATION:Winstanley Lecture Theatre
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