Peter Hudson

Peter Hudson, PhD is the Willaman Professor of Biology and the Director of Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, where he focuses on the ecology of wildlife diseases, including zoonoses. His group uses a mixture of fieldwork, laboratory studies and mathematical modeling to explore disease dynamics in three main study areas. Epidemiology and population dynamics
How disease flows through wild animal populations
Mechanisms that lead to disease persistence within populations
The consequences of individual infections on host population dynamics. For instance, how the sub-lethal effects of infection destabilize host population dynamics by influencing the fecundity of individuals.
Heterogeneities
Identifying variation in transmission between infected individuals — and the role of "superspreaders" in disease dynamics.
Parasite interactions
How infection by one disease agent alters host susceptibility to other parasites and pathogens.
The consequences of these interactions for host population dynamics.
Much of Peter's work has implications for the control of wildlife diseases, and of emerging zoonotic disease.

Apr 1st 2024

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Pennsylvania State University

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Not so long ago, it was almost guaranteed that you would die of an infectious disease. In fact, had you been born just 150 years ago, your chances of dying of an infectious disease before you've reached the tender age of 5 would have been extremely high. Since then, [...]