Dr Luigi Sedda
Senior Lecturer in Spatial EpidemiologyAdditional Information
Lead of the Lancaster Ecology and Epidemiology Group
PhD Supervision Interests
Spatio-temporal mapping of vector-borne diseases using biological frameworks. Vector-Wind-borne disease spread. Control of emerging animal and human diseases.
DSI: Follow-on project: Describing and mapping cancers, cancers relationships and socioeconomic inequalities in the North West of England.
01/01/2025 → 31/12/2025
Research
LU BBSRC 2024 International Partnership Fund
11/03/2024 → 29/06/2024
Research
RCG Culex distribution, vector competence and threat of transmission of arboviruses to humans and animals in the UK
01/04/2023 → 31/03/2026
Research
Mapping underdoctored areas: the impact of medical training pathways on NHS workforce distribution
01/10/2022 → 30/03/2025
Research
DSI: Evaluation of the efficacy of Fludora Co-Max adulticide space spray for control of multiple insecticide resistant Anopheles and Aedes vectors
12/09/2022 → 11/09/2023
Research
DSI: Describing and mapping cancers, cancers relationships and socioeconomic inequalities in the North West of England.
01/02/2022 → 01/12/2024
Research
Mapping geographically co-occurrent cancers in the Morecambe Bay area for designing targeted community-based interventions.
01/02/2022 → 01/12/2024
Research
DSI: Equipping Countries For Evidence-based Malaria Intervention Strategies
01/06/2021 → 31/12/2024
Research
DSI: Research on Spatial Epidemiology and Infectiouse Diseases Network: Fighting Infectious Diseases
01/03/2021 → 31/05/2023
Research
COVID-19 effects on Fleetwood communities and its relationships with deprivation
01/02/2021 → 31/01/2022
Research
Controlling emergent Anopheles stephensi in Ethiopia and Sudan (CEASE)
01/01/2021 → 30/11/2025
Research
Quantifying the influence of wind on mosquito flight and consequences for malaria transmission in southern Malawi
01/09/2020 → 28/08/2021
Research
The gnatwork: building capacity for research on neglected tropical vectors
01/03/2019 → 29/02/2020
Research
DSI: Data Science of the Natural Environment
16/04/2018 → 15/04/2024
Research
Mechanisms of gut brain axis involvement in ectotherm thermotolerance: "how the gut brain axis helps animals weather the heat?"
01/01/1900 → …
Research
Virtual wards, current status and the experience from WWL Teaching Hospitals
Expert Opinion
Mapping Cancer Patterns and Addressing Inequalities in the Morecambe Bay Area
Invited talk
Optimising mosquito surveillance: Adaptive Designs Tested in Mozambique and Ghana
Oral presentation
Patterns in Biology: mechanisms, analysis and utility
Symposium
Geospatial modelling of vector-borne diseases: data challenges
Invited talk
Discovering 'the risk' with epidemiological methods
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
Statistics to protect human from deadly diseases
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
The Trans-Mediterranean Zoonosis Prevention Surveillance Network
Other
Mujahid Nouredayem
Hosting a Student (PhD)
Creating Operational Research in Vector-borne Diseases' Surveillance and Control.
Symposium
Mosquito surveillance for disease surveillance: advantages and caveats
Invited talk
BIoscience Network Symposium
Invited talk
Heidi E. Brown
Hosting an academic visitor
Optimal Spatial Sampling Designs
Business Course/Training
Developing adaptive sampling design frameworks for vector surveillance
Invited talk
Gabriel Monteiro
Hosting a student (Other)
Cecile Spychala
Hosting a Student (PhD)
Palliative care in COVID-19 hospital units
Consultancy
The Applied Malaria Modeling Network (External organisation)
Membership of board
VectorBite
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Spatial Epidemiology: From interpolators to spatial model
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Current Research in Parasitology & Vector-Borne Diseases (Journal)
Editorial activity
European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (External organisation)
Member of Advisory Panel
Vectorbite (External organisation)
Membership of network
Farm of James Parker
Business Engagement
Scientific Reports (Journal)
Editorial activity
Parasites and Vectors (Journal)
Editorial activity
Visiting Professor
Appointment
IPUMS research award
Prize (including medals and awards)
NIHR CRN Greater Manchester’s Evening of Excellence 2021
Prize (including medals and awards)
Prize for the best paper published in the Morecambe Bay Medical Journal in 2022.
Prize (including medals and awards)
- DSI - Health
- Microbes, Pathogens and Immunity