
Dr Amy Thomas
BSc, PhD
Current positions
Research Fellow in Zoonotic Disease Epidemiology
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Research interests
My research interests are broadly related to the carriage and transmission of infectious diseases in livestock and human populations. This has led me to work on zoonoses. I enjoy taking an interdisciplinary approach to research questions, applying epidemiology, immunology and molecular techniques to understand the dynamics of infectious diseases both within- and between-hosts. So far my main interests have been focused on respiratory bacteria and viruses: I am currently working on zoonotic TB and COVID-19, and have interests in influenza and bovine respiratory disease.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
OCTAVE study - saliva work
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Veterinary SchoolDates
01/03/2021 to 28/02/2022
Publications
Recent publications
15/03/2023Evaluation and deployment of isotype-specific salivary antibody assays for detecting previous SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adults
Communications Medicine
Impact of voluntary risk-mitigation behaviour on transmission of the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant in England
A mixed methods analysis of participation in a social contact survey
Epidemics
Development and evaluation of low-volume tests to detect and characterize antibodies to SARS-CoV-2
Frontiers in Immunology
Impacts of vaccination and asymptomatic testing on SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics in a university setting
Thesis
Carriage of Bacterial Pathogens in the Bovine Upper Respiratory Tract
Supervisors
Award date
01/10/2019