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Debapriyo Chakraborty

Data-driven solutions to emerging infectious disease problems

Biography

Central aim of my research is to understand the processes that intersect ecology, evolution and epidemiology of pathogens at the wildlife-livestock-human interface; and application of that understanding to forecast disease emergence, transmission, evaluate existing intervention strategies and develop One Health strategies.

I was formerly a Senior Research Scientist at EcoHealth Alliance, a global health non-profit based in New York and a Fulbright visiting scholar at Duke University, North Carolina.

I received my PhD from Manipal University, India. My postdoctoral research topics included wildlife parasite ecology, ecology of urbanisation, disease modelling and viral surveillance.

Interests

  • Host-pathogen interactions
  • Emerging infectious diseases
  • Ecology of urbanisation
  • Statistical modelling
  • One health strategies

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Senior Research Scientist

EcoHealth Alliance

Oct 2016 – Sep 2018 New York, USA
Responsibilities:

  • Viral surveillance
  • Interdisciplinary research
  • Training
  • Communication
  • International liaisoning
 
 
 
 
 

Fulbright fellow

Duke University

Oct 2014 – Sep 2016 North Carolina, USA
Conducted research on parasite ecology, host-vector ecology and infectious disease dynamics modelling.
 
 
 
 
 

Postdoctoral research associate

CSIR-CCMB

Oct 2013 – Sep 2014 Hyderabad, India
Researched the effects of urbanisation on wildlife parasite ecology.
 
 
 
 
 

Doctoral scholar

Nature Conservation Foundation

May 2007 – Jul 2013 Mysore, India
Studied phylogenetics, phylogeography, population genetics and demographic history of Indian macaques linking genetics, ecology, anthropology, climate history and modelling.
 
 
 
 
 

Project assistant

Nature Conservation Foundation

Nov 2005 – Mar 2007 Mysore, India
Conducted molecular taxonomy research on Indian macaques.

Recent Publications

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Land Use Change Increases Wildlife Parasite Diversity in Anamalai Hills, Western Ghats, India

Anthropogenic landscape changes such as land use change and habitat fragmentation are known to alter wildlife diversity. Since host and …
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The changing ecology of primate parasites - insights from wild‐captive comparisons

Host movements, including migrations or range expansions, are known to influence parasite communities. Transitions to captivity—a …
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Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Parasites in Civets of Fragmented Rainforest Patches in Anamalai Hills, Western Ghats, India

Parasitism, driven by anthropogenic habitat modifications, is being increasingly recognized as a major threat to wildlife. …
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Mammalian gastrointestinal parasites in rainforest remnants of Anamalai Hills, Western Ghats, India

Habitat fragmentation is postulated to be a major factor influencing infectious disease dynamics in wildlife populations and may also …
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Quaternary climate change and social behavior shaped the genetic differentiation of an endangered montane primate from the southern edge of the Tibetan Plateau

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