UCL GRAND CHALLENGE OF
GLOBAL HEALTH
The role of migration process in dengue determinants and
dynamics of transmission: a cross disciplinary approach
Lead: Andrew Hayward
Department Infection & Population Health
Department Epidemiology & Public Health
Main Collaborator: Maria Kett
Additional Collaborators: Adriana Pacheco-Coral, Julio D Davila-Silva, Mark Marsh,
Phil Astley, Camilo Vargas-Ruíz
Aims and Objectives
To maximise future UCL research impact in
the area of Dengue through encouraging
multidisciplinary collaborations across UCL
and between UCL and Colombia (2nd highest
number of cases in Latin America)
MRC
Laboratory and
Molecular Cell
Biology
Development
Planning Unit
The Barlett
Crossdisciplinary
Dengue
Research
School of
Architecture
Institute of
Epidemiology
and Health
Care
Centre for
Advanced
Spatial
Analysis
Caption 2: Dengue and social aspects
Outputs and impacts
To build a UCL multidisciplinary research
community around Dengue. Workshop
Report: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/globalhealth/outcomes/reports/DengueWorkshopRepo
rt15May12.pdf
Caption 1: Cross disciplinary work for applying different
perspectives to Dengue problem
Activities
UCL Grand Challenge Dengue Workshop
to discuss interdisciplinary collaborations
held on 15th May 2012.
Establishment of small working group to
develop collaborative opportunities – by End
July 2012.
Interdisciplinary input into development of
Dengue field work in Colombia focussing on
social, environmental and behavioural
impacts on Dengue – September to
December 2012.
Analysis of geospatial and temporal
distribution of dengue in Colombia –
November 2012 – March 2013.
Interdisciplinary pilot study in Colombia
starting Q2 2013.
To establish multidisciplinary research
collaborations between Colombia and UCL.
Public Engagement of displaced and nondisplaced populations in Colombia to
understand views on current and future
dengue control options. Also, involving the
local public health authorities.
PhD thesis
Associated publications
Conclusions
UCL has relatively little current Dengue
research.
UCL has the range of disciplines particularly
in environmental and social sciences to
address gaps in research, especially in
relation to
urbanisation-migration issue.