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Janet Daly

Lecturer in Comparative Virology, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

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Biography

Janet Daly obtained a BSc (Hons) in Animal Physiology and Nutrition from the University of Leeds. She then worked as a laboratory technician at the Animal Health Trust for a year before beginning part-time study towards a PhD on equine influenza. After gaining her PhD in 1995, she moved into the human influenza field, first at the National Institute of Biological Standards and Control, then at Glaxo Wellcome (now Glaxo Smithkline). She returned to the Animal Health Trust in 2001 where she built up the influenza group over the next 5 years. Although she then moved to the University of Liverpool to study immunopathology of Japanese encephalitis virus, she maintained her involvement in equine virology. After a brief spell as a medical writer, she joined the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science in 2009.

Expertise Summary

  • Epidemiology and evolution of viruses
  • Development and testing of viral vaccines, antivirals and diagnostics
  • Science communication

Teaching Summary

Undergraduate teaching (BVM BVS)

Module convener Personal and Professional Skills Years 1 and 2

  • Academic integrity and plagiarism
  • Immunological assays
  • Equine respiratory physiology
  • Scientific writing
  • Haemostatic disorders
  • Information technology
  • Animal Handling (small mammal and equine)

Additional

  • Numeracy
  • NUVACS (communication skills) facilitator
  • Postgraduate training (EndNote)

Research Summary

My main research interests are in emerging and re-emerging zoonotic RNA viruses, particularly influenza A viruses and the flaviviruses Japanese encephalitis and West Nile.

I am fascinated with the complex interactions between viruses and their host and how studying these can lead to better understanding of determinants of viral pathogenicity and the host response to vaccination. I also have an interest in factors influencing interspecies transmission and the use of mathematical models to further understanding of disease transmission.

More recently, I have been involved in studies of the recently emerged Schmallenberg virus.

I also get involved in a wider range of research areas through undergraduate research projects and am a member of the Education Research Group (see Teaching and Learning).

See the Animal Infection and Immunity research theme web page for more information on virus research within SVMS.

Recent Publications

Science Communication

Undergraduate research projects

  • An investigation into the prevalence of house dust mites in the equine environment (2010)
  • An investigation into the occurrence of Staphylococcus on the hair of ferrets without dermatological disease (2010)
  • Mosquitoes as vectors of disease within the British Isles with particular reference to the Flaviviruses: molecular methods for their surveillance (2010)
  • The development of PCR primers for the identification of British mosquito species (2011)
  • The impact of increased exercise and dietary supplementation on weight loss in the obese equine (2011)
  • Characterization of a model of canine atopic dermatitis in terms of changes to skin barrier function (2011)
  • Characterization of the cutaneous microbiological populations in a model of canine atopic dermatitis (2011)
  • Survey for potential Schmallenberg virus vectors (2012)
  • Influence of obesity on immune responses of equids to influenza vaccination (2012)
  • Is colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus an occupational risk for veterinary students and clinicians? (2012)
  • Factors in transmission of equine influenza virus to dogs (2012)

School of Veterinary Medicine and Science

University of Nottingham
Sutton Bonington Campus
Leicestershire, LE12 5RD

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