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The basic scenario of the Cowtastrophy app is that the participant is the Chief Veterinary Officer on an imaginary island. A fast spreading disease is affecting cattle on the island. It is their job to control the disease using a combination of the available options, which are: livestock movement restrictions, vaccination and culling. At the Royal Highland Show we knew we could expect a highly varied audience: school-age children, farmers, policymakers and members of the general public. Our challenge was to help visitors to understand the impact of their decisions on the spread of disease and
PatrÃcia works on projects associated with the Health Behaviours theme within the Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen. Her current research interests are focussed around the use of economics in health improvement and she undertakes microeconometric analysis of interventions to reduce health inequalities, particularly relating to the impact of individual lifestyle choices such as diet and physical activity on health outcomes. Recent studies within the Strategic Research Programme have looked at economic factors influencing food choice.
Senior computational biologist with research interests in the development and application of computational methods for virus diagnostics, functional genomics, transcription regulation and protein-nucleic-acid interactions.
Angela has vast experience of spectral interpretation. She is working on NSIS soils to obtain spectral information and making correlations with Carbon data and developing an analytical method for a portable FTIR instrument using NSIS soils to replicate field studies.