Professor Jonathan L. Heeney

審稿及編輯方向
 基礎醫學，生命科學，免疫學
研究簡歷
 2014-Present PhD (probationary) in Veterinary Science, Laboratory of Viral Zoonotics. University of Cambridge, UK
 2012-2014 M.Phil in Biological Anthropological Science: “A Novel, Non-Invasive Method of Immune Monitoring in Wild Primate Populations: Insights into Stress Physiology from Herpes Virus Quantification in Faeces of the Western Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla).” University of Cambridge, UK
 2009-2012 B.A. (Hons., 1st Class), Archaeology & Anthropology Tripos, Biological Anthropology. University of Cambridge, UK
 2008-2009:  One-year liberal arts undergraduate study. Amherst College, US
研究領域
 Infection and Immunity
研究介紹
 My interests lie in the interface of stress, particularly anthropogenic stresses on wildlife, immune function, health and infectious disease risk, and the effects of this dynamic exchange on wildlife conservation and on the potential for zoonotic and anthroponotic transmission. Zoonotic disease presents a profound threat to endangered non-human primates, like gorillas and chimpanzees, as well as to humans. It is important to obtain baseline knowledge of the ape microbiome and virome as well as how stressors such as habitat loss, close human proximity and interaction and bushmeat hunting affect the baseline composition and diversity of bacteria and viruses in their host. The development of reliable, non-invasive monitoring methods is crucial to the study of health and disease in wild primate populations and a secondary aim of this work is to establish meaningful measures of immune function and host health from non-invasive samples such as faeces.