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Dr Christina Tadiri

PhD

Contact Details

Lecturer - Contract Type B
School of Science and Engineering
University of Galway
E: christina.tadiri@universityofgalway.ie

Biography

Research Interests

Environmental change, biodiversity loss and emerging infectious diseases are three of the greatest global challenges of our times, with significant impacts on ecosystem health and conservation, human health and wellbeing, resource availability, economies and societies. Further complicating the issue is that these challenges all significantly influence each other. Thus, my research interests focus on explaining eco-evolutionary parasite dynamics at multiple levels of analysis (community, metapopulation, population and individual) in response to environmental influences including abiotic, biotic and social factors. My academic background has been interdisciplinary and collaborative as I believe an integrated approach is necessary to tackle these multidimensional problems, and I use a combination of experimental, observational, and theoretical work in my research program. I have specifically contributed to our understanding of how host defence against parasites, sex and gender, nutrient enrichment, metacommunity structure, and temperature influence disease and aquatic community dynamics. I am currently exploring how selection for resistance shapes epidemics, and virulence-density trade-offs for environmentally transmitted parasites. I have explored these questions mainly in fish (guppy-Gyrodactylus) and zooplankton (Daphnia-Pasteuria) aquatic host-parasite model systems and my experience with these animals and research focus on some of the major threats to them (pollution, habitat fragmentation and land use) make my research program highly relevant to this role.

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2024)	'Connectivity mediates the spatial ecological impacts of a glyphosate-based herbicide in experimental metaecosystems' Negrin Dastis, Jorge Octavio,McGuinness, Brendon,Tadiri, Christina P.,Yargeau, Viviane,Gonzalez, Andrew (2024) 'Connectivity mediates the spatial ecological impacts of a glyphosate-based herbicide in experimental metaecosystems'. Oecologia, 205 (3):709-723 [Details]
	(2024)	'Ecosystem connectivity and configuration can mediate instability at a distance in metaecosystems' Tadiri, Christina P.,NegrÃnÂ Dastis, Jorge O.,Cristescu, Melania E.,Gonzalez, Andrew,Fussmann, Gregor F. (2024) 'Ecosystem connectivity and configuration can mediate instability at a distance in metaecosystems'. Functional Ecology, 38 (1):153-164 [Details]
	(2023)	'The role of temperature in the start of seasonal infectious disease epidemics' Tadiri, Christina P.,Ebert, Dieter (2023) 'The role of temperature in the start of seasonal infectious disease epidemics'. Oikos, 2023 (11) [Details]
	(2021)	'Determinants of perceived health and unmet healthcare needs in universal healthcare systems with high gender equality' Tadiri, Christina P.,Gisinger, Teresa,Kautzky-Willer, Alexandra,Kublickiene, Karolina,Herrero, Maria Trinidad,Norris, Colleen M.,Raparelli, Valeria,Pilote, Louise,on behalf of the GOING-FWD Consortium (2021) 'Determinants of perceived health and unmet healthcare needs in universal healthcare systems with high gender equality'. BMC Public Health, 21 (1) [Details]
	(2021)	'Methods for prospectively incorporating gender into health sciences research' Tadiri, Christina P.,Raparelli, Valeria,Abrahamowicz, Michal,Kautzy-Willer, Alexandra,Kublickiene, Karolina,Herrero, Maria-Trinidad,Norris, Colleen M.,Pilote, Louise (2021) 'Methods for prospectively incorporating gender into health sciences research'. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 129 :191-197 [Details]
	(2021)	'Parasite spread in experimental metapopulations: resistance, tolerance and host competence' Tadiri, Christina P.,Fussmann, Gregor F.,Scott, Marilyn E. (2021) 'Parasite spread in experimental metapopulations: resistance, tolerance and host competence'. Oikos, 130 (9):1562-1571 [Details]
	(2020)	'The influence of sex and gender domains on COVID-19 cases and mortality' Tadiri, Christina P.,Gisinger, Teresa,Kautzky-Willer, Alexandra,Kublickiene, Karolina,Herrero, Maria Trinidad,Raparelli, Valeria,Pilote, Louise,Norris, Colleen M.,, (2020) 'The influence of sex and gender domains on COVID-19 cases and mortality'. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 192 (36) [Details]
	(2019)	'A Data-Validated Host-Parasite Model for Infectious Disease Outbreaks' Tadiri, Christina P. ,Kong, Jude D. ,Fussmann, Gregor F. ,Scott, Marilyn E. ,Wang, Hao (2019) 'A Data-Validated Host-Parasite Model for Infectious Disease Outbreaks'. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 7 [Details]
	(2018)	'Microparasite dispersal in metapopulations: a boon or bane to the host population?' Tadiri, Christina P.,Scott, Marilyn E.,Fussmann, Gregor F. (2018) 'Microparasite dispersal in metapopulations: a boon or bane to the host population?'. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285 (1885) [Details]
	(2016)	'Impact of host sex and group composition on parasite dynamics in experimental populations' TADIRI, C. P.,SCOTT, M. E.,FUSSMANN, G. F. (2016) 'Impact of host sex and group composition on parasite dynamics in experimental populations'. Parasitology, 143 (4) [Details]
	(2015)	'Runx1 Activities in Superficial Zone Chondrocytes, Osteoarthritic Chondrocyte Clones and Response to Mechanical Loading' LeBlanc, Kimberly T.,Walcott, Marie E.,Gaur, Tripti,O'Connell, Shannon L.,Basil, Kirti,Tadiri, Christina P.,Mason-Savas, April,Silva, Jason A.,van Wijnen, Andre J.,Stein, Janet L.,Stein, Gary S.,Ayers, David C.,Lian, Jane B.,Fanning, Paul J. (2015) 'Runx1 Activities in Superficial Zone Chondrocytes, Osteoarthritic Chondrocyte Clones and Response to Mechanical Loading'. Journal of Cellular Physiology, 230 (2):440-448 [Details]
	(2013)	'Relative host body condition and food availability influence epidemic dynamics: a Poecilia reticulata-Gyrodactylus turnbulli host-parasite model' TADIRI, CHRISTINA P.,DARGENT, FELIPE,SCOTT, MARILYN E. (2013) 'Relative host body condition and food availability influence epidemic dynamics: a Poecilia reticulata-Gyrodactylus turnbulli host-parasite model'. Parasitology, 140 (3) [Details]
	(2011)	'Assessment of human health risk for lyme disease in a peri-urban park in southern QuÃ©bec' Tadiri, Christina and Ainsworth, Nick and de Bono, Nathaniel and Gavin, Sonia and Li, Jun and Milbers, Katherine and Sardinas, Lien and Schwartz, Naomi (2011) 'Assessment of human health risk for lyme disease in a peri-urban park in southern QuÃ©bec'. McGill Science Undergraduate Research Journal, 6 (1) [DOI] [Details]

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Employment

Employer	Position	From / To
University of Galway	Lecturer	01-SEP-24 /
University of Basel	Postdoctoral Fellow	01-SEP-21 / 30-AUG-24
McGill University	Postdoctoral Researcher	01-SEP-20 / 30-AUG-21
Research Institute-McGill Universit Health Centre	Postdoctoral Fellow	01-SEP-19 / 30-AUG-20
McGill University	Teaching Assistant	01-SEP-12 / 30-APR-19
McGill University	Research Assistant	01-SEP-10 / 30-AUG-13