Christina Faust

Dr. Christina Faust is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow, specializing in Infectious Disease Ecology. Her research integrates landscape ecology, population genetics, and mathematical modeling to analyze how anthropogenic changes increase zoonotic disease risk.

• Research Themes: Pathogen spillover, environmental drivers of disease, One Health approaches
• Key Methods: Multi-scale modeling, eDNA monitoring, field surveys
• Geographic Focus: Uganda, Australia, USA

Recent work focuses on:

• Zoonotic and vector-borne disease risks under environmental change (2025)
• Host condition impacts on viral shedding (2025)
• Land restoration for zoonotic virus mitigation (2024)
• Water contact behavior and schistosomiasis (2022)
• Epidemiological dynamics of bat coronaviruses (2022)
• Spatiotemporal disease modeling (2023)

Notable scientific awards:

• L'Oreal-UNESCO for Women in Science Fellowship (2022-2023)

Advising & funding:

• Supervises 5+ students and early-career researchers
• Received grants from BBSRC, NERC, EU, and DoD (2021-2028)