Kimberly Fornace

Dr. Kimberly Fornace is an Affiliate Researcher at the University of Glasgow's School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine. Her research focuses on vector-borne and zoonotic diseases, particularly malaria epidemiology in changing environments. She leverages geospatial technologies including drone surveillance, satellite imagery, and GPS tracking to study disease transmission dynamics.

Her research program examines landscape drivers of zoonotic diseases, developing novel surveillance tools for malaria and other infectious diseases. Key areas include the impact of deforestation on primate malaria reservoirs, spatial modeling of disease risk, and environmental determinants of vector habitats. Recent work has documented cholera patterns in Malaysian Borneo and developed image segmentation methods for earth observation data in disease monitoring.

Dr. Fornace leads projects across Southeast Asia and Africa, collaborating with international teams on planetary health approaches to vector control. She has co-edited a book on planetary health approaches to vector-borne diseases and published extensively on zoonotic malaria transmission dynamics, geostatistical analysis, and innovative surveillance methodologies.