email: jlloydsmith@ucla.edu
phone: 310-206-8207
office: LSB 4111
lab: LSB 4127
homepage: http://www.eeb.ucla.edu/Faculty/lloydsmith
research interests: Ecological and evolutionary dynamics of infectious diseases; emerging pathogens and zoonoses; host population heterogeneities; integration of dynamics across scales.
Education
B.Sc.(Hon), Physics And Chemistry, Queen's University 1996
M.Sc., Physics, University of British Columbia 1999
PhD, Biophysics, University of California, Berkeley 2005
Research Interests
I study the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of infectious disease in animal and human populations, and at the animal-human interface where novel human pathogens such as SARS or pandemic influenza can emerge. By combining theoretical models with data, I aim to deepen our understanding of fundamental principles of disease transmission and adaptation, and apply those principles to interpret observed patterns, uncover driving mechanisms, and design effective control policies. I work on a diverse range of host-pathogen systems, including leptospirosis in California sea lions, SARS and other emerging diseases in human populations, and HIV and its impacts on other infectious diseases.
Selected Publications
Hahn, J.A., Wylie, D., Dill, J., Sanchez, M.S., Lloyd-Smith, J.O., Page-Shafer, K. and Getz, W.M.. 2009. Potential impact of vaccination on the hepatitis C virus epidemic in injection drug users Epidemics 1: 47-57 .
Schreiber, S.J. and Lloyd-Smith, J.O.. 2009. Invasion dynamics in spatially heterogenous environments American Naturalist 174: 490-505 .
Lloyd-Smith, J.O., Poss, M., Grenfell, B.T.. 2008. HIV-1/parasite co-infection and the emergence of new parasite strains Parasitology 135: 795-806 .
Sanchez, M.S., Lloyd-Smith, J.O., Porco, T.C., Williams, B.G., Borgdorff, M.W., Mansoer, J., Salomon, J.A., Getz, W.M.. 2008. Impact of HIV on novel strategies for tuberculosis control AIDS 22: 963-972 .
Lloyd-Smith, J.O. and Grenfell, B.T.. 2008. HIV-1/parasite co-infection and the emergence of new parasite strains Parasitology 135: 795-806 .
Lloyd-Smith, J.O., Greig, D., Ghneim, G., Hietala, S., Palmer, L., St. Leger, J., Grenfell, B.T., Gulland, F.M.D.. 2007. Cyclical changes in seroprevalence of leptospirosis in California sea lions: endemic and epidemic disease in one host species? BMC Infectious Diseases 7: 125 .
Cross, P.C., Johnson, P.L., Lloyd-Smith, J.O., Getz, W.M.. 2007. Utility of R0 as a predictor of disease invasion in structured populations Journal of the Royal Society Interface 4: 315-324 .
Williams, B.G., Lloyd-Smith, J.O., Gouws, E., Hankins, C., Getz, W.M., Dye, C., Hargrove, J., de Zoysa, I., Auvert, B.. 2006. The potential impact of male circumcision on HIV in sub-Saharan Africa PLoS Medicine 3: 1032-1040 .
Lloyd-Smith, J.O., Schreiber, S.J., Kopp, P.E., Getz, W.M.. 2005. Superspreading and the effect of individual variation on disease emergence Nature 438: 355-359 .
Lloyd-Smith, J.O., Cross, P.C., Briggs, C.J., Daugherty, M., Getz, W.M., Latto, J., Sanchez, M.S., Smith, A.B., Swei, A.. 2005. Should we expect population thresholds for wildlife disease? Trends in Ecology & Evolution 20: 511-519 .