Contact details +6469516047
Professor David Hayman BVMS, MSc, PhD, MRCVS
Group Leader - Academic (LM)
Doctoral Supervisor School of Veterinary ScienceI use multidisciplinary approaches (including molecular, serological, quantitative and phylogenetic techniques) to address how infectious diseases are maintained within their hosts and how the process of emergence occurs. More generally, I am interested in how ecological degradation and anthropogenic changes lead to increased pathogen emergence in humans and animals and how multi-disciplinary research can work to improve human and ecological health.
I am the Percival Carmine Chair in Epidemiology and Public Health and Professor of Infectious Disease Ecology and Co-Director of the mEpiLab, a molecular epidemiology and public health lab, and Director of IDReC, a virtual lab at Massey University.
My research focuses on developing research programmes that improve public health and wildlife conservation outcomes, which often means working at the interface between disciplines.
Professional
Contact details
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Ph: +64(0)6 3569099 Extn 83047
Location: 2.24, Hopkirk
Campus: Turitea
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery - University of Edinburgh (2002)
- Master of Science - University of Kent (2006)
- Doctor of Philosophy - University of Cambridge (2011)
Fellowships and Memberships
- Member, Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (Member) (2002)
Research Expertise
Research Interests
- Disease ecology
- Epidemiology
- Molecular epidemiology
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Zoonoses
- Public Health
- Wildlife conservation
Thematics
21st Century Citizenship, Health and Well-being
Area of Expertise
Field of research codes
Agricultural And Veterinary Sciences (070000):
Biogeography and Phylogeography (060302):
Biological Sciences (060000):
Ecology (060200):
Evolutionary Biology (060300):
Genetics (060400):
Host-Parasite Interactions (060307):
Infectious Agents (060502):
Medical And Health Sciences (110000):
Microbiology (060500):
Molecular Evolution (060409):
Population Ecology (060207):
Veterinary Sciences (070700):
Virology (060506)
Keywords
- Disease ecology
- Epidemiology
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Zoonoses
- Wildlife conservation
Research Projects
Completed Projects
Project Title: Rutherford Discovery Fellowship - From individuals to populations: multi-scale approaches to pathogen emergence
Date Range: 2018 - 2023
Funding Body: Royal Society of New Zealand
Project Team:
- Prof David Hayman - Project Leader
- Dr Matthew Knox - Team Member
Project Title: Unpacking infection spillover dynamics
Date Range: 2016 - 2019
Funding Body: Royal Society of New Zealand
Project Team:
- Prof David Hayman - Project Leader
Project Title: Food Safety Centre Postdoctoral Salaries (MBIE/MPI)
Date Range: 2015 - 2019
Funding Body: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Project Team:
- Prof David Hayman - Project Leader
Teaching and Supervision
Summary of Doctoral Supervision
| Position | Current | Completed |
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| Main Supervisor | 2 | 5 |
| Co-supervisor | 2 | 2 |
Current Doctoral Supervision
Main Supervisor of:
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Anthony Pita
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Doctor of Philosophy
investigating a whanau-based approach to manage H.pylori infection and improve health outcomes for Maori -
Dinithi Bowatte
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Doctor of Philosophy
Investigating Molecular to macro-level drivers of infectious disease emergence in Buhoma, Uganda
Co-supervisor of:
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James Bristow
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Doctor of Philosophy
Identifying novel integration methods for spatiotemporal climate and genetic data to advance epidemiological insights: Applications for animal influenza and salmonella -
Abi Schoup
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Doctor of Philosophy
Taonga and Toxo: Kākahi as the missing link in understanding land-to-sea transmission of Toxoplasma gondii in Aotearoa New Zealand
Completed Doctoral Supervision
Main Supervisor of:
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2025
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Valter Dos Anjos Almeida
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Doctor of Philosophy
Genetic diversity of enteric microbes and its impacts on host switching -
2024
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Wantida Horpiencharoen
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Doctor of Philosophy
Wild bovid habitat and infectious disease risk in Thailand -
2022
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Janelle Wierenga
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Doctor of Philosophy
Interpreting highly diverse dsRNA viral sequences from Picobirnaviridae within and among species for interspecies transmission inference -
2021
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Paul Ogbuigwe
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Doctor of Philosophy
The role of protozoan genetic diversity in human disease: Implications for the epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis in New Zealand -
2019
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Carter Hranac
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Doctor of Philosophy
Ecology of infectious diseases in wild bats
Co-supervisor of:
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2025
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Jason Archer
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Doctor of Philosophy
Exploring Possible Causes of a Dilution Effect Using Agent-Based Models -
2017
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Samuel Bloomfield
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Doctor of Philosophy
Transmission and evolution of bacteria during the course of enteritis outbreaks
Media and Links
Media
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31 Oct 2014 - Online
SMC Media Briefing - Ebola
The Science Media Centre assembled a panel of experts — including a live update from a Kiwi scientist currently visiting the US Centre for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta — to provide a comprehensive -
31 Jan 2016 - Online
Waking up once costs energy for 67 days
In North America, bats die en masse from a fungal infection. Bats rarely contract it in Europe. What makes Europeans more resilient? -
30 Jun 2017 - Online
Cameras light up bats in the dark
An Associate Professor in veterinary public health at Massey University has been involved in developing tools to watch bats as they hibernate that may be key to saving them from a disease decimating t -
30 Jan 2020 - Online
Coronavirus requires 'cool heads'
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29 Sep 2014 - Online
Bats lured to deaths at wind farms
Bats lured to deaths at wind farms because they think turbines are trees. Flashing red lights may be needed to prevent bats making potentially-fatal mistake, scientists say. - view more...