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Cadhla Firth (née Ramsden)

Study systems include

Emerging RNA & DNA viruses, both human and livestock

Selected publications

Ramsden C, Holmes EC, Charleston MA (2009) Hantavirus evolution in relation to its rodent and insectivore hosts: no evidence for codivergence. Molecular Biology and Evolution 26:143-53.

Ramsden C, Melo FL, Figueiredo LM, Holmes EC, Zanotto PM, VGDN Consortium (2008) High rates of molecular evolution in hantaviruses. Molecular Biology and Evolution 25: 1499-92.

 

Cadhla Firth (née Ramsden)

Graduate student

Email: cbr134@psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-6471

Office: 612 Mueller Laboratory

Research interests

I am interested in understanding what facilitates the successful emergence and establishment of novel infectious diseases in both human and livestock populations.

In particular, my research focuses on identifying the molecular and evolutionary patterns that accompany the emergence of infectious diseases.

To do this I am investigating questions such as:

  • How do host-pathogen relationships change before/during/after emergence events?
  • What is the time-scale of emergence in viral systems?
  • Are cross-species transmission events necessary for infectious disease emergence?
  • How do viruses spread during emergence, both locally and globally?
  • What happens to host/pathogen genetic diversity before/during/after emergence events?
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