Postdoctoral Research

The HORN Project funds research that primarily focuses on disease and disease control; agricultural systems, livelihood and economics; and health in a changing world.

To achieve this, we fund our own Postdoctoral Research Associates to undertake research into a number of areas in the HORN of Africa. Covering Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia/Somaliland, their research studies Zoonoses, epidemiology, climate change and indigenous healing, to name a few.

To find out more about each project, please click on the research title in the below table.

Ethiopia Postdoctoral Research

Researcher	Research Title
Shumeye Belay	Genetic diversity of ancient and contemporary Ethiopian indigenous goats
Dr Lisa Cavalerie	Livestock and maternal health in Butajira, Ethiopia
Dr Lisa Cavalerie	Zoonoses research in the Horn of Africa: a scoping review
Dr Aga Edema	Systematic review of rabies research in Ethiopia
Dr Tadesse Kebede	Population diversity of Toxoplasma gondii in human, animal and environment in Ethiopia: One Health Investigation
Dr Ophélie Lebrasseur	Biocodicology of Ethiopian Manuscripts: Husbandry Practices, Manufacturing Processes and Conservation Measures
Dr Ophélie Lebrasseur	Tracking genetic diversity and zoonoses in ancient Ethiopian cattle populations and their implication for bio-cultural evolution and health
Professor Mulugeta Tamire	Impacts on Animal and Human Health from Food Insecurity due to Climate Change in Ethiopia
Professor Samuel Tefera	The Nexus between Human, Environment and Livestock Interfaces: Investigating the Experiences of Resettled Pastoralists in Ethiopia
Professor Samuel Tefera & Dr Sam Lumborg	Examining local perspectives on the influence of climate change on the health of Hamer pastoralists and their livestock, Ethiopia

Kenya Postdoctoral Research

Researcher	Research Title
Dr Annie Cook	Designing interventions to control cysticercosis
Dr Olivia Howland	Indigenous Healing in Contemporary Kenya
Dr Olivia Howland	Photo stories from the Contemporary Shamans and Healers of Kenya: A Bitter Pill
Dr Kennedy Mochabo	Mapping out Zoonotic Risks in the Ruminants’ Value Chain and their Implication to Pastoral Livelihoods in Kajiado County, Kenya
Dr Mark Nanyingi	One Health Surveillance and Molecular Epidemiology of Rift Valley fever in Kenya
Professor Jude Robinson	Everyday Clean: Understanding one health hygiene practices in Kenya

United Kingdom Research

Researcher	Research Title
Dr Marie McIntyre	Capacity for One Health research in the Horn of Africa