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Prof Ailsa Hall

Prof Ailsa Hall
Professor, Director SMRU


 

Research Interests include:

  • Factors affecting survival in marine mammals, particularly disease, exposure to toxins, contaminants and endocrine disrupters.
  • Epidemiology and risk assessment
  • Immune function and fitness.
  • Respiratory and endocrine physiology.
source: symbiosis

 

Recent publications


4  (of 4 published available) for ajh7 with keyword Immunity clear keyword filter. (source: University of St Andrews PURE)
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2018 (2)
Environmental Pollution
vol.233 pp.407-418
(Article)
Predicting the effects of polychlorinated biphenyls on cetacean populations through impacts on immunity and calf survival
Ailsa Jane Hall, Bernie J McConnell, Lori H Schwacke, Gina M Ylitalo, Teri K Rowles 
Keywords: Individual based model , Risk assessment, Marine mammal, Contaminants
2015 (1)
Molecular Ecology
vol.24 pp.208-221
(Article)
Evidence of land-sea transfer of the zoonotic pathogen Campylobacter to a wildlife marine sentinel species
G. Méric, S. Bayliss, G. Foster, S.E. Moss, E. Watson, B. Pascoe, J. Mikhail, R. Pizzi, R.J. Goldstone, D.G.E. Smith, K. Willoughby, Ailsa Jane Hall, S.K. Sheppard, M.P. Dagleish 
Keywords: Campylobacter, Environmental health, Genomics, Grey seals, Source attribution
2014 (22/12)
Viruses
vol.6 pp.5093-5134
(Article)
Phocine distemper Virus
P.J. Duignan, M.-F. Van Bressem, J.D. Baker, M. Barbieri, K.M. Colegrove, S. de Guise, R.L. de Swart, G. di Guardo, A. Dobson, W.P. Duprex, G. Early, D. Fauquier, T. Goldstein, S.J. Goodman, B. Grenfell, K.R. Groch, F. Gulland, Ailsa Jane Hall, B.A. Jensen, K. Lamy, K. Matassa, S. Mazzariol, S.E. Morris, O. Nielsen, D. Rotstein, T.K. Rowles, J.T. Saliki, U. Siebert, T. Waltzek, J.F. Wellehan 
Keywords: Morbillivirus, Pinnipeds, Sea otter, CD150/SLAM, Phylogeny, Pathology, Epidemiology, Immunity, Vaccine
2013
PLoS One
vol.8 pp.e67132
(Article)
Immune activity, body condition and human-associated environmental impacts in a wild marine mammal
Patrick M Brock, Ailsa Jane Hall, Simon J Goodman, Marilyn Cruz, Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse 
Keywords: Adiposity, Animals, Conservation of Natural Resources, Ecuador, Female, Humans, Immunoglobulin G, Leukocyte Count, Male, Phytohemagglutinins, Sea Lions, Skinfold Thickness, Urbanization

Contact Details:

Prof Ailsa Hall
Scottish Oceans Institute
East Sands
University of St Andrews
St Andrews
KY16 8LB
Fife
UK

tel: 01334 462634
fax: 01334 462632
room: SMRU 2.05
email: ajh7@st-andrews.ac.uk

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research@st-andrews
Personal Website
Sea Mammal Research Unit
School of Biology
Centre for Biological Diversity
Scottish Oceans Institute
BDG

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The Secretary
Scottish Oceans Institute
Institiud Chuantan na h-Alba
Gatty Marine Laboratory
East Sands St Andrews
KY16 8LB
Scotland
UK

tel: +44 (0) 1334 463472
fax: +44 (0) 1334 463443
email: soi@st-andrews.ac.uk

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