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Research in the Gillespie Lab focuses on interactions among anthropogenic environmental change; biodiversity; and the ecology and emergence of pathogens of people, wildlife, and domestic animals. We take an integrative interdisciplinary approach in our active research projects in Africa and Latin America and collaborate extensively with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Lincoln Park Zoo, and the Wildlife Conservation Society.

Courses Taught

• ENVS / BIOL 345  Conservation Biology/Biodiversity
• ENVS 359 Ecology and Evolution of Disease
• ENVS 495 Honors Research
• ENVS Research Sequence (ENVS 299, 399, 499)
• IBS 699R Grad Research
• IBS 796R Ecological Parasitology
• PBEE 597R Lab Rotation
• PBEE 799R Advanced Grad Research
• Faculty Mentor for SIRE (Scholarly Inquiry and Research at Emory)
• Faculty Mentor for SURE (Summer Undergraduate Research at Emory)

Selected Publications

In Press Gillespie T.R. Beyond Competition and Predation: Infectious Disease as a Selective Force in Primate Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution.  Evolutionary Anthropology.  pdf coming soon!

In Press Gillespie T.R. Parasitic Threats to the Great Apes. In: Health Guidelines for the Great Apes.  Leendertz FH (ed).  IUCN. Switzerland.  pdf coming soon!

In Press Gillespie, T.R., D. Morgan, J.C. Deutsch, M.S. Kuhlenschmidt, J.S. Salzer, K. Cameron, T Reed, and C. Sanz.   A legacy of low impact logging does not elevate prevalence of potentially pathogenic protozoa in free-ranging chimpanzees and lowland gorillas in the Republic of Congo.  EcoHealth.  pdf coming soon!

In Press Kowalewski, M., J.S. Salzer, J.C. Deutsch, M. Rano, M.S. Kuhlenschmidt, and T.R. Gillespie.
Black and Gold Howler Monkeys (Alouatta caraya) as Sentinels of Ecosystem Health: Patterns of Zoonotic Protozoa Infection Relative to Degree of Human–Primate Contact.  American Journal of Primatology (Speical Issue: Is Primate Conservation Essential to Ecosystem Conservation?)  view pdf

In Press Johnston A., T.R. Gillespie, I.B. Rwego, T.L Tranby, A.D. Kent, and T.L. Goldberg. Molecular epidemiology of cross-species Giardia duodenalis transmission in western Uganda. PLOS Tropical Neglected Diseases. pdf coming soon!

2009 Kowaleswski, M., and T.R. Gillespie.   Ecological & anthropogenic influences on patterns of parasitism in free-ranging primates: a meta-analysis of the genus Alouatta. P. Garber, A. Estrada, J.C. Bicca-Marques, E. Heymann, amd K. Strier (eds.). South American Primates: Testing New Theories in the Study of Primate Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation. Springer Press. view pdf

2008 Gillespie, T.R., C.L Nunn, and F.H. Leendertz.  Integrative approaches to the study of primate infectious disease: implications for biodiversity conservation and global health. Yearbook of Physical Anthropology.view pdf

2008 Rwego, I.B., T.R. Gillespie, G. Isabirye-Basuta, and T.L. Goldberg.  High rates of Escherichia coli transmission between livestock and humans in rural Uganda. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 46:3187-3191. view pdf

2008 Gillespie, T.R. and C.A. Chapman. Forest fragmentation, the decline of an endangered primate, and changes in host-parasite interactions relative to an unfragmented forest. American Journal of Primatology. 70:222-230. view pdf

2008 Goldberg T.L., T.R. Gillespie, I.B. Rwego, E.L. Estoff, and C.A. Chapman. Anthropogenic disturbance promotes bacterial transmission among primates, humans, and livestock across a fragmented forest landscape. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 14(9):1375-1382. view pdf

2008 Rwego I.B., G. Isabirye-Basuta, T.R. Gillespie, and T.L. Goldberg. Gastrointestinal bacterial transmission among humans, mountain gorillas, and domestic livestock in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Conservation Biology. view pdf

2007 Salzer, J.S., I.B. Rwego, T.L. Goldberg, M.S. Kuhlenschmidt, and T.R. Gillespie. Giardia sp. and Cryptosporidium sp. infections in primates in fragmented and undisturbed forest in western Uganda. Journal of Parasitology. 93(2): 439-440. view pdf

2006 Gillespie, T.R. and C.A. Chapman. Forest fragment attributes predict parasite infection dynamics in primate metapopulations. Conservation Biology. 20:441–448. view pdf

2006 Gillespie, T.R. Non-invasive assessment of gastro-intestinal parasite infections in free-ranging primates. International Journal of Primatology 27:1129-1143. view pdf

2005 Gillespie, T.R., C.A. Chapman, and E.C. Greiner. Effects of logging on gastrointestinal parasite infections and infection risk in African primate populations. Journal of Applied Ecology 42:699-707. view pdf

2005 Gillespie, T.R., E.C. Greiner, and C.A. Chapman. Gastrointestinal parasites of the colobus monkeys of Uganda. Journal of Parasitology 91:569-573. view pdf

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