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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 796R Ecological Parasitology
• Faculty Mentor for SURE (Summer Undergraduate Research at Emory)

Selected Publications

2009 Kowaleswski, M., and Gillespie, T.R. (In Press)  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. (2008) 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 TL, Gillespie, T. R., Rwego, I. B., Estoff, E. L., and Chapman, C. A. (in press) 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 IB, Isabirye-Basuta, G., Gillespie, T. R., Goldberg, T. L. (in press) Gastrointestinal bacterial transmission among humans, mountain gorillas, and domestic livestock in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Conservation Biology. view pdf

2007 Salzer, J.S., Rwego. I.B., Goldberg, T.L., Kuhlenschmidt, M.S., and Gillespie, T.R. (2007) 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.(2006) Forest fragment attributes predict parasite infection dynamics in primate metapopulations. Conservation Biology. 20:441–448. view pdf

2006 Gillespie, T.R. (2006) 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. (2005) 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. (2005) Gastrointestinal parasites of the colobus monkeys of Uganda. Journal of Parasitology 91:569-573. view pdf

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