Chiroptera (bats) are increasingly being identified as reservoir hosts for a number of emerging infectious diseases affecting human populations. A number of studies have examined the prevalence of such diseases in bat populations. However, relatively little work has focussed on the role of wildlife ecology in infection dynamics of potentially zoonotic diseases. My PhD research is part of a large collaborative project integrating the study of infectious diseases (coronaviruses) and the biology of bat hosts. The central focus of my project will be examining the effects of habitat fragmentation and land use on coronavirus prevalence and diversity in the African Hipposiderid bats. I am also a member of the Conservation Genetics Lab at Macquarie University, Sydney.

Annan A, Baldwin HJ, Corman VM, Klose SM, Owusu M, Nkrumah EE, Badu EK, Anti P, Agbenyega O, Meyer B, Oppong S, Sarkodie YA, Kalko EKV, Lina PHC, Godlevska EV, Reusken C, Seebens A, Gloza-Rausch F, Vallo P, Tschapka M, Drosten C, Drexler JF (2013) Human betacoronavirus 2c EMC/2012–related viruses in bats, Ghana and Europe. Emerging Infectious Diseases 19:456-460

Baldwin, H.J., Hoggard, S.J., Snoyman, S.T., Stow, A.J., and Brown, C. (2010). Non-invasive genetic sampling of faecal material and hair from the grey-headed flying-fox, Pteropus poliocephalus. Australian Mammalogy 32, 56-61

 

Baldwin H, Annan A, Corman VM, Klose SM, Owusu M, Nkrumah EE, Badu EK, Anti P, Agbenyega O, Meyer B, Oppong S, Sarkodie YA, Lina PHC, Reusken C, Kalko EKV, Gloza-Rausch F, Vallo P, Tschapka M, Drosten C, Drexler JF (2013) Coronaviruses related to human betacoronavirus 2c EMC/2012 in African and European bats 3rd International Berlin Bat Meeting: Bats in the Anthropocene, Berlin, Germany, 1st - 3rd of March 2013 Vortrag

Baldwin, H.J., Eby, P., Chan, J.T., Stow, A.J. (2010) Dispersal and population genetic structure of the grey-headed flying-fox. Oral presentation. Genetics Society of Australia, Canberra, 2010.

Baldwin, H.J., Eby, P., Chan, J.T., Stow, A.J. (2010) Dispersal and population genetic structure of the grey-headed flying-fox. Oral presentation. Australasian Bat Society, Darwin, Australasia, 2010.