Peter Hudson

IEE Faculty Member
Titles and Affiliations
Verne M. Willaman Professor, Biology
Director, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences

Research Summary

Explores disease dynamics in three main study areas: epidemiology and population dynamics, heterogeneities and parasite interactions, with implications for the control of wildlife diseases and of emerging zoonotic disease.

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Recent Publications

Empirical and model-based evidence for a negligible role of cattle in peste des petits ruminants virus transmission and eradication

Herzog, C. M., Aklilu, F., Sibhatu, D., Shegu, D., Belaineh, R., Mohammed, A. A., Kidane, M., Schulz, C., Willett, B. J., Cleaveland, S., Bailey, D., Peters, A. R., Cattadori, I. M., Hudson, P. J., Asgedom, H., Buza, J., Forza, M. S., Chibssa, T. R., Gebre, S. & Juleff, N. & 3 others, Bjørnstad, O. N., Baron, M. D. & Kapur, V., Dec 2024, In: Communications Biology. 7, 1, 937.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Investigating tritrophic interactions using bioenergetic demographic models

Passoni, G., Coulson, T., Cagnacci, F., Hudson, P., Stahler, D. R., Smith, D. W. & Lachish, S., Jan 2024, In: Ecology. 105, 1, e4197.

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Ecological countermeasures to prevent pathogen spillover and subsequent pandemics

Plowright, R. K., Ahmed, A. N., Coulson, T., Crowther, T. W., Ejotre, I., Faust, C. L., Frick, W. F., Hudson, P. J., Kingston, T., Nameer, P. O., O’Mara, M. T., Peel, A. J., Possingham, H., Razgour, O., Reeder, D. A. M., Ruiz-Aravena, M., Simmons, N. B., Srinivas, P. N., Tabor, G. M. & Tanshi, I. & 5 others, Thompson, I. G., Vanak, A. T., Vora, N. M., Willison, C. E. & Keeley, A. T. H., Dec 2024, In: Nature communications. 15, 1, 2577.

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Looking Left: Ecologically Based Biosecurity to Prevent Pandemics

Reaser, J. K., Chitale, R. A., Tabor, G. M., Hudson, P. J. & Plowright, R. K., Feb 1 2024, In: Health security. 22, 1, p. 74-81 8 p.

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Pathogen spillover driven by rapid changes in bat ecology

Eby, P., Peel, A. J., Hoegh, A., Madden, W., Giles, J. R., Hudson, P. J. & Plowright, R. K., Jan 12 2023, In: Nature. 613, 7943, p. 340-344 5 p.

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Evaluating noninvasive methods for estimating cestode prevalence in a wild carnivore population

Brandell, E. E., Jackson, M. K., Cross, P. C., Piaggio, A. J., Taylor, D. R., Smith, D. W., Boufana, B., Stahler, D. R. & Hudson, P. J., Nov 2022, In: PloS one. 17, 11 November, e0277420.

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Examination of the interaction between age-specific predation and chronic disease in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Brandell, E. E., Cross, P. C., Smith, D. W., Rogers, W., Galloway, N., MacNulty, D. R., Stahler, D. R., Treanor, J. & Hudson, P. J., Jul 2022, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 91, 7, p. 1373-1384 12 p.

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Disease outbreaks select for mate choice and coat color in wolves

Cubaynes, S., Brandell, E. E., Stahler, D. R., Smith, D. W., Almberg, E. S., Schindler, S., Wayne, R. K., Dobson, A. P., vonHoldt, B. M., MacNulty, D. R., Cross, P. C., Hudson, P. J. & Coulson, T., Oct 21 2022, In: Science. 378, 6617, 378.

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Multiple spillovers from humans and onward transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in white-tailed deer

Kuchipudi, S. V., Surendran-Nair, M., Ruden, R. M., Yon, M., Nissly, R. H., Vandegrift, K. J., Nelli, R. K., Li, L., Jayarao, B. M., Maranas, C. D., Levine, N., Willgert, K., Conlan, A. J. K., Olsen, R. J., Davis, J. J., Musser, J. M., Hudson, P. J. & Kapur, V., Feb 8 2022, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119, 6, e2121644119.

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Nipah Virus Detection at Bat Roosts after Spillover Events, Bangladesh, 2012-2019

McKee, C. D., Islam, A., Rahman, M. Z., Khan, S. U., Rahman, M., Satter, S. M., Islam, A., Yinda, C. K., Epstein, J. H., Daszak, P., Munster, V. J., Hudson, P. J., Plowright, R. K., Luby, S. P. & Gurley, E. S., Jul 2022, In: Emerging infectious diseases. 28, 7, p. 1384-1392 9 p.

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Fostering landscape immunity to protect human health: A science-based rationale for shifting conservation policy paradigms

Reaser, J. K., Hunt, B. E., Ruiz-Aravena, M., Tabor, G. M., Patz, J. A., Becker, D. J., Locke, H., Hudson, P. J. & Plowright, R. K., May 1 2022, In: Conservation Letters. 15, 3, e12869.

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Author Correction: Ecology, evolution and spillover of coronaviruses from bats (Nature Reviews Microbiology, (2022), 20, 5, (299-314), 10.1038/s41579-021-00652-2)

Ruiz-Aravena, M., McKee, C., Gamble, A., Lunn, T., Morris, A., Snedden, C. E., Yinda, C. K., Port, J. R., Buchholz, D. W., Yeo, Y. Y., Faust, C., Jax, E., Dee, L., Jones, D. N., Kessler, M. K., Falvo, C., Crowley, D., Bharti, N., Brook, C. E. & Aguilar, H. C. & 9 others, Peel, A. J., Restif, O., Schountz, T., Parrish, C. R., Gurley, E. S., Lloyd-Smith, J. O., Hudson, P. J., Munster, V. J. & Plowright, R. K., May 2022, In: Nature Reviews Microbiology. 20, 5, p. 315 1 p.

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Ecology, evolution and spillover of coronaviruses from bats

Ruiz-Aravena, M., McKee, C., Gamble, A., Lunn, T., Morris, A., Snedden, C. E., Yinda, C. K., Port, J. R., Buchholz, D. W., Yeo, Y. Y., Faust, C., Jax, E., Dee, L., Jones, D. N., Kessler, M. K., Falvo, C., Crowley, D., Bharti, N., Brook, C. E. & Aguilar, H. C. & 9 others, Peel, A. J., Restif, O., Schountz, T., Parrish, C. R., Gurley, E. S., Lloyd-Smith, J. O., Hudson, P. J., Munster, V. J. & Plowright, R. K., May 2022, In: Nature Reviews Microbiology. 20, 5, p. 299-314 16 p.

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Pesticides alter ecosystem respiration via phytoplankton abundance and community structure: Effects on the carbon cycle?

Rumschlag, S. L., Casamatta, D. A., Mahon, M. B., Hoverman, J. T., Raffel, T. R., Carrick, H. J., Hudson, P. J. & Rohr, J. R., Feb 2022, In: Global Change Biology. 28, 3, p. 1091-1102 12 p.

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SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (B.1.1.529) Infection of Wild White-Tailed Deer in New York City

Vandegrift, K. J., Yon, M., Surendran Nair, M., Gontu, A., Ramasamy, S., Amirthalingam, S., Neerukonda, S., Nissly, R. H., Chothe, S. K., Jakka, P., LaBella, L., Levine, N., Rodriguez, S., Chen, C., Sheersh Boorla, V., Stuber, T., Boulanger, J. R., Kotschwar, N., Aucoin, S. G. & Simon, R. & 14 others, Toal, K. L., Olsen, R. J., Davis, J. J., Bold, D., Gaudreault, N. N., Dinali Perera, K., Kim, Y., Chang, K. O., Maranas, C. D., Richt, J. A., Musser, J. M., Hudson, P. J., Kapur, V. & Kuchipudi, S. V., Dec 2022, In: Viruses. 14, 12, 2770.

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