Research
Jeffares Group at the University of York
The website is under construction. Our current website is here.
Leishmania population genomics
Our focus us to understand Leishmania populations, the genetic factors that influence drug treatments and clinical outcomes. We use population, quantitative and evolutionary genomics in collaboration with clinicians, immunologists and epidemiologists.
Collaborators
UK/Europe
Jeremy Mottram (University of York)
Paul Kaye (York)
Benjamin Lichman (York) Katherine Denby (York)
George Constable (York)
Sean Meaden (York)
Mohammed Osman (York)
South America
Hiro Goto (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
Jorge Augusto de Oliveira Guerra (Tropical Medicine Foundation Doctor Heitor Vieira Dourado (FMT-HVD), Brazil)
Maria das Graças Vale Barbosa Guerra (Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil)
Africa
Asrat Hailu (University of Gondar, Ethiopia)
Margaret Mbuchi, Jane Mbui (Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya)
Joseph Olobo (Makerere University, Uganda)
Ahmed Musa (Institute of Endemic Diseases, Sudan)