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D-Index
99
Citations
31445
World Ranking
1607
National Ranking
899

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2015 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Andrew F. Read is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on infectious diseases, molecular medicine, genetics, epidemiology, and public health.

Their work covers a range of scientific topics, particularly in antibiotic resistance in bacteria, evolution and genetic dynamics, bacterial identification and susceptibility testing, antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus, malaria research and control, cancer genomics and diagnostics, and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Andrew F. Read include Robert J. Woods, Derek G. Sim, Elsa Hansen, Valerie J. Morley, and David Kennedy.

Key recent papers by Andrew F. Read include:

  • Identifying key questions in the ecology and evolution of cancer, 2020, Evolutionary Applications
  • Antibiotics can be used to contain drug-resistant bacteria by maintaining sufficiently large sensitive populations, 2020, PLoS Biology
  • Monitor for COVID-19 vaccine resistance evolution during clinical trials, 2020, PLoS Biology
  • Modifying Adaptive Therapy to Enhance Competitive Suppression, 2020, Cancers
  • The future of evolutionary medicine: sparking innovation in biomedicine and public health, 2023, Frontiers in Science

Andrew F. Read has published extensively in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PLoS Biology, Evolution Medicine and Public Health, UNC Libraries, and Evolutionary Applications.

Their contributions are recognized by several fellowships, including Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2018), Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2015), and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2012).

Best Publications

  • Decomposing health: tolerance and resistance to parasites in animals.

    Lars Råberg;Andrea Linn Graham;Andrew F. Read

  • Disentangling genetic variation for resistance and tolerance to infectious diseases in animals

    Lars Råberg;Lars Råberg;Derek Sim;Derek Sim;Andrew F. Read;Andrew F. Read

  • Imperfect vaccines and the evolution of pathogen virulence

    Sylvain Gandon;Margaret J Mackinnon;Sean Nee;Andrew F Read

  • Host densities as determinants of abundance in parasite communities

    Per Arneberg;Arne Skorping;Bryan Grenfell;Andrew F. Read;Andrew F. Read

  • Influence of climate on malaria transmission depends on daily temperature variation

    Krijn P. Paaijmans;Simon Blanford;Andrew S. Bell;Justine I. Blanford

  • The ecology of genetically diverse infections.

    Andrew F. Read;Louise H. Taylor

  • Heterogeneities in macroparasite infections : patterns and processes.

    Kenneth Wilson;O. N. Bjornstad;A. P. Dobson;S. Merler

  • Understanding the link between malaria risk and climate.

    Krijn P. Paaijmans;Andrew F. Read;Matthew B. Thomas

  • The evolution of virulence

    Andrew F. Read

  • The Effect of Temperature on Anopheles Mosquito Population Dynamics and the Potential for Malaria Transmission

    Lindsay M. Beck-Johnson;William A. Nelson;Krijn P. Paaijmans;Andrew F. Read

  • Insecticide control of vector-borne diseases: when is insecticide resistance a problem?

    Ana Rivero;Julien Vézilier;Mylène Weill;Andrew F. Read;Andrew F. Read

  • Evolutionary Causes and Consequences of Immunopathology

    Andrea L. Graham;Judith E. Allen;Andrew F. Read

  • Life history differences among the eutherian radiations

    A. F. Read;P. H. Harvey

  • Fungal Pathogen Reduces Potential for Malaria Transmission

    Simon Blanford;Brian H. K. Chan;Nina Jenkins;Derek Sim

  • Virulence and competitive ability in genetically diverse malaria infections

    Jacobus C. de Roode;Jacobus C. de Roode;Riccardo Pansini;Sandra J. Cheesman;Michelle E. H. Helinski;Michelle E. H. Helinski

  • Imperfect vaccination can enhance the transmission of highly virulent pathogens

    Andrew F. Read;Susan J. Baigent;Claire Powers;Lydia B. Kgosana

  • Maternal Transfer of Strain-Specific Immunity in an Invertebrate

    Tom J Little;Benjamin O'Connor;Nick Colegrave;Kathryn Watt

  • The relationship between abundance and body size in British birds

    Sean Nee;Andrew F. Read;Jeremy J. D. Greenwood;Paul H. Harvey

  • Can fungal biopesticides control malaria

    Matthew B. Thomas;Andrew F. Read

  • GENETIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PARASITE VIRULENCE AND TRANSMISSION IN THE RODENT MALARIA PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI.

    Margaret J. Mackinnon;Andrew F. Read

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew B. Thomas
Matthew B. Thomas Pennsylvania State University
Sean Nee
Sean Nee University of Edinburgh
Troy Day
Troy Day Queen's University
Robert J. Woods
Robert J. Woods University of Georgia
Ottar N. Bjørnstad
Ottar N. Bjørnstad Pennsylvania State University
Sarah E. Reece
Sarah E. Reece University of Edinburgh
Sylvain Gandon
Sylvain Gandon Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Judith E. Allen
Judith E. Allen University of Manchester
Edward C. Holmes
Edward C. Holmes University of Sydney

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