Nienke Hartemink: Since successfully completing her PhD within the original EDEN FP6 Project as part of the Mathematical Modelling Team. Nienke has successfully published a number of papers on modelling R0 and Vector-Borne Disease and is building a well respected reputation in her field of study.
Short description of project activities:
Mathematical modelling and risk mapping for several pathogens considered in EDENext. Currrent topics:
- Effect of habitat fragmentation on disease transmission,
- An agent-based model for Puumala virus (ROBO)
- Leishmaniasis risk maps in Turkey
- Spatial population models for Aedes albopictus
- Tick-borne diseases, population dynamics and models
Main skills:
Mathematical modelling, epidemiology, ecology, GIS
Bibliography:
N. Hartemink, S. O. Vanwambeke, H. Heesterbeek, D. Rogers, D. Morley, B. Pesson, C. Davies†, S. Mahamdallie, P. Ready. Integrated Mapping of Establishment Risk for Emerging Vector-Borne Infections: a Case Study of Canine Leishmaniasis in Southwest France. PLoS ONE 6(8): e20817. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020817
N.A. Hartemink, B.V. Purse, R. Meiswinkel, H.E. Brown, A. de Koeijer, A.R.W. Elbers, G.-J. Boender, D.J. Rogers and J.A.P. Heesterbeek, 2009. Mapping the basic reproduction number (R0) for vector-borne diseases: A case study on bluetongue virus. Epidemics 1 (3), 153-161.
A.A. Matser*, N.A. Hartemink*, J.A.P. Heesterbeek, A. Galvani and S.A. Davis, 2009. (*These authors contributed equally to this work). Elasticity analysis in epidemiology: an application to tick-borne infections. Ecology Letters 12 (12), 1298–1305
Hartemink, N. A., Randolph, S. E., Davis, S. A. and Heesterbeek, J. A. P. 2008. The basic reproduction number for complex disease systems: defining R0 for tick-borne infections. The American Naturalist 171, 743–754.
Hartemink, N. A., Davis, S. A., Reiter, P., Hubálek, Z. and Heesterbeek, J. A. P. 2007. The importance of bird-to-bird transmission for the establishment of West Nile virus. Vector- Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 7 (4): 575-584
N. Hartemink, H. C. Boshuizen, N. J. D.Nagelkerke, M. A. M. Jacobs and H. C. van Houwelingen, 2006. Combining risk estimates from observational studies with different exposure cutpoints: a meta-analysis on body mass index and diabetes type 2. American Journal of Epidemiology 163, 1042-1052.
N. Hartemink, E. Jongejans, and H. de Kroon, 2004. Flexible life history responses to flower and rosette bud removal in three perennial herbs. Oikos 105; 159-167.
Books, or contributions to books:
N.A. Hartemink and J.A.P. Heesterbeek. Modelling R0 for environmental change.
Book chapter in: Global Environmental Change and Infectious Diseases, Impacts and Adaption Strategies, edited by Sauerborn, R. and Louis, V. R., Springer, 2009.
