Gerardo Alfredo Acosta Jamett
Full Professor
INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA PREVENTIVA VETERINARIA, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS, UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE
Valdivia, Chile
1) Epidemiology of zoonotic diseases, 2) Disease ecology at the wildlife interface, and 3) Conservation of endangered species.
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Profesor Part Time
UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO
Santiago, Chile
2008 - 2008
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Profesor Asociado Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE
Valdivia, Chile
2009 - 2021
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Profesor Titular Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE
Valdivia, Chile
2022 - At present
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Huemul comnservation project leader Full Time
National Forest Service
Chile
2000 - 2004
Dr. Acosta have extensive experience in human capital training. He currently is mentoring a postdoc, two PhD students in Veterinary Sciences and two master students (Master in Microbiology and Master in Preventive Veterinary Medicine) at the Universidad Austral de Chile. Also has mentored eight Master and more than 20 undergraduate students in the U. of Edinburgh, U. of Sherbrooke, U. de Concepción and U. Austral de Chile from Chile, Colombia, Angola and Canada. Additionally, he has participated in many viva for PhD, Master and undergraduate thesis at the U. Austral de Chile, U. de Chile and U. Andres Bello in Chile. Finally, more than 30 vet students from different international institutions (eg. U. of California Davis, Virginia Tech, U. de Barcelona, U. Nacional Autónoma de México, U. de Guarulhos, U. Nacional de Asunción, U. of Buenos Aires), has been trained in his lab.
Dr. Acosta has vast experience in disseminating and transferring his research findings. He has assisted different governmental and non-governmental organizations for transmitting his research findings on risk of diseases transmission from animals to humans, and from domestic animals to endangered species, among others. For instance, he has been leading projects to control hydatid diseases in Chile, disseminating the knowledge obtained in his research to the community. During these project web pages were created (eg. https://hidatidosischile.wordpress.com) and he was regularly interviewed in local and national media explaining results of his research (eg. http://www.eldivisadero.cl/noticia-43280).
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Forest fragmentation and risk of disease infection between domestic and wild carnivo-res in the rural interface in southern Chile
FONDECYT
Chile, 2010
Project aimed to assess factors driving the disease transmission between domestic and wild carnivores in southern Chile. Main investigator. Fondecyt N° 11100303. 2010-2013. U$130,000.
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Human exposure to canine tick and flea-borne pathogens in different ecoregions of Chile and its presence in reservoirs and vectors
FONDECYT
Chile, 2010
Project aimed to assess human and animal exposure to vector-borne pathogens in different regions across Chile. Fondecyt regular N° 1100809. Co-investigator. 2010-2013. U$216,000.
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Mitigation of conflict between livestock and wild carnivores: an strategy for reducing the socio-economic impact of livestock predation
CORPORACION DE FOMENTO DE LA PRODUCCION
Chile, 2011
Project aimed to model variables that could explain predation upon livestock by wild and domestic carnivores in Chile. Main investigator. Innova Corfo. 2011-2014. U$285,000.
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Studies on Gurltlia paralysans, an emerging neuroparasite in domestic cats: morpho-logical, genetic, life cycle, epidemiological and diagnostic feature.
FONDECYT
Chile, 2012
Project aimed to explore epidemiological and clinical features of an emerging parasite infections in domestic cats. Co-investigator. Fondecyt regular N° 1120481. 2012-2015. U$131,000.
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Understanding and modeling transmission dynamics of Leptospira in farm: Multiple Host-Multiple Strain interactions
FONDECYT
Chile, 2014
Project aimed to model disease transmission of Leptospirosis at the farm level. Co-investigator. Fondecyt Nº 1141070. 2014-2017. U$ 258,000.
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Scrub typhus in south America: exploring the clinical and epidemiological characteris-tic of an emerging infectious disease in southern Chile
FONDECYT
Chile, 2017
Project aimed to explore clinical and epidemiological features of an emerging infectious diseases in humans in South America. Co-investigator. 2017-2020. U$ 343,000.
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Biodiversity of bacterial metacommunities in ticks: Understanding the interaction of hosts and environment at the wildlife/domestic interface
FONDECYT
Chile, 2018
Project aimed to assess differences in infection pattern by tick-borne diseases at the wildlife interface. Fondecyt regular Nº 1180119. Main investigator 2018-2021. U$ 264,000
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Molecular epidemiological studies on pathways of transmission and long lasting ca-pacity building to prevent cystic echinococcosis infection
FONDO NACIONAL DE CIENCIA,TECNOLOGIA E INNOVACION
Chile, 2018
Consortium between 6 institutions from Italy, Spain, Argentina, Perú and Chile aimed to promote capacity building for controlling cystic echinococcosis in Latino America. EU-LAC Health. Director in Chile. 2018-2021. U$224,000
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Interspecies interactions and disease transmission dynamics between domestic and wild canids at the wildlife-domestic interface
FONDECYT
Chile, 2018
Project aimed to explore disease transmission at the wildlife interface. Fondecyt posdoctorado Nº 3180111. Sponsor. 2018-2021. U$ 105,000
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Prevention and control of hydatidosis in Coyhaique, Aysen and Cochrane district, Aysen region.
FNDR Aysen region
Chile, 2016
Project aimed to control domestic dog population and echinococcosis at the definitive host. Government of Aysen region. 2016-2017. U$ 780,000.
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Prevention and control of hydatidosis in Punitaqui, Monte Patria and Combarbala districts, Coquimbo region, Chile.
FNDR Coquimbo region
Chile, 2016
Project aimed to control domestic dog population and echinococcosis at the definitive host. Government of Coquimbo region. 2016-2017. U$ 778,000.
Unraveling the ecological and epidemiological aspects of scrub typhus (Orientia chiloensis) in Chile |
Unraveling the effect of global change on disease emergence for sustainable health |
What drives the use of urban areas by wild carnivores? Testing the interference competition hypothesis |
Living in a stressful environment: dynamic of health in Phyllotis darwini and assessment of biotic, abiotic and social factors at the wildlife interface |
Active surveillance system of COVID-19 in high risk people under different prevalences scenarios in southern Chile |
Conociendo los vectores de Orientia sp.: vigilancia epidemiológica de una enfermedad emergente en Chile |
Sistema de Vigilancia Activa en Población de Alto Riesgo Bajo Distintos Escenarios de Prevalencia a COVID-19 de la Macrozona Sur |
Understanding the emergence and the spread dynamics of antibiotic resistance determi-nants in Campylobacter jejuni in food of animal origin, companion animals and the environment in Chile |
VIGIA: Epidemiological control program of COVID-19. Los Rios Government, Chile |
Biodiversity of bacterial metacommunities in ticks=> Understanding the interaction of hosts and environment at the wildlife/domestic interface |
Interspecies interactions and disease transmission dynamics between domestic and wild canids at the wildlife-domestic interface. Posdoctoral position. Fondecyt-Chile. Sponsor. 2018-2021. |
Molecular epidemiological studies on pathways of transmission and long lasting capacity building to prevent cystic echinococcosis infection |
Scrub typhus in south America: exploring the clinical and epidemiological characteristic of an emerging infectious disease in southern Chile |
Servicio de control de la población canina en las comunas de Coyhaique, Aysén y Cochrane y seguimiento del patrón epidemiológico de la enfermedad en dichas comunas. |
Prevención y control de la hidatidosis/equinococosis en las comunas de Punitaqui, Monte Patria y Combarbalá, provincia de Limarí, región de Coquimbo |
Prevención y control de la hidatidosis/equinococosis en las comunas de Punitaqui, Monte Patria y Combarbalá, provincia de Limarí, región de Coquimbo. . Investigador Responsable. 2015-2017. $ 485.936.000. |
TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS OF LEPTOSPIRA WITHIN-FARM=> UNDERSTANDING AND MODELLING THE EFFECTS OF SOME HOSTS ON LEPTOSPIRA DYNAMICS AND MULTIPLE HOST-MULTIPLE STRAIN INTERACTIONS. |
ARTHROPOD BORNE DISEASES IN CHILE=> EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE IN HUMAN AND CANINE HOSTS |
STUDIES ON GURLTLIA PARALYSANS, AN EMERGING NEUROPARASITE IN DOMESTIC CATS=> MORPHOLOGICAL, GENETIC, LIFE CYCLE, EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES |
Mitigación del conflicto entre la ganadería y los depredadores silvestres=> una estrategia para reducir el impacto socio-económico de las pérdidas por depredación |
Estudio del estado sanitario del guanaco (Lama guanicoe) bajo manejo, en el área de interfase con el ganado doméstico ovino en Tierra del Fuego |
Evaluación de la interacción entre el puma (Puma concolor) y la ganadería en la provincia de Choapa, región de Coquimbo |
FOREST FRAGMENTATION AND RISK OF DISEASE INFECTION BETWEEN DOMESTIC AND WILD CARNIVORES IN THE RURAL INTERFACE IN SOUTHERN CHILE. |
HUMAN EXPOSURE TO CANINE TICK AND FLEA-BORNE PATHOGENS IN DIFFERENT ECOREGIONS OF CHILE AND ITS PRESENCE IN RESERVOIRS AND VECTORS |
Influencia de la fragmentación de hábitat sobre helmintos gastrointestinales de carnívoros silvestres en los bosques nativos de Chile Central. |
Promoting the conservation of kodkod through a combination of ecological epidemiological and sociological research in the fragmented forests of central Chile. Investigador responsable. |
Estudio de prevalencia de hidatidosis humana y equinococosis canina en localidades de sector rural de la provincia del Limarí, región de Coquimbo. |
HERBIVORY AND FOREST FRAGMENTATION=> A TEMPERATE/TROPICAL COMPARISON |
Brotes de salmonelosis y el tamaño y rol del Estado en Chile |