Robert Spear, Ph.D.
Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
PHONE: (510) 642-0761
FAX: (510) 642-5815
LOCATION: 749 University Hall
E-MAIL: spear@berkeley.edu
WEB SITE: Schistosomiasis in China
Research Interests
- Mathematical modeling of toxicological and infectious processes
- Statistical issues in exposure assessment
Selected Publications
Liang S, Seto EY, Remais JV, Zhong B, Yang C, Hubbard A, Davis GM, Gu X, Qiu D, Spear RC. Environmental effects on parasitic disease transmission exemplified by schistosomiasis in western China. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Apr 24;104(17):7110-5. PMID: 17438266 [abstract]
Spear RC, Seto E, Remais J, Carlton EJ, Davis G, Qiu D, Zhou X, Liang S. Fighting waterborne infectious diseases. Science. 2006 Nov 17;314(5802):1081-3. available. PMID: 17110555 [abstract]
Xu B, Gong P, Seto E, Liang S, Yang C, Wen S, Qiu D, Gu X, Spear R. A spatial-temporal model for assessing the effects of intervillage connectivity in Schistosomiasis transmission. Annals Am Assoc Geographers. 2006 Mar;96(1):36-46. [abstract]
Seto EY, Zhong B, Kouch J, Hubbard A, Spear RC. Genetic and household risk factors for Schistosoma japonicum infection in the presence of larger scale environmental differences in the mountainous transmission areas of China. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2005 Dec;73(6):1145-50. [abstract]
Liang S, Spear RC, Seto E, Hubbard A, Qiu D. A multi-group model of Schistosoma japonicum transmission dynamics and control: model calibration and control prediction. Trop Med Int Health 2005 Mar;10(3):263-78. [abstract]
Qiu DC, Hubbard AE, Zhong B, Zhang Y, Spear RC. A matched, case-control study of the association between Schistosoma japonicum and liver and colon cancers, in rural China. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 2005 Jan;99(1):47-52. [abstract]
Profile updated: August 13, 2007