Geoff Hide, Ph.D.

 

 

Programme Leader Biology, Zoology, Human Biology

and Infectious Diseases

School of Environmental and Life Sciences

University of Salford

Salford, United Kingdom

Email: ghide@salford.ac.uk

Geoff Hide received his Ph.D. degree from the Institute of Animal Genetics at Edinburgh.

He completed his postdoctoral training at the Wellcome Unit (now Centre) of Molecular Parasitology at the University of Glasgow, working on molecular epidemiology and cell signaling in parasites.

Dr. Hide was later appointed as Lecturer, Reader and Professor in University of Salford.  He has held several posts in the leadership of research at the University of Salford including Director of the Centre of Parasitology and Disease, 2000 -2007; Director Biomedical Research Institute, 2006 - 2009; Member of the University Management Group and Senate, 2006-2010, and Associate Head of School (Research), 2006- 2011.

He is on the Editorial Boards of a number of journals including "Parasitology" (2003 onwards), "Parasites and Vectors" (2008 onwards ), "Clinical Epidemiology" (2008 onwards). 

His main research interests are in molecular epidemiology of parasites and investigation of parasite transmission pathway and host-parasite interactions.