Dr V Anne Smith

Senior Lecturer

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 1705

Email

vas1@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

PhD supervision

• Madeleine Clarkson
• Nikolay Kokinov
• Jacob Thomas-Hegarty

Selected publications

• Open access

  Bayesian networks for network inference in biology

  Hammond, J. & Smith, V. A., 7 May 2025, In: Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 22, 226, p. 1-10 10 p., 20240893.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

• Open access

  Evaluation of Bayesian network scoring functions in polychotomous data analysis

  Ke, X., Keenan, K. L. & Smith, V. A., Dec 2025, In: Discover Data. 3, 1, p. 1-21 21 p., 18.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Modelling interventions to combat antibacterial resistance in East Africa using causal Bayesian networks

  Ke, X., Smith, V. A., Mshana, S. E., Asiimwe, B., Neema, S., Kiiru, J., Mushi, M. F., Mmbaga, B. T., Mwanga, J. R., Kibiki, G., Stelling, J., Gillespie, S. H., Green, D. L., Benvari, S., Sabiiti, W., Kesby, M., Lynch, A. G., Sandeman, A., Sloan, D. J. & Holden, M. T. & 2 others, Keenan, K. & HATUA Consortium, 4 Feb 2025, Research Square.

  Research output: Working paper › Preprint

• Open access

  Patterns of antibiotic resistance in urinary tract infections before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda and Tanzania

  Silago, V., Keenan, K., Mushi, M. F., Kansiime, C., Asiimwe, B., Sunday, B., Bazira, J., Sandeman, A., Sabiiti, W., Seni, J., Holden, M. T. G., Mshana, S. E. & behalf of the HATUA and CARE Consortia, Apr 2025, In: JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. 7, 2, p. 1-4 4 p., dlaf038.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  A two-step Bayesian network approach to identify key SNPs associated to multiple phenotypic traits in four purebred laying hen lines

  Bouba, I., Videla Rodriguez, E. A., Smith, V. A., van den Brand, H., Rodenburg, T. B. & Visier, B., 29 Mar 2024, In: PLoS ONE. 19, 3, 18 p., e0297533.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Evidencing the intersection of environmental, socioeconomic, behavioural and demographic drivers of antibacterial resistance in East Africa

  Keenan, K., Papathomas, M., Mshana, S. E., Asiimwe, B., Kiiru, J., Lynch, A. G., Kesby, M., Neema, S., Mwanga, J. R., Mushi, M. F., Green, D. L., Jing, W., Olamijuwon, E., Zhang, Q., Sippy, R., Fredricks, K. J., Gillespie, S. H., Sabiti, W., Bazira, J. & Sloan, D. J. & 7 others, Mmbaga, B. T., Kibiki, G., Stelling, J., Smith, V. A., Sandeman, A., Holden, M. T. G. & HATUA Consortium, 15 Feb 2024, Rochester, NY: SSRN, 26 p. (Preprints with The Lancet).

  Research output: Working paper › Preprint

• Open access

  Intersecting social and environmental determinants of multidrug-resistant urinary tract infections in East Africa beyond antibiotic use

  Keenan, K. L., Papathomas, M., Mshana, S., Asiimwe, B., Kiiru, J., Lynch, A., Kesby, M., Neema, S., Mwanga, J. R., Mushi, M. F., Jing, W., Green, D. L., Olamijuwon, E. O., Zhang, Q., Sippy, R., Fredricks, K. J., Gillespie, S. H., Sabiiti, W., Bazira, J. & Sloan, D. J. & 8 others, HATUA Consortium, Kibiki, G., Mmbaga, B. T., Aanensen, D., Stelling, J., Smith, V. A., Sandeman, A. & Holden, M., 31 Oct 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 11 p., 9418.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Robust identification of interactions between heat-stress responsive genes in the chicken brain using Bayesian networks and augmented expression data

  Videla Rodriguez, E. A., Mitchell, J. B. O. & Smith, V. A., 19 Apr 2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 8 p., 9019.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Science fiction media representations of exoplanets: portrayals of changing astronomical discoveries

  Puranen, E., Finer, E., Helling, C. & Smith, V. A., 4 Mar 2024, In: Journal of Science Communication. 23, 1, 19 p., A04.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Treatment seeking behaviours, antibiotic use and relationships to multi-drug resistance: a study of urinary tract infection patients in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda

  Sado, K., Keenan, K., Manataki, A., Kesby, M., Mushi, M. F., Mshana, S. E., Mwanga, J. R., Neema, S., Asiimwe, B., Bazira, J., Kiiru, J., Green, D. L., Ke, X., Maldonado-Barragán, A., Abed Al Ahad, M., Fredricks, K. J., Gillespie, S. H., Sabiiti, W., Mmbaga, B. T. & Kibiki, G. & 6 others, Aanensen, D., Smith, V. A., Sandeman, A., Sloan, D. J., Holden, M. T. G. & Consortium, O. B. O. H., 16 Feb 2024, In: PLOS Global Public Health. 4, 2, 20 p., e0002709.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

 

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