Research areas
I am an MRC research fellow based in the School of Medicine at the University of St Andrews. My research interests lie in developing in host mathematical models for infectious diseases. Also working with the Mathematical Biology group in the School of Mathematics, my research involves using partial and ordinary differential equations, and individual-based models to describe infectious disease spread within the body and to simulate antibiotic treatment strategies. My current multidisciplinary project focuses on developing a spatial model to describe tuberculosis disease progression and treatment in the lungs. Ultimately the model will be capable of simulating new therapeutic approaches for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis.
Selected publications
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Coronal heating and nanoflares: current sheet formation and heating
Bowness, R., Hood, A. W. & Parnell, C. E., Dec 2013, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 560, 14 p., A89.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The relationship between Mycobacterium tuberculosis MGIT time to positivity and cfu in sputum samples demonstrates changing bacterial phenotypes potentially reflecting the impact of chemotherapy on critical sub-populations
Bowness, R., Boeree, M. J., Aarnoutse, R., Dawson, R., Diacon, A., Mangu, C., Heinrich, N., Ntinginya, N. E., Kohlenberg, A., Mtafya, B., Phillips, P. P. J., Rachow, A., Plemper van Balen, G. & Gillespie, S. H., Feb 2015, In: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 70, 2, p. 448-455 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review