Congo Basin Institute
As UCLA's first foreign affiliate, the Congo Basin Institute in Cameroon provides a vital space for training and scientific research in Africa.
Trevon Fuller, PhD
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
(310) 206-6234
fullertl@ucla.edu
619 Charles E. Young Drive East
La Kretz Hall Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Bio
I am a research scientist at the IoES with a background in animal-borne diseases, biodiversity, conservation, evolutionary biology, Geographic Information Systems, and statistics. From 2009-2014, I worked on studies of the spillover of zoonotic influenza from livestock and wildlife to humans in the US, Cameroon, and Egypt as part of NIH Fogarty and NIAID multisite surveillance programs. From 2013-2017, I worked on biodiversity and climate change in Cameroon and Gabon as part of an NSF PIRE program. I was responsible for analyzing the effects of climate change on agriculture and economic drivers of deforestation. From 2016-2018, I co-led a study supported by the Panamerican Health Organization on the effect of novel arboviruses on neurological diseases in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. From 2018-2019 I worked as a postdoc for the UCLA Democratic Republic of Congo Health Research and Training Program, helping plan microcensus activities and polio vaccination campaigns. I am currently based at the Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital Federal dos Servidores do Estado in Rio de Janeiro working on studies of antiretrovirals in pregnant women.
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Projects
Avian Influenza Virus in North American Migratory Birds
Overview The UCLA Center for Tropical Research (CTR) is at the forefront of research and surveillance of avian influenza virus (bird flu or avian flu) in wild birds. CTR has led avian influenza virus (AIV) surveys of migratory land birds in both North America and Central Africa. Recently, CTR was awarded a four-year project from...
Distribution Modeling Using Remote Sensing
In this research, species distribution modeling is used as a tool to understand the environmental determinants that control the distribution of species and to obtain spatial patterns on the species’ distribution. Current projects include evaluating the usefulness of newly available vegetation remote sensing data (e.g., from NASA’s Moderate Imaging Spectroradiometer [MODIS]) in species distributional modeling,...
Publications
Avian influenza surveillance in Central and West Africa, 2010-2014
Fuller, T. L.; Ducatez, M. F.; Njabo, K. Y.; Couancy-Hymann, E.; Chasar, T.; Aplogan, G. L.; Lao, S.; Awoume, F.; Tehou, A.; Langeois, Q.; Krauss, S.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2014 | Epidemiology and Infection 143(10), 2205-2212
Prescriptive evolution to conserve and manage biodiversity
Smith, T.B; Kinnison, M.; Strauss, S.; Fuller, T.; Scott, P.
Published Work | 2014 | Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 45, 1.1–1.22
Spatial and temporal patterns of frugivorous hornbill movements in Central Africa and their implications for rain forest conservation
Chasar, A.; Harrigan, R. J.; Holbrook, K. M.; Dietsch, T. V.; Fuller, T. L.; Wikelski, M.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2014 | Biotropica 46(6), 763–770
Spatial conservation planning framework for assessing conservation opportunities in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil
Giorgi, A. P.; Rovzar, C.; Davis, K. S.; Fuller, T.; Buermann, W.; Saatchi, S.; Smith, T. B.; Silveira, L. F.; Gillespie, S. W.
Published Work | 2014 | Applied Geography 53, 369–376
Integrative tracking methods elucidate the evolutionary dynamics of a migratory divide
Alvarado, A. H.; Fuller, T. L.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2014 | Ecology and Evolution 4(17), 3456–3469
Identifying areas with a high risk of human infection with the avian influenza (H7N9) virus in East Asia
Fuller, T. L.; Havers, F.; Xui, C.; Fang, L.; Cao, W.; Shu, Y.; Widdowson, M.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2014 | Journal of Infection 69(2), 174–181
Spillover of pH1N1 to swine in Cameroon: an investigation of risk factors
Larison, B.; Njabo, K. Y.; Chasar, A. C.; Fuller, T.; Harrigan, R.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2014 | BMC Veterinary Research 10(55)
Putative human and avian risk factors for avian influenza virus infections in backyard poultry in Egypt
Sheta, B. M.; Fuller, T.; Larison, B.; Njabo, K. Y.; Ahmed, A. S.; Chasar, A.; Aziz, S. A.; Khidr, A. A.; Elbokl, M. M.; Habbak, L. Z.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2014 | Veterinary Microbiology 168(1), 208–213
Metapopulation dynamics enable persistence of Influenza A, including A/H5N1, in poultry
Hosseini, P. R.; Fuller, T.; Harrigan, R.; Zhao, D.; Arriola, C. S.; Gonzales, A.; Miller, M. J.; Xiao, X.; Smith, T. B.; Holland Jones, J.; Daszak, P.
Published Work | 2014 | PLoS ONE 8(12)
Pathogen-host associations and predicted range shifts of human Monkeypox in response to climate change in Central Africa
Thomassen, H. A.; Fuller, T. L.; Asefi-Najafabady, S.; Shiplacoff, J. A.; Mulembakani, P. M.; Blumberg, S.; Johnston, S. C.; Kisalu, N. K.; Kinkela, T. L.; Fair, J. N.; Wolfe, N. D.; Shongo, R. L.; LeBreton, M.; Meyer, H.; Wright, L. L.; Muyembe, J.; Buermann, W.; Okitolonda, E.; Hensley, L. E.; Lloyd-Smith, J. O.; Smith, T. B.; Rimoin, A. W.
Published Work | 2013 | PLoS ONE 8(7)
Intraspecific morphological and genetic variation of common species predicts ranges of threatened ones
Fuller, T. L.; Thomassen, H. A.; Peralvo, M.; Wolfgang, B.; Mila, B.; Kieswetter, C. M.; Jarrin-V, P.; Cameron Devitt, S. E.; Mason, E.; Schweizer, R. M.; Schluneggar, J.; Chan, J.; Wang, O.; Schneider, C. J.; Pollinger, J. P.; Saatchi, S.; Graham, C. H.; Wayne, R. K.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2013 | Proceedings of the Royal Society Biology 280(1763)
Predicting hotspots for influenza virus reassortment
Fuller, T. L.; Gilbert, M.; Martin, V.; Cappelle, J.; Hosseini, P.; Njabo, K. Y.; Aziz, S. A.; Xiao, X.; Peter, D.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2013 | Emerging Infectious Diseases 19(4), 581–588
A preliminary assessment of the effectiveness of the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor for protecting potential Baird’s tapir (Tapirus bairdii Gill, 1865) habitat in Southern Mexico
Mendoza, E.; Fuller, T. L.; Thomassen, H. A.; Buermann, W.; Ramirez-Mejia, D.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2013 | Integrative Zoology 8(1), 35–47
A national study of individuals who handle migratory birds for evidence of avian and swine influenza virus infections
Shafir, S. C.; Fuller, T.; Smith, T. B.; Rimoin, A. W.
Published Work | 2012 | Journal of Clinical Virology 54(4), 364–367
Pandemic A/H1N1/2009 influenza virus in Swine, Cameroon, 2010
Njabo, K. Y.; Fuller, T. L.; Chasar, A.; Pollinger, J. P.; Cattoli, G.; Terregino, C.; Monne, I.; Reynes, J.; Njouom, R.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2012 | Veterinary Microbiology 156, 189–192
The ecology of emerging infectious diseases in migratory birds: an assessment of the role of climate change and priorities for future research
Fuller, T.; Bensch, S.; Muller, I.; Novembre, J.; Perez-Tris, J.; Ricklefs, R. E.; Smith, T. B.; Waldenstrom, J.
Published Work | 2012 | EcoHealth 9, 80–88
Mapping evolutionary process: a multi-taxa approach to conservation prioritization
Thomassen, H. A.; Fuller, T.; Buermann, W.; Milá, B.; Kieswetter, C.; Jarrín-V, P.; Cameron, S. E.; Mason, E.; Schweizer, R.; Schlunegger, J.; Chan, J.; Wang, O.; Peralvo, M.; Schneider, C. J.; Graham, C. H.; Pollinger, J. P.; Saatchi, S.; Wayne, R. K.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2011 | Evolutionary Applications 4(2), 397–413
Using remote sensing to map the risk of human monkeypox virus in the Congo Basin
Fuller, T. H.; Thomassen, H. A.; Mulembakani, P. M.; Johnston, S. S.; Lloyd-Smith, J. O.; Kisalu, N. K.; Lutete, T. K.; Blumberg, S.; Fair, J. N.; Wolfe, N. D.; Shongo, R. L.; Formenty, P.; Meyer, H.; Wright, L. L.; Muhembe, J.; Buermann, W.; Saatchi, S. S.; Okitolonda, E.; Hensley, L.; Smith, T. B.; Rimoin, A. W.
Published Work | 2010 | EcoHealth 8(1), 14-25
Mapping the risk of avian influenza in wild birds in the U.S.
Fuller, T.; Saatchi, S.; Curd, E. E.; Toffelmier, E.; Thomassen, H.; Buermann, W.; DeSante, D. F.; Nott, M. P.; Saracco, J. F.; Ralph, C. J.; Alexander, J. D.; Pollinger, J. P.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2010 | BMC Infectious Diseases 10(187)