
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.
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
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.
As UCLA's first foreign affiliate, the Congo Basin Institute in Cameroon provides a vital space for training and scientific research in Africa.
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...
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,...
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
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
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
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
Alvarado, A. H.; Fuller, T. L.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2014 | Ecology and Evolution 4(17), 3456–3469
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
Larison, B.; Njabo, K. Y.; Chasar, A. C.; Fuller, T.; Harrigan, R.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2014 | BMC Veterinary Research 10(55)
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
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)
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)
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)
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
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
Shafir, S. C.; Fuller, T.; Smith, T. B.; Rimoin, A. W.
Published Work | 2012 | Journal of Clinical Virology 54(4), 364–367
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
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
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
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
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)