RESEARCH: Detecting and simulating livestock disease

One Health and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are at the centre of six new projects between University College Dublin and the University of California, Davis. Backed by €120,000, this transatlantic research tackles global challenges in health and food systems through the 2025-2026 UCD Joint Research Fund, an initiative under the long-standing UCD Squared partnership between the two universities. One of the projects, led by Dr Conor McAloon, clinician and lecturer at the UCD School of Veterinary Medicine, and Dr Pranav Pandit (UC Davis), involves researchers developing predictive models and a digital twin system to detect and simulate livestock disease outbreaks.