Staff Profile

I'm a biological modeller with experience working in entomology, ecology, and epidemiology.

I use a combination of novel technologies, citizen science datasets, routinely collected observational datasets, and statistical modelling techniques to answer questions relating to: climate change impacts on species distributions, spatio-temporal modelling of disease risk, how novel data sources and analysis methods can be used to improve clinical trials and patient outcomes, and how machine learning methods can be used to support decision-making.

I am a member of the Biostatistics Research Group.

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Current research

IMID project (2022-2026)
Developing innovative analytical methods to improve the design and evaluation of clinical trials for immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs).

AI-Multiply project (2022-2024)
Investigating the relationships between multiple long-term conditions (MLTCs), multiple medications (polypharmacy), inequalities, and healthcare outcomes.

Past research

Acoustics project (2021-2022)
Attempting to develop new tools and data pipelines to remotely diagnose honeybee diseases, via sensors collecting acoustic and environmental data from honeybee hives and machine learning.

BWARS project (2020-2022)
Pilot project using long-term citizen science data (https://www.bwars.com/) to investigate the impacts of historic changes in climate on UK bee and wasp species.

COVID-19 project (2021)
Spatio-temporal modelling to investigate the spread of coronavirus in the Teesside area of North East England in relation to demography and policy interventions.

Hinterland project (2020-2021)
Using LoRaWAN environmental sensors to solve stakeholder monitoring problems. Working with Northumberland National Park.

BeeBase project (2019-2020)
Spatio-temporal modelling project investigating the impact of changes to national honeybee inspection policy for two notifiable honeybee diseases, in collaboration with APHA and DEFRA.

PhD project (2013-2018)
Investigating the impacts of climate change on plant-pollinator interactions and ecosystem services in agro-ecosystems.

I contribute on the following undergraduate module:

• BIO2037 Insect and arthropod biology

I also provide guest lectures and seminars upon request.

• Articles

  • Moss ED, Rushton SP, Baker P, Bashton M, Crown MR, dos Santos RN, Nelson A, O'Brien SJ, Richards Z, Sanderson RA, Yew WC, Young GR, McCann CM, Smith DL. Spatial and temporal epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 virus lineages in Teesside, UK, in 2020: effects of socio-economic deprivation, weather, and lockdown on lineage dynamics. Peer Community Journal 2024, 4, e84.
  • Gillespie MAK, Baude M, Biesmeijer J, Boatman N, Budge GE, Crowe A, Davies N, Evans R, Memmott J, Morton RD, Moss E, Murphy M, Pietravalle S, Potts SG, Roberts SPM, Rowland C, Senapathi D, Smart SM, Wood C, Kunin WE. Landscape-scale drivers of pollinator communities may depend on land-use configuration. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences 2022, 377(1853), 20210172.
  • Moss ED, Evans DM. Experimental Climate Warming Reduces Floral Resources and Alters Insect Visitation and Wildflower Seed Set in a Cereal Agro-Ecosystem. Frontiers in Plant Science 2022, 13, 826205.
  • Moss ED, Evans DM, Atkins JP. Investigating the impacts of climate change on ecosystem services in UK agro- ecosystems: An application of the DPSIR framework. Land Use Policy 2021, 105, 105394.
  • Derocles SAP, Lunt DH, Berthe SCF, Nichols PC, Moss ED, Evans DM. Climate-warming alters the structure of farmland tri-trophic ecological networks and reduces crop yield. Molecular Ecology 2018, 27(23), 4931-4946.
  • Senapathi D, Carvalheiro LG, Biesmeijer JC, Dodson C-A, Evans RL, McKerchar M, Morton RD, Moss ED, Roberts SPM, Kunin WE, Potts SG. The impact of over 80 years of land cover changes on bee and wasp pollinator communities in England. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 2015, 282(1806), 20150294.
  • Tang M, Hardman CJ, Ji Y, Meng G, Liu S, Tan M, Yang S, Moss ED, Wang J, Yang C, Bruce C, Nevard T, Potts SG, Zhou X, Yu DW. High-throughput monitoring of wild bee diversity and abundance via mitogenomics. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2015, 6(9), 1034-1043.
  • Garratt MPD, Truslove CL, Coston DJ, Evans R, Moss ED, Dodson C, Jenner N, Biesmeijer J, Potts SG. Pollination deficits in UK apple orchards. Journal of Pollination Ecology 2014, 12(2), 9-14.