Praise Adeyemo ~ Praise is a PhD student working on the facilitators and barriers to the implementation of policies guiding schistosomiasis interventions. She has a background in Veterinary Medicine (undergrad) and One Health (masters). She enjoys writing and travelling.

Holly Niven ~ Holly is a PhD student and quantitative ecologist working on population dynamics and spatial modelling. In her PhD, she is investigating the impacts of disturbances in metapopulations from a theoretical perspective, and an applied perspective using the example of seabirds and renewables. She studied Mathematics and Physics BSc (Hons) before migrating towards ecology from her Masters onwards.

Caroline Sharp ~ Caroline completed her BSc (Hons) in Psychology with Neuroscience, at the University of Glasgow, where her interests in how human biological systems interact with the environment naturally extended her interest to ecological sciences. She is currently studying for her MSc in Applied Conservation Science at SBOHVM. Outside of academia, Caroline enjoys playing traditional fiddle, working with animals, and hill running.

Coordination: Taya Forde ~ Taya is a senior lecturer in bacterial disease ecology, applying a range of molecular and genomic tools to understand patterns of transmission in different pathogen systems. She is one of the leaders of the OHRBID lab at Garscube campus (One Health Research in Bacterial Infectious Diseases). Taya has been leading the Naturally Speaking team since 2018.

~ Additional active members: Shennice Deandrea Knight, Anders Erlandson, Hollie French, Lucy Gilbert, Maria Jose Lopez Jara, Ingrid Salazar Zamudio, John Smout

~ Support provided by: Nathan Miller

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Many thanks to past contributors to Naturally Speaking ~

Original founders: Zara Gladman, Shaun Killen, James Buckley, James Grecian and Sjúrður Hammer, with thanks to the Institute of Biodiversity and Animal health for providing the initial funding.

Previous team members: Lydia Bach, Laurie Baker, James Burgon, Jim Caryl, Eleni Christoforou, Ana Costa, Graeme Cullen, Anna Formstone, Megan Griffiths, Max Hadoke, Karen Hotopp, Ellen Hughes, Joey Humble, Jacqueline Jacot, Miks Kundegorski, Stephen Larcombe, Rachel Lennon, Konstantina Linardopoulou, Elle Lindsay, Paddy McCleave, Will McLellan, Kirsty McWhinney, Keila Meginnis, Lizzy Mittel, Pat Monaghan, Katherine Needham, Mar Pineda, Emma Plant, Martina Quaggiotto, Ruben Riosa, Alexa Roditi, Kit Russell, Mohammad Saiful Islam Sajib, and Nic Strowbridge.