Dr Becki Lawson
Dr Becki Lawson is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Zoology, leading work on disease effects on free-ranging wildlife populations, with a particular interest on those relating to wild birds. She has been instrumental in driving work on trichomonosis in British finches and its role on population declines, on avian pox in British tit species, and on emerging diseases in garden wildlife.
Becki is also project coordinator for the Garden Bird Health Initiative and for Garden Wildlife Health where she has secured partnerships working across a range of projects with organisations such as the BTO and the RSPB, as well as commercial companies, veterinary researchers and academics. She has also secured international collaborations around wildlife disease and broader interdisciplinary working.
Becki recognises and champions the role of citizen science in collecting data on wildlife disease and the value of the BTO’s long-term data sets. She has been a strong advocate, communicating the impact of disease on wild populations across many different audiences, stimulating new research projects and partnerships.