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Meteorology, remote sensing and GIS, climate change and tropical medicine
I completed by first degree (B.Sc, Hons) at St Mary's University in Twickenham (Biology and Geography)
My MSc was undertaken at the University of Liverpool, within the Dept. of Geography and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
My PhD was undertaken at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. The title of the thesis was "Developing an integrated approach to epidemic forecasting, through the monitoring and prediction of meteorological variables associated with disease"
I also have a PgD in Programming and Software Engineering from the University of Liverpool
RAF (EWS Deployment)
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Sunday Times and South China Morning Post newspapers
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Currently a Principal Lecturer with the role of Postgraduate Programmes Manager for the Department of Natural Sciences within the Faculty of Science and Engineering
I am also the CPD manager for the Faculty of Science and Engineering
Undergraduate Personal Tutor role
Earth Systems: Meteorology
GIS and Earth Observation: principles of remote sensing and derivation of environmental proxies
Climate and Climate Change: The role of the oceans, atmosphere and orbital influences on climate
Malta Field Trip: Supporting tutor
Impacts and Models of Climate Change: How climate models work, are objectively tested and generate predictions
Project Tutor: for students taking their project research work in the final year of their degree
Science for Sustainable Development: issues relating to climate change and climate model simulations
Earth Observation: unit tutor for the UNIGIS MSc distance learning programme
MSc Supervision: UNIGIS MSc students
Director of Studies for PhD studentship (Predictive modelling to assess changes in ecosystem components associated with disease in Tanzania) with Rachael Reynolds. This project was completed in 2018 and Dr Reynolds is now working as an academic at the University of Chester
I have been both internal and external PhD and MPhil examiner for numerous institutions
Relationships between climate, environment and vector-borne diseases
Epidemiology of tropical disease, Climate modelling and Ecology of vector-borne diseases
I have worked with MEEO and the European Space Agency for a project (funded by the World Bank) designed to provide tools for epidemiologists to utilise environmental and climatic information for disease modelling in Africa (2014 - 2015) called EOCHA.
Books and Book Chapters:
Henk J. Scholten, Rob Velde, and Niels van Manen (Editors), (2009). Geospatial Technology and the Role of Location in Science (GeoJournal Library). Published by Springer. ISBN: 9048126193 [Author of Chapter 11: The role of place and time in the epidemiology of tropical diseases]
HJ. Scholten, RJVD. Velde, NV. Manen (2009). Geospatial Technology and the Role of Location in Science. Springer Science & Business Media.
R. Reynolds, G. Cavan, M. Cresswell (2017). The local response of El Niño events and changing disease distribution in Tanzania. Weather. 72(7), pp.206-215.
AM. Molesworth, MC. Thomson, SJ. Connor, MP. Cresswell, AP. Morse, et al. P. Shears, CA. Hart, LE. Cuevas. (2002). Where is the meningitis belt? Defining an area at risk of epidemic meningitis in Africa. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 96(3), pp.242-249.
MC. Thomson, T. Palmer, AP. Morse, MP. Cresswell, SJ. Connor (2000). Forecasting disease risk with seasonal climate predictions. The Lancet. 355(9214), pp.1559-1560.
S. Kovats, MP. Cresswell (1999). El Niño and health: the potential benefits of seasonal forecasting for epidemic disease. Tiempo. 33, pp.11-14.
MP. Cresswell, MC. Thomson, AP. Morse, SJ. Connor, R. Graham (1999). New advances in climate forecasting tools and satellite imagery for disease modelling. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 93(2), pp.118-119.
MP. Cresswell, AP. Morse, MC. Thomson, SJ. Connor (1999). Estimating surface air temperatures, from meteosat land surface temperatures, using an empirical solar zenith angle model. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 20(6), pp.1125-1132.
MP. Cresswell, SJ. Connor, AP. Morse (1997). Improved estimates of ambient air temperature, for large area studies of vector bionomics. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 91(5), pp.502-503.
MP. Cresswell, AP. Morse, MC. Thomson, R. Graham Evaluation of HADAM3 model simulations to predict the onset of the West African Monsoon. In: Proceedings of the 24th Annual Climate Diagnostics Conference. Arizona, 5/11/1999. pp.276-279.
MP. Cresswell, MC. Thomson, SJ. Connor, AP. Morse The estimation of proxy ambient air temperatures, by transformation of meteosat land surface temperatures, using a solar zenith angle radiation model. In: Proceedings of the 1997 Eumetsat Satellite Data User's Conference. Brussels, 29/9/1997. pp.491-495.
M. Folegani, MP. Cresswell, P. Ceccato, P. Michelozzi (2014). Earth Observation for Climate-related Health risk in Africa - EOCHA. MEEO, European Space Agency.
Cresswell, M. P., Thomson, M. C., Connor, S. J., & Morse, A. P. (1997, September 29). The estimation of proxy ambient air temperatures, by transformation of meteosat land surface temperatures, using a solar zenith angle radiation model. In Proceedings of the 1997 Eumetsat Satellite Data User's Conference (pp. 491-495). Brussels.
Cresswell, M. P., Connor, S. J., & Morse, A. P. (1997). Improved estimates of ambient air temperature, for large area studies of vector bionomics. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 91(5), 502-503.
Cresswell, M. P., Thomson, M. C., Morse, A. P., Connor, S. J., & Graham, R. (1999). New advances in climate forecasting tools and satellite imagery for disease modelling. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 93(2), 118-119.
Cresswell, M. P., Morse, A. P., Thomson, M. C., & Graham, R. (1999, November 5). Evaluation of HADAM3 model simulations to predict the onset of the West African Monsoon. In Proceedings of the 24th Annual Climate Diagnostics Conference (pp. 276-279). Arizona.
Kovats, S., & Cresswell, M. P. (1999). El Niño and health: the potential benefits of seasonal forecasting for epidemic disease.. Tiempo, 33, 11-14.
Thomson, M. C., Palmer, T., Morse, A. P., Cresswell, M. P., & Connor, S. J. (2000). Forecasting disease risk with seasonal climate predictions. The Lancet, 355(9214), 1559-1560.
Cresswell, M. P., Morse, A. P., Thomson, M. C., & Connor, S. J. (1999). Estimating surface air temperatures, from Meteosat land surface temperatures, using an empirical solar zenith angle model. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 20(6), 1125-1132.
Molesworth, A. M., Thomson, M. C., Connor, S. J., Cresswell, M. P., Morse, A. P., Shears, P., . . . Cuevas, L. E. (2002). Where is the meningitis belt? Defining an area at risk of epidemic meningitis in Africa.. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, 96(3), 242-249. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12174770
21st September 2000 – Faraday Lecture Theatre,
The Royal Institution, London. Paper presented here for the UGAMP (UK
Universities Global Atmospheric Modelling Programme) meeting. Paper presented
highlighted serious concerns relating to problems with global climate modelling
reanalysis uncovered by myself as part of my PhD work.
11th May 2000 - UMIST, Royal
Meteorological Society Public Seminar Invited by the Royal Meteorological
Society (NW Branch-UMIST) to present a seminar entitled: "Meteorology and
health"
17th January 2000 - Department of Meteorology,
University of Reading Invited by Department to present a seminar entitled
"The role of meteorology and climate for health and disease"
18th November 1998 - Clore Lecture Theatre,
Huxley Building, Imperial College, London. Invited by the Royal Meteorological
Society to present a lecture entitled "Climate change, and its
implications for disease transmission" as part of a special series of
lectures entitled "El Nino and its Global Impacts"
2nd March 1999 - European Centre for Medium
Range Weather Forecasting, Reading, Berkshire Invited by ECMWF to present a
lecture entitled "The potential of seasonal forecasts for malaria and
meningitis epidemic prediction in Africa"
12th - 15th May 1998 - Southern Africa
Regional Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF) Meeting at Pilansburg in South Africa.
A paper was presented entitled: "Application of climate forecasts to
health and disease in Africa". My trip was funded by The Met. Office.
I was a session convener (climste and health) at the WORLD SYMPOSIUM ON CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION (WSCCA 2015) in 2015
Posters:
Reynolds R and Cresswell M (2016). The Potential of GIS and Earth Observation for Disease Modelling. Presented at the University of Salford for the UNIGIS 25 years event (June 2016).
Cresswell M.P, Morse A.P, Thomson M.C and Graham R (1999). Evaluation of HADAM3 model simulations to predict the onset of the West African Monsoon. Human health & Climate session: The 24th Annual Climate Diagnostics Conference, University of Arizona (organised by NOAA), US. November 1999.
Molesworth A.M, Cresswell M.P, Morse A.P, Connor S.J, Cuevas L.E, and Thomson M.C (1999) - Forecasting meningitis epidemics in Africa. Given at the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, London, as part of the Research in Progress meeting. (18th February, 1999)
Cresswell, M.P, (1997) - Climate and Health - The application of Meteosat data to studies of vector borne disease. Meteorology Meeting and Public Forum, UK Meteorological Office, and West Cheshire College. (5th April, 1997)
Cresswell, M.P, (1997) - A method for the improvement of satellite-derived temperature values, for the study of vector borne disease. Given at the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, London, as part of the Research in Progress meeting. (17th April, 1997)
Cresswell, M.P, (1996) - Introduction to the use of meteorological satellite systems, for the study of malaria vectors. Given to an audience at the South African Medical Research Council, in Durban, South Africa. (20th October, 1996)
Due to the media-friendly nature of my work, I have attracted a number of media interviews: