Dr Tatiana Proboste

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

School of Veterinary Sciences

Spatial Epidemiology Lab

t.probosteibertti@uq.edu.au

Researcher biography

My background is in Veterinary Medicine (DVM) and terrestrial ecology and biodiversity management (MSc) with a specialisation in wildlife disease ecology and molecular tools. I received my PhD at the University of Queensland in 2020 investigating genetic analysis tools to investigate the role of wildlife in disease transmission in modified environments. As a researcher, I have worked on molecular detection of tick-borne pathogens in Spain, and I worked on developing tools to investigate the role of wildlife in disease transmission in urbanized environments. Currently, as a postdoctoral fellow at the Spatial Epidemiology Laboratory (UQ), my research primarily focuses on spatiotemporal analysis and zoonotic disease transmission. I have a keen interest in developing and applying techniques such as spatial models and network analysis to study disease transmission in wildlife populations.

Publications

Journal Articles (12)

Thesis (1)

Journal Articles

Michaelian, Tamar, Harriott, Lana, Gentle, Matthew, Proboste, Tatiana, Ho, Ian Kei and Cobbold, Rowland (2024). Prevalence of pathogens important to human and companion animal health in an urban unowned cat population. Wildlife Research, 51 (1) ARTN WR22112. doi: 10.1071/wr22112

Proboste, Tatiana, Clark, Nicholas J., Tozer, Sarah, Wood, Caitlin, Lambert, Stephen B. and Soares Magalhães, Ricardo J. (2022). Profiling risk factors for household and community spatiotemporal clusters of Q fever notifications in Queensland between 2002 and 2017. Pathogens, 11 (8) 830, 1-12. doi: 10.3390/pathogens11080830

Hill, A.G., Boyd, S.P., Clark, N.J. and Proboste, T. (2022). Haemoprotozoa in wild short‐beaked echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus). Australian Veterinary Journal, 100 (3), 130-134. doi: 10.1111/avj.13132

Clark, Nicholas J., Proboste, Tatiana, Weerasinghe, Guyan and Soares Magalhães, Ricardo J. (2022). Near-term forecasting of companion animal tick paralysis incidence: an iterative ensemble model. PLoS Computational Biology, 18 (2) e1009874, e1009874. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009874

Proboste, Tatiana, James, Ameh, Charette-Castonguay, Adam, Chakma, Shovon, Cortes-Ramirez, Javier, Donner, Erica, Sly, Peter and Magalhães, Ricardo J. Soares (2022). Research and innovation opportunities to improve epidemiological knowledge and control of environmentally driven zoonoses. Annals of Global Health, 88 (1) 93, 1-10. doi: 10.5334/aogh.3770

Proboste, Tatiana, Deressa, Feyissa Begna, Li, Yanjin, Kal, David Onafruo, Gelalcha, Benti Deressa and Soares Magalhães, Ricardo J. (2021). Geographical variation in Coxiella burnetii seroprevalence in dairy farms located in south-western Ethiopia: understanding the broader community risk. Pathogens, 10 (6) 646, 646. doi: 10.3390/pathogens10060646

Proboste, Tatiana, Corvalan, Paloma, Clark, Nicholas, Beyer, Hawthorne L., Goldizen, Anne W. and Seddon, Jennifer M. (2019). Commensal bacterial sharing does not predict host social associations in kangaroos. Journal of Animal Ecology, 88 (11) 1365-2656.13064, 1696-1707. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13064

Cevidanes, Aitor, Altet, Laura, Chirife, Andrea D., Proboste, Tatiana and Millan, Javier (2017). Drivers of Bartonella infection in micromammals and their fleas in a Mediterranean peri-urban area. Veterinary Microbiology, 203, 181-188. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2017.03.023

Cevidanes, Aitor, Proboste, Tatiana, Chirife, Andrea D. and Millan, Javier (2016). Differences in the ectoparasite fauna between micromammals captured in natural and adjacent residential areas are better explained by sex and season than by type of habitat. Parasitology Research, 115 (6), 2203-2211. doi: 10.1007/s00436-016-4962-0

Millan, Javier, Proboste, Tatiana, Fernandez de Mera, Isabel G., Chirife, Andrea D., de la Fuente, Jose and Altet, Laura (2016). Molecular detection of vector-borne pathogens in wild and domestic carnivores and their ticks at the human-wildlife interface. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 7 (2), 284-290. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.11.003

Proboste, Tatiana, Kalema-Zikusoka, Gladys, Altet, Laura, Solano-Gallego, Laia, de Mera, Isabel G. Fernandez, Chirife, Andrea D., Muro, Jesus, Bach, Ester, Piazza, Antonio, Cevidanes, Aitor, Blanda, Valeria, Mugisha, Lawrence, de la Fuente, Jose, Caracappa, Santo and Millan, Javier (2015). Infection and exposure to vector-borne pathogens in rural dogs and their ticks, Uganda. Parasites and Vectors, 8 (1) 306. doi: 10.1186/s13071-015-0919-x

Millan, Javier, Chirife, Andrea D., Proboste, Tatiana and Velarde, Roser (2014). Factors associated with the prevalence and pathology of Calodium hepaticum and C. splenaecum in periurban micromammals. Parasitology Research, 113 (8), 3001-3006. doi: 10.1007/s00436-014-3962-1

Thesis

Proboste, Tatiana (2020). Genetic analysis tools to investigate the role of wildlife in disease transmission in modified environments. PhD Thesis, School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/29d1bb3