Alison Peel

Dr Alison Peel is a veterinarian and wildlife disease ecologist in the Sydney School of Veterinary Science. She holds a prestigious Sydney Horizon Fellowship into associations between bat ecology, bat virome dynamics and the human health risk of emerging bat viruses.

Dr Peel’s research falls within a One Health context, focusing on how human environmental impacts, ecological change and climate cycles contribute to the emergence and ongoing spillover of viruses from bats.

Her expertise spans multiple continents (Australia, Africa, Europe) and multiple disciplines, including veterinary epidemiology and the links between wildlife ecology, climate, ecosystem health and disease ecology.

After completing veterinary training, Dr Peel undertook her PhD at the University of Cambridge on viruses in African fruit bats. She developed her research into Hendra virus transmission at Griffith University, where she was a DECRA Senior Research Fellow.