Selected Publications
Key methodological and collaborative papers from recent years
Academic Profiles
Highlighted Work
The papers below highlight key research directions across statistical genetics, network analysis, and applied Bayesian modelling (ordered newest first). For a complete chronological record, see All Publications or browse by topic under Projects.
McHugo, Gillian P, James A Ward, Said Ismael Ng’ang’a, Laurent AF Frantz, John A Browne, Michael Salter-Townshend, Grace M O’Gorman, et al. 2026. “Integrative Genomics Identifies Candidate Genes Underlying Trypanotolerance in Hybrid African Cattle.” Evolutionary Applications 19 (6): e70274. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.70274.
Kaur, Prabhleen, Simone Ciuti, Michael Salter-Townshend, and Damien R Farine. 2025. “Using an Agent-Based Model to Inform Sampling Design for Animal Social Network Analysis.” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 79 (3): 45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-025-03586-4.
McHugo, Gillian P, James A Ward, Said Ismael Ng’ang’a, Laurent AF Frantz, Michael Salter-Townshend, Emmeline W Hill, Grace M O’Gorman, Kieran G Meade, Thomas J Hall, and David E MacHugh. 2025. “Genome-Wide Local Ancestry and the Functional Consequences of Admixture in African and European Cattle Populations.” Heredity 134 (1): 49–63. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-024-00734-w.
Kaur, Prabhleen, Simone Ciuti, Federico Ossi, Francesca Cagnacci, Nicolas Morellet, Anne Loison, Kamal Atmeh, et al. 2024. “A Protocol for Assessing Bias and Robustness of Social Network Metrics Using GPS Based Radio-Telemetry Data.” Movement Ecology 12 (1): 55. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-024-00494-6.
Zhao, Jinbo, Adrian O’Hagan, and Michael Salter-Townshend. 2024. “How Group Structure Impacts the Numbers at Risk for Coronary Artery Disease: Polygenic Risk Scores and Nongenetic Risk Factors in the UK Biobank Cohort.” Genetics 227 (3): iyae086. https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyae086.
Zhao, Jinbo, Michael Salter-Townshend, and Adrian O’Hagan. 2023. “A Simulation Study for Multifactorial Genetic Disorders to Quantify the Impact of Polygenic Risk Scores on Critical Illness Insurance.” European Actuarial Journal 13 (2): 775–813. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13385-023-00345-5.
Hart, Emma E, Simone Ciuti, Leticia Herrmann, Julian Fennessy, Emma Wells, and Michael Salter-Townshend. 2022. “Static and Dynamic Methods in Social Network Analysis Reveal the Association Patterns of Desert-Dwelling Giraffe.” Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 76 (5): 62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-022-03167-9.
Ward, James A, Gillian P McHugo, Michael J Dover, Thomas J Hall, Said Ismael Ng’ang’a, Tad S Sonstegard, Daniel G Bradley, Laurent AF Frantz, Michael Salter-Townshend, and David E MacHugh. 2022. “Genome-Wide Local Ancestry and Evidence for Mitonuclear Coadaptation in African Hybrid Cattle Populations.” iScience 25 (7): 104672. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.104672.
Cotroneo, Chiara E, Isobel Claire Gormley, Denis C Shields, and Michael Salter-Townshend. 2021. “Computational Modelling of Chromosomally Clustering Protein Domains in Bacteria.” BMC Bioinformatics 22 (1): 593. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-021-04512-x.
Salter-Townshend, Michael, and Simon Myers. 2019. “Fine-Scale Inference of Ancestry Segments Without Prior Knowledge of Admixing Groups.” Genetics 212 (3): 869–89. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.119.302139.
Salter-Townshend, Michael, and Tyler H McCormick. 2017. “Latent Space Models for Multiview Network Data.” The Annals of Applied Statistics 11 (3): 1217–44.