astronomy

Jackie Benschop

Jackie Benschop is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Jackie Benschop rather than just read about it. In short: Jackie Benschop is a New Zealand Professor of Veterinary Public Health at Massey University, specialising in the animal–human–environment interface, particularly for Leptospira, Campylobacter and Salmonella. She is a member of the World Health Organisation's Steering Committee for the Global Leptospirosis Environmental Action Network, and a co-founder of the African Leptospirosis Network.

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Reference excerpt

Jackie Benschop is a New Zealand Professor of Veterinary Public Health at Massey University, specialising in the animal–human–environment interface, particularly for Leptospira, Campylobacter and Salmonella. She is a member of the World Health Organisation's Steering Committee for the Global Leptospirosis Environmental Action Network, and a co-founder of the African Leptospirosis Network.

Academic career Benschop completed a PhD titled 'Epidemiological investigations of surveillance strategies of zoonotic Salmonella' at Massey University in 2009. Benschop then joined the Massey faculty, where she is co-director of the Molecular Epidemiology and Public Health Laboratory. She was promoted to full professor from 1 January 2021. Benschop is a global expert on zoonotic diseases. Her particular specialty is diseases transmitted via food or in occupational settings. From 2009 to 2011, she led a FRST-funded project on infectious diseases and climate variation, and in 2009 was appointed to a conjoint position with ESR. She has worked on leptospirosis in work settings, including abattoirs and farms, and is a member of the World Health Organisation's Steering Committee for the Global Leptospirosis Environmental Action Network. Benschop is a co-founder of the African Leptospirosis Network, which supports African scientists through a range of activities, including mentoring, outbreak identification, access to scientific literature and PhD student opportunities at Massey. In 2016, Benschop received a C. Alma Baker Trust Fellowship to travel to the UK, where she was hosted by Profesor Ruth Zadoks and Drs Kathryn Allan and Jo Halliday at the Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine at the University of Glasgow.

Selected works Jackie Benschop; Cord Heuer; Patricia Jaros; Julie Collins-Emerson; Anne Midwinter; Peter Wilson (11 December 2009). "Sero-prevalence of leptospirosis in workers at a New Zealand slaughterhouse". The New Zealand Medical Journal. 122 (1307): 39–47. ISSN 0028-8446. PMID 20148043. Wikidata Q82861470. Jackie Benschop; Mark Stevenson; Dahl J; Nigel French (14 November 2007). "Towards incorporating spatial risk analysis for Salmonella sero-positivity into the Danish swine surveillance programme". Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 83 (3–4): 347–359. doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2007.09.005. ISSN 0167-5877. PMID 18006166. Wikidata Q50066729. Samuel J Bloomfield; Jackie Benschop; Patrick Biggs; et al. (1 June 2017). "Genomic Analysis of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium DT160 Associated with a 14-Year Outbreak, New Zealand, 1998-2012". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 23 (6): 906–913. doi:10.3201/eid2306.161934. ISSN 1080-6040. PMC 5443446. PMID 28516864. Wikidata Q40197260. Phan Q Minh; Roger S Morris; Birgit Schauer; Mark Stevenson; Jackie Benschop; Hoang V Nam; Ron Jackson (20 February 2009). "Spatio-temporal epidemiology of highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks in the two deltas of Vietnam during 2003-2007". Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 89 (1–2): 16–24. doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.01.004. ISSN 0167-5877. PMID 19232765. Wikidata Q40000986. Vanina Guernier; Cyrille Goarant; Jackie Benschop; Colleen L. Lau (14 May 2018). "A systematic review of human and animal leptospirosis in the Pacific Islands reveals pathogen and reservoir diversity". PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 12 (5) e0006503. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0006503. ISSN 1935-2735. PMC 5967813. PMID 29758037. Wikidata Q55185278.

References

External links Benschop's university profile

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Jackie Benschop

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Jackie Benschop claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Jackie Benschop before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Jackie Benschop ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Jackie Benschop

In research: Jackie Benschop appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Jackie Benschop in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Jackie Benschop is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Academic staff of Massey University, Living people, Massey University alumni, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Jackie Benschop outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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