Jennifer Cole

Dr Jennifer Cole

I am a biological anthropologist interested in how humans influence and adapt to changing environmental conditions, particularly in the context of the human-induced changes of the Anthropocene.

Publications

Anderson W, Troy J, Lucas T, Capon A, Komesaroff P, Baird Callicot J, Dunk J, Cole J, Guinto R, Jones DS, Kowal E, Prescott SL, Redvers N, Richie C, Sawyer SM, Sheather J, Sorlin S, Tan MY, Torwali M, Upshur R, Wardrope A, Wild V. (2025)

Bioethics for the Planet.

The Lancet, 406, 10505.

Published: 29/07/2025
Duan Y., Cole J., Mkrtchyan H.V. & Xu, Z. (2025)

The impact of green spaces, urban settings, seasonal changes, and pollutants on dissemination of antimicrobial genes in air.

Scientific Reports 15(20818).

Keywords: anitmicrobial resistance genes, Aerosolised, Distribution, Dissemination, Influencing factors, Air
Published: 01/07/2025
Cole, J.; Adetona, M.A.; Basiru, A.; Jimoh, W.A.; Abdulsalami, S.; Ade-Yusuf, R.O.; Babalola, K.A.; Adetunji, V.O.; Ahmed, A.O.; Adeyemo, I.A.; et al.

Climate Change, Land Use, and the Decline in Traditional Fulani Cattle Practices: Drivers of Antimicrobial Resistance in Kwara, Nigeria.

Challenges 2024, 15, 41.

Keywords: ethnoveterinary, indigenous knowledge, antibiotics, antibiotic resistance, cattle With: Ismail Odekotun
Published: 21/10/2024
Cole, J., Mughal, A.M., Eltholth, M., Thomas, A., Holmes, M. (2024).

Transdisciplinary approaches to addressing factors that influence antimicrobial use in dairy cattle: A scoping review.

Heliyon,Volume 10, Issue 4,2024,e25550

Published: 29/02/2024
Cole, J.; Eskdale, A.; Paul, J.D.

Tackling AMR: A Call for a(n Even) More Integrated and Transdisciplinary Approach between Planetary Health and Earth Scientists.

Challenges 2022, 13, 66

Keywords: climate change, antimicrobial resistance, earth science, risk mapping, transdisciplinarity With: Jonathan Paul
Published: 15/12/2022
Eskdale A., Tholth E.M., Paul Jonathan D., Desphande J., Cole J. (2022).

Climate stress impacts on livestock health: Implications for farming livelihoods and animal disease in Karnataka, India.

Cabi One Health.

Keywords: epidemiological modelling, climate, India, bacterial disease, antibiotics, antimicrobial resistance
Published: 08/12/2022
Abimbola, S.O., Otieno, M.A., Cole, J. (2021).

Reducing the Use of Antimicrobials as a Solution to the Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): Approaching an Ethical Dilemma through the Lens of Planetary Health.

Challenges 2021, 12, 23.

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance, ethics, planetary health, distributive justice, antimicrobial stewardship
Published: 21/09/2021
Petrikova, I., Cole, J., Farlow, A. (2020).

COVID-19, wet markets, and planetary health.

The Lancet Planetary Health,Volume 4, Issue 6, 2020, Pages e213-e214

Published: 01/06/2020
Cole, J., Desphande, J. (2019).

Poultry farming, climate change, and drivers of antimicrobial resistance in India.

The Lancet Planetary Health, Volume 3, Issue 12,e494-e495

Published: 19/12/2019
Published: 01/01/1970

Other projects and networks

I am also:

Co-Director of CLIMAR BBSRC-funded Antimicrobial Resistance and Climate Change Network

A member of the Planetary Health Alliance and co-chair of the European Hub Education Working Group

A Senior Editor with CABI OneHealth

A World Health Organization Infodemic Manager

An Associate Fellow with the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)