Research & Publications

Jefferies S, French N, Gilkison C, Graham G, Hope V, Marshall J, McElnay C, McNeill A, Muellner P, Paine S, Prasad N, Scott J, Sherwood J, Yang L, Priest P. COVID-19 in New Zealand and the impact of the national response: a descriptive epidemiological study. Lancet Public Health, doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30225-5, 2020.
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Muellner U, Fournie G, Muellner P, Ahlstrom C, Pfeiffer D. epidemix - an Interactive Multi-Model Application for Teaching and Visualizing Infectious Disease Transmission. Epidemics, doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2017.12.003, 2017.
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Pepin KM, Carlisle K, Anderson D, Baker MG, Chipman RB, Benschop J, French NP, Greenhalgh S, McDougall S, Muellner P, Murphy E, O'Neale DRJ, Plank MJ, Hayman DTS. Steps towards operationalizing One Health approaches. One Health, 18, 100740. doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2024.100740, 2024.
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Kinsley A, Kao S-Y Z, Enns E A, Escobar L E, Qiao H, Snellgrove N, Muellner U, Muellner P, Muthukrishnan R, Craft M E, Larkin D J, Phelps N B D. Modeling the risk of aquatic species invasion spread through boater movements and river connections. Conservation Biology, e14260. doi: 10.1111/cobi.14260, 2024.
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Ludi A, McLaws M,  Armson B, Clark J, Di Nardo A, Parekh K, Henstock M, Muellner P, Muellner U, Rosso F, Prada J, Horton D, Paton D, Sumption K, King D. PRAGMATIST: A tool to prioritize foot-and-mouth disease virus antigens held in vaccine banks. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 9. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.1029075, 2022.
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Kinsley A, Haight R, Snellgrove N, Muellner P, Muellner U, Duhr M, Phelps N. AIS explorer: Prioritization for watercraft inspections - A decision-support tool for aquatic invasive species management. Journal of Environmental Management, 314. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115037, 2022.
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French N, Jones G, Heuer C, Hope V, Jefferies S, Muellner P, McNeill A, Haslett S, Priest P.  Creating symptom-based criteria for diagnostic testing: a case study based on a multivariate analysis of data collected during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand. BMC Infectious Diseases, 21. doi: 10.1186/s12879-021-06810-4, 2021.
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Jefferies S, French N, Gilkison C, Graham G, Hope V, Marshall J, McElnay C, McNeill A, Muellner P, Paine S, Prasad N, Scott J, Sherwood J, Yang L, Priest P. COVID-19 in New Zealand and the impact of the national response: a descriptive epidemiological study. Lancet Public Health, doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30225-5, 2020.
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Alvarez J, Lopez G, Muellner P, de Frutos C, Ahlstrom C, Serrano T, Moreno MA, Duran M, Saez JL, Dominguez L, Ugarte-Ruiz M. Identifying emerging trends in antimicrobial resistance using Salmonella surveillance data in poultry in Spain. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 67(1): 250–262 doi: 10.1111/tbed.13346, 2020.
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French N, Zhang J, Carter G, Midwinter A, Biggs P, Dyet K, Gilpin B, Ingle D, Mulqueen K, Rogers L, Wilkinson D, Greening S, Muellner P, Fayaz A, Williamson D. Genomic Analysis of Fluoroquinolone- and Tetracycline-Resistant Campylobacter jejuni Sequence Type 6964 in Humans and Poultry, New Zealand, 2014–2016. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 25(12):2226-2234. doi:10.3201/eid2512.190267, 2019.
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Rawdon TG, McFadden A, Poulin A, Abila R, Dacre I, Sutar A, Zaari S, Win T-T, Khounsy S, Muellner P. Biosecurity in endemic foot and mouth disease settings: a case study of FMD vaccination in South-East Asia. Scientific and Technical Review, 38(3):681-694. doi: 10.20506/rst.38.3.3017, 2019.
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Muellner P, Watts J, Bingham P, Bullians M, Gould B, Pande A, Riding T, Stevens P, Vink D, Stärk K. SurF: an innovative framework in biosecurity and animal health surveillance evaluation. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, doi: 10.1111/tbed.12898, 2018.
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Stärk KDC, Pękala A, Muellner P. Use of molecular and genomic data for disease surveillance in aquaculture: Towards improved evidence for decision making. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2018.04.011, 2018.
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Muellner P, Hodges D, Ahlstrom C, Newman M, Davidson R, Pfeiffer D, Marshall J, Morley C. Creating a framework for the prioritization of biosecurity risks to the New Zealand dairy industry. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, doi: 10.1111/tbed.12848, 2018.
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Ahlstrom CA, Muellner P, Lammers G, Jones M, Octavia S, Lan R, Heller J. Shiga-toxin producing E. coli O157 shedding dynamics in an Australian beef herd. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, doi: 10.3389/fvets.2017.00200, 2017.
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Muellner U, Fournie G, Muellner P, Ahlstrom C, Pfeiffer D. epidemix - an Interactive Multi-Model Application for Teaching and Visualizing Infectious Disease Transmission. Epidemics, doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2017.12.003, 2017.
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Zeeh F, Nathues H, Muellner P, Fellström C, Frey J. A review of methods used for studying the molecular epidemiology of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae. Veterinary Microbiology 207:181–94 doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2017.06.011, 2017.
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Wilson N, McIntyre M, Blaschke P, Muellner P, Mansoor OD, Baker MG. Potential public health benefits from eradicating rats in New Zealand cities and a tentative research agenda. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 0:1–11 doi: 10.1080/03036758.2017.1343193, 2017.
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Vilata Sans C, Arruda AG, Tousignant SJ, Valdes-Donoso P, Muellner P, Muellner U, Alkhamis MA, Morrison RB, Perez AM. A review of quantitative tools used to assess the epidemiology of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) in U.S. swine farms using Dr. Morrison’s Swine Health Monitoring Program (MSHMP) data. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 4: 94 doi: 10.3389/fvets.2017.00094, 2017.
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Ahlstrom C, Muellner P, Spencer SEF, Hong S, Saupe A, Rovira A, Hedberg C, Perez A, Muellner U, Alvarez J. Inferring source attribution from a multiyear multisource data set of Salmonella in Minnesota. Zoonoses and Public Health 00:1–10 doi: 10.1111/zph.12351, 2017.
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Muellner P, Muellner U, Gates M, Pearce T, Ahlstrom C, O’Neill D, Brodbelt D and Cave NJ. Evidence in practice – a pilot study leveraging companion animal and equine health data from primary care veterinary clinics in New Zealand. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 3:116 doi: 10.3389/fvets.2016.00116, 2016.
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Hong S, Rovira A, Davies P, Ahlstrom C, Muellner P, Rendahl A, Olsen K, Bender J, Wells S, Perez A and Alvarez J. Serotypes and antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella enterica recovered from clinical samples from cattle and swine in Minnesota, 2006 to 2015. PLOS ONE 11(12): e0168016. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0168016, 2016.
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Muellner P, Zadoks R, Dufour S, Staerk S. Next-generation surveillance: an epidemiologists’ perspective on the use of molecular information in food safety and animal health decision-making. Zoonosis and Public Health 63: 351–7, 2016.
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McFadden AM, Muellner P, Baljinnyam Z, Vink D, Wilson N. Use of multicriteria risk ranking of zoonotic diseases in a developing country: case study of Mongolia. Zoonoses and Public Health 63: 138–52, 2016.
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Muellner U, Vial F, Wohlfender F, Hadorn D, Reist M and Muellner P. Timely reporting and interactive visualization of animal health and slaughterhouse surveillance data in Switzerland. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2015.
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Wilhelm B, Muellner P, Pearl DL, Rajić A, Houde A, McEwen SA. Preliminary molecular epidemiological investigation of hepatitis E virus sequences from Québec, Canada. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 118(4): 359–69, 2015.
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Muellner P, Pleydell E, Pirie R, Baker MG, Campbell D, Carter PE, French NP. Molecular-based surveillance of campylobacteriosis in New Zealand – from source attribution to genomic epidemiology. Eurosurveillance 18(3): 20365, 2013.
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Vink WD, McKenzie J, Cogger N, Borman B, Muellner P. Building a foundation for One Health: an education strategy for enhancing and sustaining national and regional capacity in endemic and emerging zoonotic disease management. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology 366: 185–205, 2013.
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Cowled BD, Ward MP, Laffan SW, Galea F, Garner MG, MacDonald AJ, Marsh I, Muellner P, Negus K, Quasim S, Woolnough AP, Sarre SD. Integrating survey and molecular approaches to better understand wildlife disease ecology. PLOS ONE 7(10): e46310, 2012.
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Baker MG, Sears A, Wilson N, French NP, Marshall J, Muellner P, Campbell DM, van der Logt P, Lake R. Keep the focus on contaminated poultry to further curtail New Zealand’s campylobacteriosis epidemic. New Zealand Medical Journal 124(1338): 135–9, 2011.
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Muellner P, Marshall J, Spencer SEF, Noble AD, Shadbolt T, Collins-Emerson JM, Midwinter AC, Carter P, Pirie R, Wilson DJ, Campbell DM, Stevenson MA, French NP. Utilising a combination of molecular and spatial tools to assess the effect of a public health intervention. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 102 (3): 242–5, 2011.
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Muellner P, Zadoks R, Perez A, Spencer SEF, Schukken YH, French NP. The integration of molecular tools into veterinary and spatial epidemiology. Spatial and Spatiotemporal Epidemiology 2(3): 159–71, 2011.
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Sears A, Baker MG, Wilson N, Marshall J, Muellner P, Campbell DM, Lake RJ, French NP. Marked national decline in campylobacteriosis following interventions aimed at poultry. Emerging Infectious Diseases 17(6): 1007–15, 2011.
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McFadden A, Rawdon T, Meyer J, Makin J, Morley C, Clough R, Tham K, Müllner P, Geysen D. An outbreak of haemolytic anaemia associated with infection of Theileria orientalis in naïve cattle. New Zealand Veterinary Journal 59(2): 75–8, 2011.
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Müllner P, Collins-Emerson J, Midwinter A, Carter P, Spencer SEF, Van der Logt P, Hathaway S, French NP. Molecular epidemiology of Campylobacter jejuni in a geographically isolated country with a uniquely structured poultry industry. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76(7): 1245–54, 2010.
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Mullner P, Shadbolt T, Collins-Emerson JM, Midwinter AC, Spencer SEF, Marshall J, Carter PE, Campbell DM, Wilson DJ, Hathaway S, Pirie R, French NP. Molecular and spatial epidemiology of human campylobacteriosis – source association and genotype-related risk factors. Epidemiology and Infection 13(10): 1372–83, 2010.
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Mullner P, Spencer S, Wilson D, Jones G, Noble AD, Midwinter A, Collins-Emerson J, Carter P, Hathaway S, French NP. Assigning the source of human campylobacteriosis in New Zealand: a comparative genetic and epidemiological approach. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 9(6): 1311–9, 2009.
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Mullner P, Jones G, Noble A, Spencer S, Hathaway S, French N. Source attribution of food borne zoonosis in New Zealand: a modified Hald model. Risk Analysis 29 (7): 970–84, 2009.
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Lake R, van der Logt P, McBride G, French N, Mullner P, Elliott A, Ball A. Campylobacteriosis in New Zealand: modelling as a way forward. New Zealand Science Review 64(2): 37–41, 2007.

Scheuringer M, Grill E, Boldt C, Mullner P, Stucki G. Systematic review of measures and their concepts used in published studies focusing on rehabilitation in the acute hospital and early post acute rehabilitation facilities. Disability and Rehabilitation 27(7-8): 419–29, 2005.
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Mullner P, Dreher UM, Hofmann-Lehmann R, Meli ML, Lutz H, Doherr MG. Testevaluation ohne Goldstandard – am Beispiel eines Felddatensatzes (Diagnostic test evaluation in the absence of a standard – using the example of a field data set). Berliner und Münchner Tierärztliche Wochenschrift 118(9–10): 416–22, 2005.

Muellner U, Muellner P. Is your dashboard keeping up with your data? 17th Symposium of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE), Sydney, Australia, November 2024.

Di Nardo A, Muellner U, Tennakoon C, Yang L, McLaws M, van Maanen C, Rosso F, Knowles N, Tervoort-McLeod S, Muellner P, King D. Openfmd: A Novel Data Sharing And Decision-support Platform To Enhance Global Epidemiological Intelligence Of Foot-and-mouth Disease. 17th Symposium of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE), Sydney, Australia, November 2024.

Lam A, Fournie G, Tervoort-McLeod S, Muellner P, Muellner U, Zaw Win TT, Uea-Anuwong T, Guerrero-Sanchez S, Conan A, Pfeiffer D. Epidemix: Enhancing Accessibility for Policymakers in Modelling the Transmission Dynamics of African Swine Fever Virus. Poster session, 17th Symposium of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE), Sydney, Australia, November 2024.

Muellner P, Muellner U. From risk models to dashboards – case studies in empowering research. New Zealand Research Software Engineering Conference, New Zealand, September 2024.

Snellgrove N, Muellner P, Kinsley A, Bajcz A, Phelps N. AIS Explorer: Connecting Decision Makers with Complex Models to battle Aquatic Invasive Species in Minnesota. New Zealand Research Software Engineering Conference, New Zealand, September 2024.

Tervoort-McLeod S, Muellner P, Muellner U. Utilising design elements to enhance research communication. New Zealand Research Software Engineering Conference, New Zealand, September 2024.

Muellner P, Kinsley A, Bajcz A, Snellgrove N, Muellner U, Phelps N. Aquatic Invasive Species Explorer - An interactive interface linking complex risk models and decision-support tools with every-day biosecurity decisions. 3rd Australian Biosecurity Symposium, Australia, August 2024.

Muellner P, Di Nardo A, Muellner U, McLaws M, Tennakoon C, Yang L, Knowles N J, Tervoort-McLeod S, Sammin D, Rosso F, King D. openFMD: A data sharing and decision-support portal to enhance genomic and epidemiological surveillance of FMD. 3rd Australian Biosecurity Symposium, Australia, August 2024.

Snellgrove N, Tervoort-McLeod S. The AI tools revolution: Accelerating efficiency in data science. R Exchange, New Zealand, May 2024.

Muellner P, Di Nardo A, McLaws M, Tennakoon C, Knowles NJ, Muellner U, Yang L, Tervoort-McLeod S, King DP. openFMD: A data sharing and decision-support portal to enhance genomic and epidemiological surveillance of FMD. Poster Session, One Health Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium, New Zealand, December 2023.
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Snellgrove N, Kinsley A, Bajcz A, Muellner P, Muellner U, Phelps N. Using complex models to support biosecurity decisions for aquatic invasive species. Poster Session, One Health Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium, New Zealand, December 2023.
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Muellner P. The open-source way - fostering collaboration, reproducibility and trust when building decision support tools. Digital Health Week NZ, Hamilton, New Zealand, November 2023.

Snellgrove N, Muellner U. Using R, Python, and Cloud Infrastructure to Battle Aquatic Invasive Species. Posit::conf, Chicago, U.S., September 2023.

Calvin S, McGillycuddy C, Carvelli A, Dorea F, Mantero J, Muellner P, Muellner U, Weaver J, Dhingra M. Characterizing The Risk Landscape (Riskscape) For Global One Health Intelligence. 7th World One Health Congress, Singapore, November 2022.

Schenkel K, Weaver J, Caceres-Soto P, Hicks C, Selenic Minet D, Donachie D, Belot G, Capobianco Dondona A, Carvelli A, Gibbens N, Larfoui F, Mantero J, McGillycuddy C, Muellner P, Muellner U, Schlundt J, Calvin S, Saharan Dhingra M. Advancing Global One Health Intelligence. 16th Symposium of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE), Halifax, Canada, August 2022.

Fournie G, Muellner U, Muellner P, Pfeiffer D. Epidemix – an online tool to make modelling more accessible. 16th Symposium of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE), Halifax, Canada, August 2022.

Stevenson M, Pfeiffer C, Mullner P, Mullner U, Firestone S, Wiethoelter A, Nguyen H. Tools to assist with learning, understanding and the practice of veterinary epidemiology. 16th Symposium of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE), Halifax, Canada, August 2022.

Muellner P. Building global One Health intelligence. Public Health Observatory NZ (PHONZ) Virtual Conference, New Zealand, July 2022.

Muellner U. What’s in a dashboard? Public Health Observatory NZ (PHONZ) Virtual Conference, New Zealand, July 2022.

Muellner U. Using “code first” dashboards to make genomic data more accessible. Current and Future Challenges in Veterinary Virus Genomics, Surrey, United Kingdom, June 2022.

Muellner P. Connecting data with people (invited keynote lecture). International Conference for Animal Health Surveillance (ICAHS 4), Copenhagen, Denmark, May 2022.

Kinsley AC, Haight R, Snellgrove N, Muellner P, Muellner U, Duhr M, Phelps N. Improving the efficiency of aquatic invasive species prevention: an interdisciplinary approach. North American Invasive Species Management Association (NAISMA) Annual Conference, September 2021.

Pfeiffer D, Fournie G, Muellner P, Kim Y. Connecting Science & Policy with modern decision support tools – a case study using epidemix.app. European College of Veterinary Public Health (ECVPH) Scientific Conference and Annual General Meeting, September 2021.

Muellner P. Digital epidemiology during COVID-19 in New Zealand: how the pandemic made us leap frog into the future of disease reporting. Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (ANZCVS) Science Week, July 2021.

Muellner P. Epidemix – visualising analytical complexity to improve decision-making for disease control. Innovations in Applied Data Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand, June 2021.

Muellner P & Snellgrove N. AIS Explorer – Integrating technology to prevent aquatic invasive species in Minnesota. Innovations in Applied Data Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand, June 2021.

Muellner U. Providing customised health intelligence in real-time – COVID-19 dashboards. Innovations in Applied Data Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand, June 2021.

Muellner U. Connecting research data with stakeholders – the Gambling Data Explorer. Innovations in Applied Data Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand, June 2021.

Muellner P, Fournie G, Muellner U, Yang L, Pfeiffer D. Taking the black box out of disease models to improve their use and interpretation – fool’s dream or a new frontier? One Health Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium, New Zealand, 2020.

Jefferies S, French N, Gilkison C, Graham G, Hope V, McElnay C, McNeill A, Muellner P, Paine S, Prasad N, Scott J, Sherwood J, Yang L, Patricia Priest P. The epidemiology of coronavirus disease 2019 in New Zealand and impacts of the national response. One Health Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium, New Zealand, 2020.

Kinsley A, Muellner P, Snellgrove N, Muellner U, Phelps N. Using complex models to support every-day biosecurity decisions for aquatic invasive species. Poster Session, One Health Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium, New Zealand, 2020.
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Kanankege K, Ponder J,  Willette M, Schott R, Jenni P, Muellner P, Muellner U, VanderWaal K. Use of rehabilitation data to monitor spatiotemporal trends of wildlife health in Minnesota. Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases (CRWAD), December 2020.

Muellner P, Muellner U, Fioravante P, Thurn M, Yang L, Torrison J. Supercharging laboratory data - from case to test to genetic tree in three clicks or less. 5th One Health Aotearoa Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand, December 2019.
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Muellner P, Hodges D, Spencer S, Shackelton L.  A fresh look at the mathematical aggregation of expert opinion for biosecurity risk analysis. Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (ANZCVS) Science Week, Surfers Paradise, Australia, 2019.

Muellner P, Muellner U, Fioravante P, Thurn M, Yang L, Torrison J.  Red dot, blue line, black box – overcoming challenges in the visualisation of laboratory data. Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (ANZCVS) Science Week, Surfers Paradise, Australia, 2019.

Muellner P, Muellner U, Ahlstrom C, VanderWaal K, Alba A, Alvares J, Perez A. Bridging the gap – an interactive self-study tool for advanced epidemiological methods. Proceedings of the 15th Symposium of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE), Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2018.

Fournie G, Muellner U, Muellner P, Ahlstrom C, Pfeiffer D. epidemix-An interactive multi-model application for teaching and visualizing infectious disease transmission. Proceedings of the 15th Symposium of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE), Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2018.

Muellner P, Hodges D, Muellner U. Too many risk organisms, so little time – building a framework for the New Zealand dairy industry to effectively assess biosecurity risks. Proceedings of the 15th Symposium of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE), Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2018.

Muellner P, Pearce T, Muellner U. Using primary care data to provide biosecurity intelligence and surveillance data for the New Zealand equine industry. Proceedings of the 15th Symposium of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE), Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2018.

Pearce T, Muellner P, Muellner U. Utilising opportunistic primary care data for equine disease surveillance in New Zealand. Proceedings of the 15th Symposium of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE), Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2018.

Muellner P, von Dobschuetz S, Ahlstrom C, Pfeiffer D. FluRisk & more – integrated international risk assessment of influenza. New Zealand Veterinary Association (NZVA) Conference, Hamilton, New Zealand, June 2018.

Muellner P, Watts J, Bingham P, Bullians M, Gould B, Pande A, Riding T, Stevens P, Vink D, Stärk K. SurF: an innovative framework in biosecurity and animal health surveillance evaluation. New Zealand Veterinary Association (NZVA) Conference, Hamilton, New Zealand, June 2018.

Muellner U, Perez A, Muellner P. Connecting epidemiology (and data) with people. New Zealand Veterinary Association (NZVA) Conference, Hamilton, New Zealand, June 2018.

Pearce T, Muellner P, Gates C, Muellner U. Equine primary care data surveillance in New Zealand – a dream come reality? New Zealand Veterinary Association (NZVA) Conference, Hamilton, New Zealand, June 2018.

Rawdon T, McFadden A, Muellner P, Dacre I. Developing practical biosecurity guidelines for FMD endemic situations. New Zealand Veterinary Association (NZVA) Conference, Hamilton, New Zealand, June 2018.

Hodges D, Muellner P. Prioritising biosecurity risks to the New Zealand dairy industry. New Zealand Veterinary Association (NZVA) Conference, Hamilton, New Zealand, June 2018.

Muellner P, Perez A, Fournier G, VanderWaal K, Dawson K, Muellner U. Connecting data and epidemiology with people. 3rd One Health Aotearoa Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand, December 2017.

Perez A, Arruda A, Alkhamis M, Vilalta C, Sanhueza J, Geary E, Fioravante P, Machado G, Muellner P, VanderWaal K, Morrison R. Epidemiological dynamics of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) in U.S. sow farms. 98th Annual Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases, Chicago, U.S., December 2017.

Stärk K,  Muellner P. An introduction to surveillance evaluation. Conference Workshop - Annual Meeting of the European College of Veterinary Public Health (ECVPH), Liege, Belgium, October 2017.

Muellner P, Pearce T, Gates C, Muellner U.  Count your horses – towards real-time surveillance of equine health in New Zealand. Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (ANZCVS) Science Week, Surfers Paradise, Australia, 2017.

Muellner P, Muellner U, Ahlstrom C, VanderWaal K, Alba A, Alvares J, Cheeran A, Perez A.  Epi by doing – building an interactive Shiny platform for teaching at the University of Minnesota. Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (ANZCVS) Science Week, Surfers Paradise, Australia, 2017.

Rawdon T, McFadden A, Muellner P, Dacre I.  Developing practical biosecurity guidelines for FMD endemic situations. Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (ANZCVS) Science Week, Surfers Paradise, Australia, 2017.

Morley C, Muellner P, Hodges D.  Building a sustainable framework for expert-guided biosecurity risk assessment for the New Zealand dairy industry. Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (ANZCVS) Science Week, Surfers Paradise, Australia, 2017.

Pearce T, Muellner P, Gates MC, Ahlstrom C, Muellner U. Horse power: establishing equine primary-care data surveillance in New Zealand. International Conference for Animal Health Surveillance (ICAHS 3), Rotorua, New Zealand, April 2017.

Arruda A, Muellner P, Muellner U, Ahlstrom C, Morrison R, Perez A. Development of a user-friendly and analytically strong platform to support near real-time surveillance of food animal diseases. International Conference for Animal Health Surveillance (ICAHS 3), Rotorua, New Zealand, April 2017.
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Muellner P, Watts J, Bingham P, Bullians M, Gould B, Pande A, Riding T, Stephens P, Vink D, Stärk K. SurF - a novel framework enabling multi-sector biosecurity surveillance evaluation. International Conference for Animal Health Surveillance (ICAHS 3), Rotorua, New Zealand, April 2017.

Perez AM, Vilalta C, Arruda A, Muellner P, Muellner U, Alkhamis M, Valdes P, Tousignant S, Morrison R. Combining spatial and molecular tools to assess the effect of interventions. GEOVET Conference, Valdivia, Chile, 2016.

Stärk K, Pękala A, Muellner P. “Next-generation” surveillance in aquaculture: opportunities and challenges emerging from the use of molecular and genomic data (invited keynote lecture). Inaugural Scientific Conference of the International Society of Aquatic Animal Epidemiology (ISAAE), Oslo, Norway, 2016.
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Ahlstrom C, Alvarez J, Hong S, Spencer S, Muellner P. Inferring attribution from a multi-year multisource dataset of Salmonella in Minnesota. Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (ANZCVS) Science Week, Surfers Paradise, Australia, 2016.

Muellner U, Fournié G, Muellner P, Ahlstrom C, Pfeiffer D. Epidemix – an interactive application teaching the ins and outs of infectious disease modelling. Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (ANZCVS) Science Week, Surfers Paradise, Australia, 2016.

Muellner P, Gates C, Muellner U, Pearce T, Ahlstrom C, Cave N. It’s the interface, stupid: engaging veterinarians to provide data for practice data-based surveillance in equines and companion animals. Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (ANZCVS) Science Week, Surfers Paradise, Australia, 2016.

Muellner P, Gates C, Pearce T. A New Zealand equine veterinary practice-based surveillance system – our vision. Annual Conference of the New Zealand Equine Veterinary Association (NZEVA), Taupo, New Zealand, 2015.

Muellner P, Muellner U, Doherr MG, Collineau L, Lechner I, Hartnack S, Gibson K and Stärk K. One force to rule them all – eLearning applications from outbreak preparedness to academic teaching. Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (ANZCVS) Science Week, Surfers Paradise, Australia, 2015.

Muellner P, McFadden A. Impact evaluation and prioritization of zoonoses in Mongolia. Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (ANZCVS) Science Week, Surfers Paradise, Australia, 2015.

Muellner P, Prpich G, Rajic A. Intelligence and surveillance – two sides of the same coin? Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (ANZCVS) Science Week, Surfers Paradise, Australia, 2015.

Muellner P. Inferring source attribution for Campylobacter – a tale of models, molecules and reservoirs (invited keynote lecture). Campylobacter Seminar, Finnish Food Safety Authority (EVIRA), Helsinki, Finland, 2015.

McFadden AMJ, Muellner P, Baljinnyam Z, Vink D, Wilson N. Impact evaluation and priority ranking of zoonoses in Mongolia. Annual Meeting of the European College of Veterinary Public Health (ECVPH), Copenhagen, Denmark, 2014.
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Muellner U, Vial F, Wohlfender F, Hadorn D, Reist M, Muellner P. Interactive visualisation of animal health surveillance data – information for action. Annual Meeting of the European College of Veterinary Public Health (ECVPH), Copenhagen, Denmark, 2014.
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Wilhelm B, Muellner P, Rajic A, Houde A, McEwen SA. Preliminary molecular epidemiological investigation of Canadian hepatitis E virus isolates. Canadian Association of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (CAVEPM) Annual Meeting, Prince Edward Island, Canada, 2014.

Muellner P. Molecular epidemiology in the context of source attribution (invited keynote lecture). Nordic Workshop on Source Attribution of Foodborne Disease, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2014.

Muellner P and French N. Molecular Epidemiology in action: MLST-based surveillance to identify the origin of human campylobacteriosis in New Zealand. Bacteriology and Mycology Chapter of the German Veterinary Society (DVG) Annual Meeting, Freising, Germany, 2014.

Collineau L, Lechner I, Doherr M, Muellner P, Muellner U, and Stärk K. e-Epidemiology: an interactive online course to teach the basic epidemiological concepts of diagnostic testing. Annual Meeting of the European College of Veterinary Public Health (ECVPH), Torino, Italy, 2013.
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Muellner P, Marshall J, French N. Refining approaches to source attribution. Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (ANZCVS) Science Week, Surfers Paradise, Australia, 2013.

Muellner P. Molecular epidemiology – back to basics (invited keynote address). Canadian Association of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (CAVEPM) Annual Meeting, Saskatoon, Canada, 2013. 

Vink D, Coggger N, Walshe T, Muellner P, Martinez M, Stringer L, Burgman MK. What is the risk of disease? Software tools to support learning concepts of risk perception and assessment. Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ascilite) Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, 2012.
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Cowled BD, Ward MP, Negus K, Galea F, Garner MG, Marsh I, Laffan S, Muellner P, Sarre S, Woolnough A. Salmonella transmission in wild pigs: molecular, spatial and ecological approaches. Proceedings of the 13^th Symposium of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE), Maastricht, The Netherlands, 2012.

Muellner P, Tana T, Muellner U, Khaling-Rai S, Stärk K and Gould B. Educating surveillance stakeholders: a novel e-tool to improve engagement and decision-making across different sectors. Proceedings of the 13^th Symposium of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE), Maastricht, The Netherlands, 2012.
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Muellner P, Tana T, Muellner U, Khaling-Rai S, Stärk K and Gould B. Educating surveillance stakeholders: a novel e-tool to improve engagement and decision-making across different sectors. Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (ANZCVS) Science Week, Surfers Paradise, Australia, 2012.

Cowled BD, Ward MP, Laffan SW, Galea F, Garner MG, MacDonald AJ, Marsh I, Muellner P, Negus K, Quasim S, Woolnough AP, Sarre SD. Understanding wildlife disease ecology with integration of molecular and cross-sectional study designs. Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (ANZCVS) Science Week, Surfers Paradise, Australia, 2012.

French N, Collins-Emerson J, Midwinter A, Biggs P, Mohan V, Muellner P, Cookson A, Jaros P, Irshad H, Pleydell E, Campbell D, Carter P. The evolution, epidemiology and control of enteric zoonoses in New Zealand. New Zealand Microbiological Society Annual Conference, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 2011.

Muellner P, Mardonez F, Perez A. Epidemiological methods and their application to aquatic disease control. 5^th International Symposium on GIS/Spatial Analyses in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Wellington, New Zealand, 2011.

Muellner P, Webb S, Kaspar H. OsHV-1 in New Zealand: an epidemiological perspective. 1^st Australasian Scientific Conference on Aquatic Animal Health, Cairns, Australia, 2011.

Muellner P, Mardonez F, Perez A. What can epidemiology contribute to aquatic animal health? 1^st Australasian Scientific Conference on Aquatic Animal Health, Cairns, Australia, 2011.

Muellner P, Webb S, King N, Janke A, Kaspar H. Ostreid herpes virus-1 in New Zealand: where to from here? Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (ANZCVS) Science Week, Surfers Paradise, Australia, 2011.

Muellner P and Scott D. Efficient collaborations between disciplines and institutions: a tale of silos, "One Health” and leadership. Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (ANZCVS) Science Week, Surfers Paradise, Australia, 2011.

French N, Muellner P, Collins-Emerson J, Midwinter A, Besser T, Irshad H, Jaros P, Cookson A, Campbell D, Carter P. New tools improve our understanding of the epidemiology of food borne pathogens and inform food safety control policies. Proceedings of the Epidemiology & Animal Health Management Branch of the New Zealand Veterinary Association (NZVA), Hamilton, New Zealand, 2011.

Muellner P, Spencer S, Marshall JM, French NP. Combining spatial and molecular tools to assess the effect of interventions. GEOVET Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2010.

French NP, Spencer S, Muellner P. Modelling spatial data to inform the surveillance and control of infectious diseases. GEOVET Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2010.

French N, Müllner P and the Molecular Epidemiology and Public Health Laboratory. Controlling enteric zoonoses: applying new tools and teamwork at the human-animal health interface. Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (ANZCVS) Science Week, Surfers Paradise, Australia, 2010.

Müllner P and French N. Molecular epidemiology – opportunities and challenges of an emerging discipline. Molecular Diagnostics Workshop – National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious Diseases (NCBID) Wallaceville, New Zealand, 2010.

van der Logt P, McBride G, Lake R, French N, Ball A, Mullner P, Elliott A, Hunt A, Horn B. Modelling initiatives for campylobacteriosis. 4^th Annual conference of the Society for Risk Analysis – Australia and New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand, 2009.

Mullner P, Jones G, Noble A, Spencer S, Hathaway S, French N. Risk attribution – an interdisciplinary approach to estimate the contribution of different sources to the burden of human disease. 4^th Annual Conference of the Society for Risk Analysis – Australia and New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand, 2009.

Mullner P, Spencer S, Jones G, Noble AD, Wilson D, Collins-Emerson J, Midwinter A, Carter P, Hathaway S, French NP. Epidemiology and population structure of Campylobacter jejuni in New Zealand: a geographically isolated country with a uniquely poultry industry (Oral presentation by N. French). 15^th International Workshop on Campylobacter, Helicobacter, and Related Organisms (CHRO), Niigata, Japan, 2009.

French NP, Mullner P, Spencer SEF, Wilson DJ, Jones G, Noble AD, Midwinter AC, Collins-Emerson JM, Carter P, Campbell D, Hathaway S. Controlling campylobacteriosis in New Zealand: the role played by molecular epidemiology and modelling (Oral presentation). 15^th International Workshop on Campylobacter, Helicobacter, and Related Organisms (CHRO), Niigata, Japan, 2009.

Smid J, French N, Mullner P, Wagenaar JA, Havelaar AH, van Pelt W. Data requirements for source attribution studies of Campylobacter. Poster presentation at the 15^th International Workshop on Campylobacter, Helicobacter, and Related Organisms (CHRO), Niigata, Japan, 2009.

Mullner P, Spencer S, Jones G, Noble AD, Wilson D, Collins-Emerson J, Midwinter A, Carter P, Hathaway S, French NP. Attribution of campylobacteriosis in New Zealand: approaches, results and outlook. Proceedings of the 12^th Symposium of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE), Durban, South Africa, 2009.

Mullner P, Benschop J. Interdisciplinary research at the human and animal health interface: a personal perspective. Proceedings of the 12^th Symposium of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE), Durban, South Africa, 2009.

Mullner P, Collins-Emerson J, Midwinter A, Carter P, Hathaway S, French NP. Structured parallel studies of the molecular epidemiology of Campylobacter jejuni in environmental and food sources reveal insight into the importance and interconnection of different reservoirs. Proceedings of the 12^th Symposium of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE), Durban, South Africa, 2009.

Mullner P, Shadbolt T, Spencer S, Jones G, Noble AD, Collins-Emerson J, Midwinter A, Carter P, Campbell DM, Van der Logt P, Lee J, Hathaway S, French NP. Enhanced surveillance to identify the origin of human campylobacteriosis in New Zealand: conclusions drawn from an interdisciplinary sentinel surveillance site. Proceedings of the 12^th Symposium of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE), Durban, South Africa, 2009.

Mullner P, Collins-Emerson J, Midwinter A, Spencer S, French N. Molecular and modelling tools for Campylobacter source attribution. Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (ANZCVS) Science Week, Surfers Paradise, Australia, 2009.

French NP, Mullner P, Spencer S. Controlling campylobacteriosis in New Zealand: combining epidemiology and population genetics to trace the origin of human infections. New Zealand Microbiological Society Annual Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2008.

McBride G, van der Logt P, Lake R, French N, Ball A, Mullner P, Elliott A, Hunt A, Oakley L. Modelling initiatives for campylobacteriosis. New Zealand Microbiological Society Annual Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2008.

French NP, Mullner P. Risk-based tools to inform decision making in food safety and public health – applications in Europe and New Zealand. Food Research in Europe and New Zealand (FOOD FRENZ) Annual Conference, Budapest, Hungary, 2008.

Mullner P, Collins-Emerson J, Midwinter A, Spencer S, French N. Molecular and modelling tools for Campylobacter source attribution. Proceedings of the Epidemiology & Animal Health Management Branch of the New Zealand Veterinary Association (NZVA), Wellington, New Zealand, 2008.

Mullner P, Pleydell E, Shadbolt T, Collins-Emerson J, Midwinter A, Spencer S, French N. Working at the human and animal health interface – a multidisciplinary team approach towards reducing New Zealand’s campylobacteriosis problem. Proceedings of the Epidemiology & Animal Health Management Branch of the New Zealand Veterinary Association (NZVA), Wellington, New Zealand, 2008.

Muellner U. Secrets of SCORM. Moodle Moot 2008, Wellington, New Zealand, 2008.

Mullner P. Source attribution of C. jejuni using molecular epidemiology. New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology (NZIFST) Annual Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, 2007.

Mullner P, Carter P, Midwinter A, Collins-Emerson J, Pattison R, French NP. Source attribution of Campylobacter jejuni using molecular epidemiology. Proceedings of the Epidemiology & Animal Health Management Branch of the New Zealand Veterinary Association (NZVA), Palmerston North, New Zealand, 2007.

French N, Carter P, Collins-Emerson J, Midwinter A, Mullner P, Wilson D. Comparing source attribution models for campylobacteriosis. Poster Session, Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (SVEPM) Annual Conference, Helsinki, Finland, 2007.

Muellner U, Sheldrake S. Boosting learning at the workplace. eFest 2007, Wellington, New Zealand, 2007.

Cogger N, Benschop J, Mullner P, French N. Responding to a bio-terrorism FMD threat: a quantitative risk assessment. Proceedings of the 11^th Symposium of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE), Cairns, Australia, 2006.

Mullner P, Carter P, Cook R, Tebje-Kelly J, French NP. Strain typing as a valuable tool for quantitative microbial risk assessment. Proceedings of the 11^th Symposium of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE), Cairns, Australia, 2006.

Mullner P, Carter P, Midwinter A, Collins-Emerson J, French NP. Molecular epidemiology of Campylobacter jejuni: comparing Multilocus Sequence Types from humans and poultry. Proceedings of the 11^th Symposium of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE), Cairns, Australia, 2006.

Muellner U. Creating sustainable eLearning – blending eLearning and informal learning at the Workplace. New Zealand Association for Training and Development (NZATD) Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, 2006.

Ryan T, MacDiarmid S, Hathaway S, Mullner P, Cox N, Hill AA. Quantitative analysis of foodborne almonellosis exposure pathways in New Zealand. Proceedings of the International Conference on Priority Setting of Foodborne and Zoonotic Pathogens, European Network of Excellence for Zoonoses Research (MedVetNet) and the United States Food Safety Research Consortium, Berlin, Germany, 2006.

Mullner P. Testevaluation ohne Goldstandard – am Beispiel eines Felddatensatzes (Oral presentation). German Veterinary Society (DVG) – Speciality Committee on Epidemiology and Documentation Annual Conference, Berlin, Germany, 2004.

Mullner P, Doherr MG. Dependent test evaluation without gold standard – a model based approach. Poster Session, Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (SVEPM) Annual Conference, Martigny, Switzerland, 2004.

Jefferies S, French A, Muellner P, Hope V, French N, McElnay C and Priest P. New Zealand’s response to the first wave of COVID-19. In: M. D. Waters, A. Dhawan, T. Marrs, D. Anderson, S. Warren & C. L. Hughes (Eds), The Coronavirus Pandemic and the Future: Virology, Epidemiology, Translational Toxicology and Therapeutics. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2021.

French N, Shoukai Y, Biggs P, Holland B, Fearnhead P, Binney B, Fox A, Grove-White D, Leigh J, Miller W, Mullner P and Carter P. Evolution of Campylobacter Species in New Zealand. In: Sheppard SK and Guillaume M (Eds), Campylobacter Ecology and Evolution, pp 221–40, Horizon Press, 2013.

French N and Mullner P. Controlling enteric zoonoses in New Zealand: underlining the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration and the ’one world, one health’ approach. Vetscript 23(1), 36–7, New Zealand Veterinary Association, 2010.

Muellner U. From Learning Management Systems to Integrated Learning Environments at the Workplace. VDM Publishing, 2007.
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Muellner U. Creating sustainability in an eLearning context (Part 2). People and Performance. New Zealand Association for Training and Development Journal, Wellington, New Zealand, 2006.

Muellner U. Creating sustainability in an eLearning context (Part 1). People and Performance. New Zealand Association for Training and Development Journal, Wellington, New Zealand, 2006.