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Dr. Sadie J. Ryan

Dr. Sadie J. Ryan

Professor, Medical Geography

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Curriculum Vitae

Principal Investigator, Emerging Pathogens Institute

Co-Director, Florida Climate Institute at UF

Research Lab: Quantitative Disease Ecology & Conservation Lab (QDEC Lab)

sjryan@ufl.edu

Twitter: @SadieRyan

Focus Areas

Areas of Specialization

  • Medical Geography
  • Disease Ecology
  • Tropical conservation
  • Human-wildlife interface
  • Geospatial models

Educational Background

  • PhD in Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM), University of California at Berkeley, 2006
  • B.A. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB), Princeton University, 1998

Current Lab Members

  • Simrik Bhandari (Graduate student, M.S., UF Geography)
  • Dr. Veronique Etienne (Researcher)
  • Samantha Sambado (Verena Fellow-In-Residence, 23′-24′)
  • Breanna Blackwood (2024 GeoGator Summer Researcher)
  • Anna Shannin (2024 GeoGator Summer Researcher)
  • Tracy Lin (2024 GeoGator Summer Researcher)
  • Timothy Kong (High School Experience)

Graduate Students Alums

  • Dr. Shreejana Bhattarai (Ph.D. 2023, UF)
  • Dr. Stephanie Mundis (Ph.D. 2021, UF)
  • Dr. Cat Lippi (Ph.D. 2021, UF)
  • James Martin (M.S. 2019, UF)
  • Emily Gavard (M.S. 2017, SUNY-ESF)
  • Tess Youker (M.S. 2016, SUNY-ESF)
  • Rebecca Fuda (M.S., 2015, SUNY-ESF)
  • Andrea Thomen (M.S., 2014, SUNY-ESF)
  • Lindsey Scales (M.P.S., 2014, SUNY-ESF)

Postdoctoral Alums

Undergraduate Alums

  • Julia Tootle
  • Emily Peterson
  • Emily Stone
  • Kimberlie Vera
  • Julia Bellot
  • Anna Lavrentieva
  • Taylor Rouviere
  • Stephen MacKay
  • Katie Walker

Recent Publications

An up to date list of Dr. Ryan’s publications is available on the QDEC Lab Website.

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