Position: Graduate and Undergraduate student OPS research assistants for a research project examining the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on crime Work with: Dr. Yujie Hu Interested applicants should submit a CV/resume and cover letter to Dr. Yujie Hu at yujiehu@ufl.edu by Monday, June 22, 2022.
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Medical Geography researcher Dr. Michael Norris will take part in UF’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute‘s New Translational Science of COVID-19 Seminar on Monday June 15th at 3:30 PM. Join the Zoom call to have all of your COVID-19 questions answered!
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GAINESVILLE, FL – SEER Lab Medical Geographer Dr. Michael Norris has launched a new BSL3 lab specifically to study COVID-19 at the Emerging Pathogens Institute. When the pandemic initially broke out, Dr. Norris initially offered his time to help with the testing effort, but quickly realized that his skills could be better utilized elsewhere. He […]
WLRN spoke with Dr. Sadie Ryan, an associate professor of medical geography at the University of Florida. She talked about what we can learn from these studies now that we’re living in a pandemic in a story titled New Study Says Deforestation Could Help Viruses Jump From Animals To Humans, Amid COVID-19 Pandemic.
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UF Geography Assistant Professor Dr. Gabriela Hamerlinck is hosting a Reddit AMA on pandemics this afternoon from 1 to 3 PM. Take a look at what she has to say and join the conversation!
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GAINESVILLE, FL – University of Florida Associate Professor of Medical Geography Dr. Sadie Ryan (Emerging Pathogens Institute, Quantitative Disease Ecology & Conservation Lab) spoke with WUFT News about vector-borne disease in the time of coronavirus in Flying Under the Radar. “It’s not like mosquitoes went on hold because of COVID,” she said. “The message needs to stay alive.” […]