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Geography Colloquium: Decisions will be made – modeling vector borne disease at multiple scales for different purposes and use

Posted on January 10, 2020

Speaker: Dr. Sadie Ryan Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, January 16, 2020 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3018 University of Florida All are welcome to attend. Forecasting the impacts of climate change on vector-borne diseases (VBDs)—especially those under current public scrutiny and concern, such as malaria, dengue, chikungunya, and […]

Announcing The Navi-Gator, Issue 3!

Posted on January 9, 2020

University of Florida Department of Geography The Navi-Gator January 2020, ISSUE 3 (Download PDF) Evening of excellence John & Fawn Dunkle Award for Graduate Student Travel: Ryan Good & Guoqian Yan David L. Niddrie Excellence Fund: Tierney Shimansky & Shreejana Bhattarai Little Family Student Fellowship Award: Caroline Parks Ryan Poehling Award for Top Graduate Student: […]

Insecticide Resistance Threatens the Control of Mosquito-Borne Disease in Ecuador

Posted on June 24, 2019

GAINESVILLE – In the battle against vector borne disease, mosquito control using insecticides is an essential tool. But what happens when that tool starts to fail, and how do you know it? Insecticides are regularly used by public health agencies to reduce populations of blood-sucking mosquitoes. Effective control programs are important to public health because, […]

Temperature explains broad patterns of Ross River virus transmission

Posted on August 28, 2018

RYAN – Temperature explains broad patterns of Ross River virus transmission Marta Strecker Shocket, Sadie J Ryan, Erin A Mordecai Article first published online: 28 AUG 2018 eLife DOI: 10.7554/eLife.37762.001 ABSTRACT: Thermal biology predicts that vector-borne disease transmission peaks at intermediate temperatures and declines at high and low temperatures. However, thermal optima and limits remain […]

Temperature model predicts regional and seasonal virus transmission by mosquitoes

Posted on August 28, 2018

GAINESVILLE, FL – New model that accurately predicts patterns of mosquito-borne Ross River virus epidemics could help prepare for the impact of climate change. Scientists have built a model that predicts how temperature affects the spread of Ross River virus, a common mosquito-borne virus in Australia, according to a report in the journal eLife. The […]

Temperature drives Zika virus transmission: evidence from empirical and mathematical models

Posted on August 15, 2018

RYAN – Temperature drives Zika virus transmission: evidence from empirical and mathematical models Blanka Tesla, Leah R. Demakovsky, Erin A. Mordecai, Sadie J. Ryan, Matthew H. Bonds, Calistus N. Ngonghala, Melinda A. Brindley, Courtney C. Murdock Article first published online: 15 AUG 2018 Proceedings of the Royal Society B DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0795 ABSTRACT: Temperature is a […]

UF Researchers Refine Zika Transmission Models

Posted on August 15, 2018

GAINESVILLE, FL – A University of Florida Medical Geography researcher recently participated in a study that found that current estimates of Zika virus transmission vastly over predict its possible range. Temperature is a major driver of vector-borne disease transmission, but current transmission models rely on untested assumptions about life history of Zika infected Aedes aegypti […]

Geography Colloquium: Mathematical models and the fundamental thermal niche of huanglongbing, a vector-borne pathogen of citrus trees

Posted on February 12, 2018

Mathematical models and the fundamental thermal niche of huanglongbing, a vector-borne pathogen of citrus trees Speaker: Dr. Leah R. Johnson Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Virginia Tech Thursday, February 15, 2018 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3012 University of Florida All are welcome to attend.

MedGeo Faculty to Lead New CDC Center For Excellence in Vector-Borne Disease

Posted on January 4, 2017

GAINESVILLE – With a $10 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the University of Florida will lead a highly collaborative research program focused on stopping vector-borne diseases such as Zika before they spread farther into the United States. Key leadership for the Southeast Regional Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Disease will […]

Spring Course: GEO3454 Peoples and Plagues

Posted on November 10, 2016

The world’s population will reach 8 billion by 2023. One third of the world is TB positive; 300-500 million have malaria; more than 30 million live with HIV/AIDS. Multi-drug resistance in urban settings, climate change, and disease-related mortality are going to impact your near future.

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