There was strong GeoGator representation at the 2023 EPI Day hosted by UF’s Emerging Pathogens Institute – with the SEER Lab and QDEC Lab submitting undergrad, graduate, and faculty posters.
Undergrad Researchers
Aryn O’Dell (SEER Lab) – Evaluating livestock commingling in a brucellosis risk zone in Kazakhstan
Jaclyn Siu (SEER Lab) – Spatial Investigation of Anthrax Epizootic Climactic Conditions in the Texas Anthrax Triangle with the Enhanced Vegetation Index
Grad Researchers
Dr. Shreejana Bhattarai (QDEC Lab ) – Analyzing Spatial and Temporal Patterns of designated malaria risk areas in Nepal from 2018 to 2021
Gavi Hecht (QDEC Lab ) – Spatiotemporal Investigation of Dengue in El Oro, Ecuador during 2003-2011
Tan Luong (SEER Lab) – Informing One Health Anthrax Surveillance and Vaccination Strategy from Spatial Analysis of Anthrax in Humans and Livestock in Ha Giang Province, Vietname (1999-2020)
Morgan Metrailer (SEER Lab) – Hidden Infection sources in a Vietnamese anthrax outbreak revealed through combined spatial and phylogenetic analyses
Faculty
Dr. Michael Norris (SEER Lab) – Of drums, heroin, and anthrax: pathogenic changes among anthrose negative Bacillus anthracis