Professor, Medical Geography
she/her/hers
Office: Turlington Hall 3125
sjryan@ufl.edu
Principal Investigator, Emerging Pathogens Institute
Co-Director, Florida Climate Institute at UF
Affiliate Faculty: SNRE Program, African Studies, Environmental and Global Health (EGH), Latin American Studies (LATAM), Water Institute
Research Lab: Quantitative Disease Ecology & Conservation Lab (QDEC Lab)
OrcID: 0000-0002-4308-6321
Research in the QDEC lab:
We work on medical geography and ecology at the human interface, its implications for disease, conservation, sustainability, and wildlife management. Our research currently focuses on climate-health issues, modeling vector borne diseases, geospatial models for intervention, and quantifying social-ecological risk of disease emergence and exposure in a changing world.
Our interdisciplinary work incorporates tools from medical geography, quantitative and applied ecology, and the social sciences. We use techniques from the lab to the field to the computer to the white board.We play well with others, and welcome collaborations.
Be Kind, and do Good Science.
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
- Dr. Cat Lippi, Postdoctoral Associate, Medical Geography, UF (2021-2024)
- Dr. Alexis (Lexi) White, Postdoctoral Associate, Medical Geography, UF (2019-2020)
- Dr. Rachel Sippy, Postdoctoral Associate (2018-2020), Medical Geography, UF, SUNY Upstate Medical University
- Dr. Gabriela Hamerlinck, Postdoctoral Associate, Geography, UF (2018-2019)
- Dr. Philipp Boersch-Supan, Postdoctoral Associate, Geography, UF (2016-2018)
- Dr. Luis Escobar, (Postdoc, 2013-2014, SUNY-UMU)
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.