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Focus Area 2: Medical Geography in Global Health (MGGH)

Medical geography, an important area of health research, applies concepts, methods, and techniques from geography to investigate health-related topics across the world, focusing on spatial aspects of human and animal (livestock and wildlife) disease and health intervention. Sub-areas Disease modeling Risk mapping Spatial epidemiology analysis One Health Zoonotic emergence Spatial health disparities Network Analysis Health […]

The interplay of movement and spatiotemporal variation in transmission degrades pandemic control

GLASS – The interplay of movement and spatiotemporal variation in transmission degrades pandemic control Nicholas Kortessis, Margaret W. Simon, Michael Barfield, Gregory E. Glass, Burton H. Singer, and Robert D. Holt Article first published online: 5 OCT 2020 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2018286117 ABSTRACT: Successful […]

Announcing The Navi-Gator, Issue 3!

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: […]

A Survey of Tick-Borne Bacterial Pathogens in Florida

GANSER, GLASS, KESSLER – A Survey of Tick-Borne Bacterial Pathogens in Florida Carrie E. De Jesus, Claudia Ganser, William H. Kessler, Zoe S. White, Chanakya R. Bhosale, Gregory E. Glass, and Samantha M. Wisely Article first published online: 13 SEPT 2019 Insects DOI: 10.3390/insects10090297 ABSTRACT: Within the past three decades, new bacterial etiological agents of […]

Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA)

GLASS, MULLENS – Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA) Article first published online: NOV 2018 Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA) ABSTRACT: These Summary Findings represent a high-level synthesis of the material in the underlying report. The findings consolidate Key Messages and supporting evidence from 16 national-level topic chapters, 10 regional chapters, and 2 chapters that focus […]

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

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 […]

Dr. Greg Glass – Emeritus

Dr. Greg Glass Professor Emeritus gglass@ufl.edu Focus Areas Focus Area 2: Medical Geography in Global Health (MGGH) Areas of Specialization Medical Geography Risk factor analysis Vector-borne and Zoonotic Diseases Educational Background Post-Doctoral Fellow in Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, 1986 PhD in Systematics & Ecology, University of Kansas, 1983 MPhil in Systematics & […]