Geography Colloquium: Health and Climate Change: The View From The Event Horizon

Posted on April 6, 2023

Speaker: Dr. Colin Carlson Assistant Research Professor Center for Global Health, Science, and Security Georgetown University Thursday, April 6, 2023 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: Conventional wisdom dictates that the greatest health impacts of climate change will be the impacts of heat, extreme weather, and vector-borne disease – […]

Advancing climate change health adaptation through implementation science

Posted on November 17, 2022

RYAN – Advancing climate change health adaptation through implementation science Gila Neta, William Pan, Kristie Ebi, Daniel Buss, Trisha Castranio, Rachel Lowe, Sadie J Ryan, Anna Stewart-Ibarra, Limb Hapairai, Meena Sehgal, Michael Wimberly, Leslie Rollock, Maureen Lichtveld, John Balbus Article first published online: 10 November 2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00199-1 ABSTRACT: To date, there are few examples of implementation science studies that help guide climate-related health adaptation. Implementation science is the study of methods to promote the adoption […]

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 […]

UF Researchers Make New Strides in Predicting Dengue Fever Outbreaks

Posted on July 17, 2018

GAINESVILLE, FL – Medical Geography researchers from the University of Florida recently participated in a study that successfully predicted dengue fever outbreaks on the Caribbean island of Barbados, using climate data. This paper is part of a special issue of PLOS MEDICINE, focusing on the impacts of climate change on health, and is a result […]

Spring Course: GEO3427 Plants, Health, & Spirituality

Posted on November 4, 2016

Learn about the origin of sacred plants used for healing the spirit and body; the role of traditional healers, their practices and perspectives within their cultural context and the emerging market for health by the consumption of organic food.

Dr. Mao receives UF Informatics Institute Seed Fund grant

Posted on April 7, 2016

Dr. Liang Mao just received a UF Informatics Institute Seed Fund 2016 grant for his new project “Developing temporally comparable high resolution rurality maps for social and health sciences”. The project will run from September 2016 to August 2017. Dr. Mao will investigate the concept of ‘rurality’ has been widely used by policy makers and governments at […]

Geography students receive Champions for Change Award

Posted on April 7, 2016

Two Geography undergraduate students were recognized with the Champions for Change Award at the Earth Day celebration this week. Ms. Paula Roetscher (double major in Geography and Sustainability Studies and a minor in Arabic Language and Literature) and Mr. Tyler James (major in Psychology, minor in Geography) both received the award for their research and advocacy work. The Champions […]

Geography Colloquium: “Assessing the Recovery of Rainfall in Central Ghana” & “Inter-spatial Relationship of Child Health & Satellite-derived Vegetation in Zambia”

Posted on April 6, 2016

Geography Colloquium Assessing the Recovery of Rainfall in Central Ghana Speaker: Ms. Carly Muir Graduate Student, Geography Inter-spatial Relationship of Child Health & Satellite-derived Vegetation in Zambia Speaker: Ms. Audrey Smith Graduate Student, Geography Thursday, April 7, 2016 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3012 University of Florida All are welcome to attend.

Perceptions of risk in communities near parks in an African biodiversity hotspot

Posted on March 28, 2016

RYAN – Perceptions of risk in communities near parks in an African biodiversity hotspot Joel Hartter, Nicholas Dowhaniuk, Catrina A. MacKenzie, Sadie J. Ryan, Jeremy E. Diem, Michael W. Palace, Colin A. Chapman Article first published online: 28 MAR 2016 Ambio DOI: 10.1007/s13280-016-0775-8 ABSTRACT: Understanding conservation and livelihood threats in park landscapes is important to informing conservation […]

An individual-based rurality measure and its health application: A case study of Latino immigrants in North Florida, USA

Posted on November 2, 2015

MAO – An individual-based rurality measure and its health application: A case study of Latino immigrants in North Florida, USA Liang Mao, Jeanne-Marie R. Stacciarini, Rebekah Smith, Brenda Wiens Article first published online: 02 November 2015 Social Science & Medicine DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.10.064 ABSTRACT: Rurality has been frequently noted by researchers as pathways to understand human health […]

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