Geography Colloquium: Evaluating the Impact of Livestock Vaccination Policies on the Epidemiology of Human Zoonotic Diseases in the Former Soviet Union

Posted on January 19, 2017

Evaluating the Impact of Livestock Vaccination Policies on the Epidemiology of Human Zoonotic Diseases in the Former Soviet Union Speaker: Ian Kracalik PhD Student, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, January 26, 2017 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3012 University of Florida All are welcome to attend.

Geography Colloquium: Understanding the Fundamentals & Domains of Disease Emergence – Some Exemplary Viral Zoonosis

Posted on January 13, 2017

Understanding the Fundamentals & Domains of Disease Emergence -Some Exemplary Viral Zoonosis Speaker: Dr. Jean-Paul Gonzalez Senior Science Advisor, Health For Development Thursday, January 19, 2017 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 […]

Detection of an FV3-like Ranavirus in Wood Frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) and Green Frogs (Lithobates clamitans) in a Constructed Vernal Pool Network in Central New York State

Posted on December 19, 2016

RYAN – Detection of an FV3-like Ranavirus in Wood Frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) and Green Frogs (Lithobates clamitans) in a Constructed Vernal Pool Network in Central New York State TESS E. YOUKER-SMITH, CHRISTOPHER M. WHIPPS, SADIE J. RYAN Article first published online: 19 DEC 2016 Herpetological Review SUMMARY: As the US Northeast experienced reforestation over the past decades, recovering […]

Cholera in Cameroon, 2000-2012: Spatial and Temporal Analysis at the Operational (Health District) and Sub Climate Levels

Posted on November 17, 2016

KRACALIK, MORRIS, BLACKBURN – Cholera in Cameroon, 2000-2012: Spatial and Temporal Analysis at the Operational (Health District) and Sub Climate Levels Moise C. Ngwa, Song Liang, Ian T. Kracalik, Lillian Morris, Jason K. Blackburn, Leonard M. Mbam, Simon Franky Baonga Ba Pouth, Andrew Teboh, Yang Yang, Mouhaman Arabi, Jonathan D. Sugimoto, John Glenn Morris Jr. Article […]

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.

Dr. Philipp H. Boersch-Supan

Dr. Philipp H. Boersch-Supan Courtesy Research Assistant Professor pboesu@gmail.com @pboesu http://pboesu.github.io Google Scholar State or nation of origin: Massachusetts/Germany Areas of interest: Marine ecology & biogeography, Ecological modelling, Foraging and movement ecology Adviser: Dr. Sadie Ryan Educational Background: Vordiplom in Chemistry, University of Marburg, Germany M.Res. in Environmental Biology, University of St Andrews, UK Ph.D. […]

Spring Course: GIS3420C/GIS6425 GIS Models for Public Health

Posted on November 4, 2016

What you will learn: Four steps of building a GIS model A variety of geographic models that are currently applied in public health Hands-on experience of implementing models with ArcGIS

Dr. Ian Kracalik

itk@ufl.edu State of Origin: California Degree Program: PhD Entered Program: Fall 2015 Expected Graduation: Spring 2017 Dissertation Topic: TBD Areas of interest: Medical geography, epidemiology, public health policy, and spatial analysis Adviser: Dr. Jason Blackburn Educational Background B.A. in Geogeraphy, California State University, Humboldt M.A. in Geography, University of Florida M.P.H.. in Epidemiology, University of Florida

Disentangling the Influence of Urbanization and Invasion on Endemic Geckos in Tropical Biodiversity Hot Spots: A Case Study of Phyllodactylus martini (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) along an Urban Gradient in Curaçao

Posted on October 9, 2016

LIPPI – Disentangling the Influence of Urbanization and Invasion on Endemic Geckos in Tropical Biodiversity Hot Spots: A Case Study of Phyllodactylus martini (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) along an Urban Gradient in Curaçao Alex Dornburg, Cat Lippi, Sarah Federman, Jon A. Moore, Dan L. Warren, Teresa L. Iglesias, Matthew C. Brandley, Gregory J. Watkins-Colwell, April D. Lamb and […]

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