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MedGeo Brief – Coronavirus

Yesterday, SEER Lab and QDEC Lab held an impromptu meeting in the GIS Teaching Lab (Turlington Hall 3006) to listen to David Quammen discuss the 2019-nCoV coronavirus emerging out of China on Fresh Air on NPR. David Quammen is a long-time science writer and the author of the 2012 non-fiction “Spillover”, which journals the pursuit […]

Shifting Risks Of Malaria In Southern Africa – A Regional Analysis

RYAN – SHIFTING RISKS OF MALARIA IN SOUTHERN AFRICA – A REGIONAL ANALYSIS Sadie Ryan, Anna Steynor, Chris Jack, Piotr Wolski, Lisa van Aardenne, Chris Lennard, and Fernanda Zermoglio Article first published online: 1 FEB 2020 USAID Technical Report EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Temperature impacts both the life cycle and habitat of malaria-carrying mosquitoes (genus Anopheles) and […]

Briefing Note: Shifting Burdens: Malaria Risk under Rising Temperatures in Botswana

RYAN – Briefing Note: Shifting Burdens: Malaria Risk under Rising Temperatures in Botswana Sadie Ryan and Fernanda Zermoglio Article first published online: 1 FEB 2020 USAID Briefing Note INTRODUCTION This briefing note provides health practitioners and development planners with information on the shifting pattern of malaria incidence nationally and regionally in Botswana as temperatures rise. The […]

Geography Colloquium: Decisions will be made – modeling vector borne disease at multiple scales for different purposes and use

Speaker: Dr. Sadie Ryan Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, January 16, 2020 2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3018 University of Florida All are welcome to attend. Forecasting the impacts of climate change on vector-borne diseases (VBDs)—especially those under current public scrutiny and concern, such as malaria, dengue, chikungunya, and […]

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: […]

Impact of Coastal Hazards on Residents’ Spatial Accessibility to Health Services

HU – Impact of Coastal Hazards on Residents’ Spatial Accessibility to Health Services Georgios P. Balomenos, Yujie Hu, Jamie E. Padgett, and Kyle Shelton Article first published online: 1 DEC 2019 Journal of Infrastructure Systems DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000509 ABSTRACT: The mobility of residents and their access to essential services can be highly affected by transportation network […]

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 […]

Plague in a Changing Environment: A Literature Review for Madagascar

RYAN – Plague in a Changing Environment: A Literature Review for Madagascar Sadie Ryan and Fernanda Zermoglio Article first published online: 1 SEP 2019 USAID Technical Report EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This review identifies environmental factors that contribute to the emergence of plague and plague dynamics in Madagascar and aims to identify the potential implications for decisionmaking and […]

Insecticide Resistance Threatens the Control of Mosquito-Borne Disease in Ecuador

GAINESVILLE – In the battle against vector borne disease, mosquito control using insecticides is an essential tool. But what happens when that tool starts to fail, and how do you know it? Insecticides are regularly used by public health agencies to reduce populations of blood-sucking mosquitoes. Effective control programs are important to public health because, […]