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 […]
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 […]
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Dr. Gabriela Hamerlinck Assistant Instructional Professor she/her/hers ghamerlinck@ufl.edu Google Scholar ORCHID: 0000-0001-5794-6516 Focus Areas Focus Area 2: Medical Geography in Global Health (MGGH) Focus Area 6: Sustainability & Global Environmental Change Research Statement: I am a quantitative ecologist broadly interested in ecological modeling of host-parasite interactions. I have additional research interests and postdoc experience in […]
Dr. Jason K. Blackburn University Term Professor Professor Graduate Coordinator he/him Principal Investigator, Emerging Pathogens Institute Director, Spatial Epidemiology & Ecology Research Laboratory (SEER Lab) jkblackburn@ufl.edu Twitter: @JasonKBlackburn (352) 294-7501 Focus Areas Focus Area 2: Medical Geography in Global Health (MGGH) Areas of Specialization Zoonotic diseases (those that affect animals and humans) Wildlife diseases Disease […]