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UF Students and Faculty participate in College Board’s Annual AP Reading in Human Geography

Mr. Ryan Good, Dr. Dawn Nekorchuk, and Dr. Heidi Lannon were selected to participate in the College Board’s Annual AP Reading in Human Geography. At the beginning of June, geography teachers and college faculty members from around the world gathered in the Cincinnati, Ohio, to evaluate and score the free-response sections of the AP Exam. […]

Geography Colloquium: Bison, Anthrax, and the Environment – Indirect Disease Transmission Risks & Modeling

Bison, Anthrax, and the Environment – Indirect Disease Transmission Risks & Modeling Speaker: Ms. Dawn Nekorchuk PhD Student, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, October 13, 2016 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3006 University of Florida All are welcome to attend.

Dawn Nekorchuk’s Team Win 2015 UF Global Health Case Competition

Dawn Nekorchuk, a Ph.D. student in medical geography, competed and was part of the winning team in the 2015 UF Global Health Case Competition which ran from January 28th to the 31st. The Global Health Case Competition poses a complex global health issue to interdisciplinary teams, encouraging innovative solutions arising from collaboration across multiple fields. […]

Dr. Dawn Nekorchuk

Email: nekodm@ufl.edu State of Origin: Hawaii and Massachusetts Degree Program: PhD Advisor: Dr. Jason Blackburn and Dr. Liang Mao Entered Program: Fall 2012 Dissertation Topic: Animal movement modeling in a natural anthrax system Research Interests: Medical Geography, infectious disease modeling, agent-based modeling, One Health, Global Health