Geography’s Dr. Sadie Ryan‘s NSF funded research in Ecuador was recently profiled for part of UF’s GatorGood initiative. Dr. Ryan’s work is focused on the impact of climate gradients on malaria, dengue fever, and cholera in Ecuador. Find out more about the far-reaching effects if Dr. Ryan’s work and learn how you can help contribute to the […]
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Tyler James is an undergraduate UF Scholar in Geography with Dr Sadie J. Ryan. On October 26th, he presented a poster on the the first of his projects at the UF Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium: James, T., and Ryan, S.J. STI knowledge in college students: Identifying targets for safer sex education. Extract of Introduction: In […]
During this course, the world’s population will reach 7.4 billion. One third will be TB positive; 300-500 million will have malaria; more than 35 million will live with HIV/AIDS. Multi-drug resistance in urban settings, climate change, and disease-related mortality are going to impact your near future.
GAINESVILLE, Florida –A new study out of the University of Florida calls for caution in estimating the impact of mosquito control on malaria and other vector-borne disease transmission. Public health officials make prevention and treatment decisions based on models of the impact of interventions. For vector-borne diseases like malaria, these models are based on mosquito […]
SOUTHWORTH, BUNTING, RYAN, HERRERO, WAYLEN – Changes in vegetation persistence across global savanna landscapes, 1982–2010 J. Southworth, L. Zhu, E. Bunting, S.J. Ryan, H. Herrero, P.R. Waylen & M.J. Hill Article first published online: 14 Aug 2015 Journal of Land Use Science DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2015.1071439 ABSTRACT: We present a global analysis of the changing face of […]
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RYAN, SOUTHWORTH, HARTTER – The process of landscape fragmentation outside park borders occurs through the actions of people living near the boundaries. In the Kibale National Park landscape in Uganda Authors: Dr. Sadie Ryan, Dr. Jane Southworth, Dr. Joel Hartter, Nicholas Dowhaniuk, Rebecca Fuda and Dr. Jeremy Diem. Publication information: Applied Geography 2015, Vol. 58 pp. […]
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Dr. Sadie J. Ryan Professor, Medical Geography she/her/hers Curriculum Vitae Principal Investigator, Emerging Pathogens Institute Co-Director, Florida Climate Institute at UF Research Lab: Quantitative Disease Ecology & Conservation Lab (QDEC Lab) sjryan@ufl.edu Twitter: @SadieRyan OrcID: 0000-0002-4308-6321 Focus Areas Focus Area 1: Earth System Science Focus Area 2: Medical Geography in Global Health (MGGH) Areas of […]