The majority of infectious diseases currently emerging in humans originated in mammals. Yet we still know very little about the global patterns of mammal-to-human pathogen transmission. As a first step, researchers at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and the University of Georgia have assembled world maps of what’s on record […]
Like earthquakes and tsunamis, much of the destructive potential of infectious diseases stems from the fact that they often strike unexpectedly, leaving little time for preparation. This is a problem for better analytics. In this paper, Barbara Han and John Drake argue that developing integrated warning system for predicting emerging pathogens is timely. Such a system will […]
Claudia Pio Ferreira, Associate Professor of Biostatistics at Sao Paulo State University, visiting the Rohani lab and the Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases during July and August 2016 to work on the population dynamics of Dengue virus.
Preventing future outbreaks of ebolaviruses in humans and other vulnerable animal populations will require identifying the natural reservoirs of filoviruses. Accumulating indirect evidence points to certain bat species as prime suspects. To guide the search for natural filovirus reservoirs, a team involving Barbara Han (Cary Institute), David Hayman (Massey University) […]
The closing symposium of the 2016 Population Biology of Infectious Diseases REU program will be held on Friday, July 22 from 9-11am in the Georgia Center for Continuing Education.
Seyed Moghadas, Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics at York University (Canada) and Director of the Agent Based Modeling Laboratory, visiting the Rohani lab and the Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases during July and August 2016 to work on the theory of vaccination policy.
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