Sadie J Ryan

Sadie J Ryan,

Professor Of Medical Geography

Department: LS-GEOGRAPHY
Business Phone: (352) 294-7513
Business Email: sjryan@ufl.edu

About Sadie J Ryan

Additional Positions:
Co-Director
2019 – Current · Florida Climate Institute

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught
2017-2018,2022-2024,2024
GEO3454 Peoples and Plagues
2019-2024
GEO7980 Research for Doctoral Dissertation
2022
PHC6722 Environmental and Global Health Research Methods Rotation
2022-2024
GEO6905 Individual Work
2022-2024
GEO4938 Selected Topics in Geography
2022-2023
GEO6938 Selected Topics in Geography
2019-2021,2023
GEO7979 Advanced Research
2019-2020
GIS4911 Undergraduate Research in Geospatial Trends
2019-2020,2024
GEO6971 Research for Master’s Thesis
2018
ZOO7980 Research for Doctoral Dissertation
2017-2018,2023-2024
GEO5920 Geography Colloquium
2018
WIS7979 Advanced Research
2015-2016
GEO3930 Special Topics
2024
GEO4911 Undergraduate Research in Geography

Research Profile

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

0000-0002-4308-6321

Publications

2024
Assessing the value and knowledge gains from an online tick identification and tick-borne disease management course for the Southeastern United States.
BMC public health. 24(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s12889-024-19307-x. [PMID] 38970066.
2024
High prevalence of Zika virus infection in populations of Aedes aegypti from South-western Ecuador.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 18(1) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011908. [PMID] 38236943.
2024
Influence of environmental, geographic, socio-demographic, and epidemiological factors on presence of malaria at the community level in two continents.
Scientific reports. 14(1) [DOI] 10.1038/s41598-024-67452-5. [PMID] 39030306.
2024
Mapping geographic and demographic shifts for container breeding mosquito-borne disease transmission suitability in Central and South America in a warming world
PLOS Climate. 3(5) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000312.
2023
A systematic review of the data, methods and environmental covariates used to map Aedes-borne arbovirus transmission risk.
BMC infectious diseases. 23(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s12879-023-08717-8. [PMID] 37864153.
2023
Analyzing Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Designated Malaria Risk Areas in Nepal from 2018 to 2021
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 23(6):350-353 [DOI] 10.1089/vbz.2022.0097. [PMID] 37015081.
2023
Characterizing the Vector Data Ecosystem
Journal of Medical Entomology. 60(2):247-254 [DOI] 10.1093/jme/tjad009. [PMID] 36752771.
2023
Correction: Shifting transmission risk for malaria in Africa with climate change: a framework for planning and intervention.
Malaria journal. 22(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s12936-023-04715-y. [PMID] 37749591.
2023
Diversity and Genetic Reassortment of Keystone Virus in Mosquito Populations in Florida.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 108(6):1256-1263 [DOI] 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0594. [PMID] 37127267.
2023
Estimating the distribution of Oryzomys palustris, a potential key host in expanding rickettsial tick‐borne disease risk
Ecosphere. 14(3) [DOI] 10.1002/ecs2.4445. [PMID] 39211416.
2023
Exploring the Mosquito-Arbovirus Network: A Survey of Vector Competence Experiments.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 108(5):987-994 [DOI] 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0511. [PMID] 37037424.
2023
Extensive regional variation in the phenology of insects and their response to temperature across North America
Ecology. 104(5) [DOI] 10.1002/ecy.4036.
2023
Human biting mosquitoes and implications for West Nile virus transmission.
Parasites & vectors. 16(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s13071-022-05603-1. [PMID] 36593496.
2023
Mapping current and future thermal limits to suitability for malaria transmission by the invasive mosquito Anopheles stephensi.
Malaria journal. 22(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s12936-023-04531-4. [PMID] 36945014.
2023
Mosquito Net Fishing as a Normal Accident and the Roles of Traditional and Bureaucratic Authority
Society & Natural Resources. 36(2):171-189 [DOI] 10.1080/08941920.2022.2139443.
2023
Newer Surveillance Data Extends our Understanding of the Niche of Rickettsia montanensis (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) Infection of the American Dog Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) in the United States
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 23(6):316-323 [DOI] 10.1089/vbz.2023.0002. [PMID] 37083463.
2023
Newer Surveillance Data Extends our Understanding of the Niche of Rickettsia montanensis (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) Infection of the American Dog Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) in the United States.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. [DOI] 10.1101/2023.01.11.523628. [PMID] 36711596.
2023
Spatio-temporal patterns of malaria in Nepal from 2005 to 2018: A country progressing towards malaria elimination
Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology. 45 [DOI] 10.1016/j.sste.2023.100576.
2023
The current landscape of software tools for the climate-sensitive infectious disease modelling community.
The Lancet. Planetary health. 7(6):e527-e536 [DOI] 10.1016/S2542-5196(23)00056-6. [PMID] 37286249.
2023
Trends in mosquito species distribution modeling: insights for vector surveillance and disease control.
Parasites & vectors. 16(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s13071-023-05912-z. [PMID] 37641089.
2022
A minimum data standard for vector competence experiments
Scientific Data. 9(1) [DOI] 10.1038/s41597-022-01741-4. [PMID] 36261651.
2022
A molecular surveillance-guided vector control response to concurrent dengue and West Nile virus outbreaks in a COVID-19 hotspot of Florida.
Lancet regional health. Americas. 11 [DOI] 10.1016/j.lana.2022.100231. [PMID] 36778921.
2022
Advancing climate change health adaptation through implementation science.
The Lancet. Planetary health. 6(11):e909-e918 [DOI] 10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00199-1. [PMID] 36370729.
2022
Assessing the risk of human-to-wildlife pathogen transmission for conservation and public health.
Ecology letters. 25(6):1534-1549 [DOI] 10.1111/ele.14003. [PMID] 35318793.
2022
Co-learning during the co-creation of a dengue early warning system for the health sector in Barbados
BMJ Global Health. 7(Suppl 7) [DOI] 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-007842. [PMID] 34992079.
2022
Correction: Detecting the impact of temperature on transmission of Zika, dengue, and chikungunya using mechanistic models.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 16(6) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010514. [PMID] 35653363.
2022
Global Economic and Diet Transitions Drive Latin American and Caribbean Forest Change during the First Decade of the Century: A Multi-Scale Analysis of Socioeconomic, Demographic, and Environmental Drivers of Local Forest Cover Change
Land. 11(3) [DOI] 10.3390/land11030326.
2022
HIV-Related Stigma Moderates the Relation Between Perceived Susceptibility and HIV Testing Intention Among Heterosexual (but Not Sexual Minority) College Students.
Health promotion practice. 23(6):950-954 [DOI] 10.1177/15248399211024993. [PMID] 34229464.
2022
insectDisease: programmatic access to the Ecological Database of the World’s Insect Pathogens
Ecography. 2022(12) [DOI] 10.1111/ecog.06152.
2022
Malaria transmission in Nepal under climate change: anticipated shifts in extent and season, and comparison with risk definitions for intervention.
Malaria journal. 21(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s12936-022-04417-x. [PMID] 36544194.
2022
Mammal virus diversity estimates are unstable due to accelerating discovery effort
Biology Letters. 18(1) [DOI] 10.1098/rsbl.2021.0427. [PMID] 34982955.
2022
Solar geoengineering could redistribute malaria risk in developing countries
Nature Communications. 13(1) [DOI] 10.1038/s41467-022-29613-w. [PMID] 35444178.
2022
Spatiotemporal Environmental Drivers of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus in Central Florida: Towards a Predictive Model for a Lethal Disease
Journal of Medical Entomology. 59(5):1805-1816 [DOI] 10.1093/jme/tjac113. [PMID] 35957606.
2022
Temperature impacts the environmental suitability for malaria transmission by Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles stephensi
Ecology. 103(8) [DOI] 10.1002/ecy.3685. [PMID] 35315521.
2022
The Global Virome in One Network (VIRION): an Atlas of Vertebrate-Virus Associations
mBio. 13(2) [DOI] 10.1128/mbio.02985-21. [PMID] 35229639.
2022
Urban-adapted mammal species have more known pathogens
Nature Ecology & Evolution. 6(6):794-801 [DOI] 10.1038/s41559-022-01723-0.
2021
Anthrax Surveillance and the Limited Overlap Between Obligate Scavengers and Endemic Anthrax Zones in the United States.
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.). 21(9):675-684 [DOI] 10.1089/vbz.2020.2747. [PMID] 34077293.
2021
Are malaria transmission-blocking vaccines acceptable to high burden communities? Results from a mixed methods study in Bo, Sierra Leone.
Malaria journal. 20(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s12936-021-03723-0. [PMID] 33849572.
2021
Climate predicts geographic and temporal variation in mosquito-borne disease dynamics on two continents
Nature Communications. 12(1) [DOI] 10.1038/s41467-021-21496-7. [PMID] 33623008.
2021
Data Proliferation, Reconciliation, and Synthesis in Viral Ecology
BioScience. 71(11):1148-1156 [DOI] 10.1093/biosci/biab080.
2021
Effects of changes in temperature on Zika dynamics and control
Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 18(178) [DOI] 10.1098/rsif.2021.0165. [PMID] 33947225.
2021
Examining Wing Length–Abundance Relationships and Pyrethroid Resistance Mutations among Aedes albopictus in a Rapidly Growing Urban Area with Implications for Mosquito Surveillance and Control
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(18) [DOI] 10.3390/ijerph18189443. [PMID] 34574369.
2021
Exploring the Niche ofRickettsia montanensis(Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) Infection of the American Dog Tick (Acari: Ixodidae), Using Multiple Species Distribution Model Approaches
Journal of Medical Entomology. 58(3):1083-1092 [DOI] 10.1093/jme/tjaa263. [PMID] 33274379.
2021
Exploring the utility of social-ecological and entomological risk factors for dengue infection as surveillance indicators in the dengue hyper-endemic city of Machala, Ecuador
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 15(3) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009257. [PMID] 33740003.
2021
Factors influencing scavenger guilds and scavenging efficiency in Southwestern Montana.
Scientific reports. 11(1) [DOI] 10.1038/s41598-021-83426-3. [PMID] 33608624.
2021
Household and climate factors influence Aedes aegypti presence in the arid city of Huaquillas, Ecuador
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 15(11) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009931. [PMID] 34784348.
2021
Implications of Insecticide-Treated Mosquito Net Fishing in Lower Income Countries.
Environmental health perspectives. 129(1) [DOI] 10.1289/EHP7001. [PMID] 33417508.
2021
Is conservation based on best available science creating an ecological trap for an imperiled lagomorph?
Ecology and Evolution. 11(2):912-930 [DOI] 10.1002/ece3.7104. [PMID] 33520175.
2021
Measuring dimensions of HIV-related stigma among college students.
Stigma and Health. 6(3):296-303 [DOI] 10.1037/sah0000266.
2021
Predicting temperature-dependent transmission suitability of bluetongue virus in livestock.
Parasites & vectors. 14(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s13071-021-04826-y. [PMID] 34330315.
2021
Scoping review of distribution models for selected Amblyomma ticks and rickettsial group pathogens
PeerJ. 9 [DOI] 10.7717/peerj.10596. [PMID] 33643699.
2021
Sex-Specific Elk Resource Selection during the Anthrax Risk Period.
The Journal of wildlife management. 85(1):145-155 [DOI] 10.1002/jwmg.21952. [PMID] 34393269.
2021
The future of zoonotic risk prediction
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 376(1837) [DOI] 10.1098/rstb.2020.0358. [PMID] 34538140.
2021
The science of the host-virus network.
Nature microbiology. 6(12):1483-1492 [DOI] 10.1038/s41564-021-00999-5. [PMID] 34819645.
2021
Trends and Opportunities in Tick-Borne Disease Geography
Journal of Medical Entomology. 58(6):2021-2029 [DOI] 10.1093/jme/tjab086. [PMID] 34027972.
2021
Warming temperatures could expose more than 1.3 billion new people to Zika virus risk by 2050
Global Change Biology. 27(1):84-93 [DOI] 10.1111/gcb.15384. [PMID] 33037740.
2020
A generic arboviral model framework for exploring trade-offs between vector control and environmental concerns.
Journal of theoretical biology. 490 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jtbi.2020.110161. [PMID] 31953137.
2020
A network analysis framework to improve the delivery of mosquito abatement services in Machala, Ecuador
International Journal of Health Geographics. 19(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s12942-020-0196-6. [PMID] 32046732.
2020
Age influences the thermal suitability of Plasmodium falciparum transmission in the Asian malaria vector Anopheles stephensi
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 287(1931) [DOI] 10.1098/rspb.2020.1093. [PMID] 32693720.
2020
Building resilience to mosquito-borne diseases in the Caribbean
PLOS Biology. 18(11) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000791. [PMID] 33232312.
2020
Climate change could shift disease burden from malaria to arboviruses in Africa.
The Lancet. Planetary health. 4(9):e416-e423 [DOI] 10.1016/S2542-5196(20)30178-9. [PMID] 32918887.
2020
Comparing prioritization strategies for delivering indoor residual spray (IRS) implementation, using a network approach
Malaria Journal. 19(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s12936-020-03398-z. [PMID] 32887619.
2020
Conservation in the maelstrom of Covid‐19 – a call to action to solve the challenges, exploit opportunities and prepare for the next pandemic
Animal Conservation. 23(3):235-238 [DOI] 10.1111/acv.12601. [PMID] 32837242.
2020
Examining the relationship between migration and forest cover change in Mexico from 2001 to 2010
Land Use Policy. 91 [DOI] 10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104334.
2020
Intersecting vulnerabilities: climatic and demographic contributions to future population exposure to Aedes-borne viruses in the United States
Environmental Research Letters. 15(8) [DOI] 10.1088/1748-9326/ab9141. [PMID] 38585625.
2020
Key Findings and Comparisons From Analogous Case-Cluster Studies for Dengue Virus Infection Conducted in Machala, Ecuador, and Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand.
Frontiers in public health. 8 [DOI] 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00002. [PMID] 32117847.
2020
Mapping Thermal Physiology of Vector-Borne Diseases in a Changing Climate: Shifts in Geographic and Demographic Risk of Suitability.
Current environmental health reports. 7(4):415-423 [DOI] 10.1007/s40572-020-00290-5. [PMID] 32902817.
2020
Misconceptions about weather and seasonality must not misguide COVID-19 response
Nature Communications. 11(1) [DOI] 10.1038/s41467-020-18150-z. [PMID] 32855406.
2020
Severity Index for Suspected Arbovirus (SISA): Machine learning for accurate prediction of hospitalization in subjects suspected of arboviral infection
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 14(2) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007969. [PMID] 32059026.
2020
Shifting transmission risk for malaria in Africa with climate change: a framework for planning and intervention.
Malaria journal. 19(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s12936-020-03224-6. [PMID] 32357890.
2020
Spatial variation in the frequency of knockdown resistance genotypes in Florida Aedes aegypti populations
Parasites & Vectors. 13(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s13071-020-04112-3. [PMID] 32393364.
2020
Spatiotemporal Tools for Emerging and Endemic Disease Hotspots in Small Areas: An Analysis of Dengue and Chikungunya in Barbados, 2013-2016.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 103(1):149-156 [DOI] 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0919. [PMID] 32342853.
2020
The origins of dengue and chikungunya viruses in Ecuador following increased migration from Venezuela and Colombia.
BMC evolutionary biology. 20(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s12862-020-1596-8. [PMID] 32075576.
2020
Ungulate use of locally infectious zones in a re-emerging anthrax risk area
Royal Society Open Science. 7(10) [DOI] 10.1098/rsos.200246. [PMID] 33204443.
2019
A saliva-based rapid test to quantify the infectious subclinical malaria parasite reservoir
Science Translational Medicine. 11(473) [DOI] 10.1126/scitranslmed.aan4479. [PMID] 30602535.
2019
An open challenge to advance probabilistic forecasting for dengue epidemics
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(48):24268-24274 [DOI] 10.1073/pnas.1909865116. [PMID] 31712420.
2019
Assessing the nonhuman primate reservoir of Schistosoma mansoni in Africa: a systematic review.
Infectious diseases of poverty. 8(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s40249-019-0543-7. [PMID] 31077256.
2019
Co-developing climate services for public health: Stakeholder needs and perceptions for the prevention and control of Aedes-transmitted diseases in the Caribbean.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 13(10) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007772. [PMID] 31658267.
2019
Effects of Political Instability in Venezuela on Malaria Resurgence at Ecuador-Peru Border, 2018.
Emerging infectious diseases. 25(4):834-836 [DOI] 10.3201/eid2504.181355. [PMID] 30698522.
2019
Gastrointestinal parasites of the New England cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus transitionalis) and eastern cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus) in the Hudson Valley, New York.
Parasitology research. 118(7):2257-2262 [DOI] 10.1007/s00436-019-06351-5. [PMID] 31177405.
2019
Geographic shifts in Aedes aegypti habitat suitability in Ecuador using larval surveillance data and ecological niche modeling: Implications of climate change for public health vector control
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 13(4) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007322. [PMID] 30995228.
2019
Global expansion and redistribution of Aedes-borne virus transmission risk with climate change
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 13(3) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007213. [PMID] 30921321.
2019
Hierarchical population structure of a rare lagomorph indicates recent fragmentation has disrupted metapopulation function
Conservation Genetics. 20(6):1237-1249 [DOI] 10.1007/s10592-019-01206-z.
2019
MIReAD, a minimum information standard for reporting arthropod abundance data
Scientific Data. 6(1) [DOI] 10.1038/s41597-019-0042-5. [PMID] 31024009.
2019
Modeling R0 for Pathogens with Environmental Transmission: Animal Movements, Pathogen Populations, and Local Infectious Zones
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16(6) [DOI] 10.3390/ijerph16060954. [PMID] 30884913.
2019
Potential Bacillus anthracis Risk Zones for Male Plains Bison ( Bison bison bison) in Southwestern Montana, USA.
Journal of wildlife diseases. 55(1):136-141 [DOI] 10.7589/2017-09-234. [PMID] 30016211.
2019
Predicting the fundamental thermal niche of crop pests and diseases in a changing world: A case study on citrus greening
Journal of Applied Ecology. 56(8):2057-2068 [DOI] 10.1111/1365-2664.13455. [PMID] 32684639.
2019
Seasonal and geographic variation in insecticide resistance in Aedes aegypti in southern Ecuador
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 13(6) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007448. [PMID] 31181073.
2019
Sexual Risk Factors and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing Intention Among At-Risk College Students Who Have Never Been Tested.
Sexually transmitted diseases. 46(7):e76-e79 [DOI] 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001000. [PMID] 31192890.
2019
Socio-Ecological Factors Associated with Dengue Risk and Aedes aegypti Presence in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16(5) [DOI] 10.3390/ijerph16050682. [PMID] 30813558.
2019
Thermal biology of mosquito-borne disease.
Ecology letters. 22(10):1690-1708 [DOI] 10.1111/ele.13335. [PMID] 31286630.
2018
Assessing the impacts of oil exploration and restoration on mammals in Murchison Falls Conservation Area, Uganda
African Journal of Ecology. 56(4):804-817 [DOI] 10.1111/aje.12568.
2018
Author response: Temperature explains broad patterns of Ross River virus transmission
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2018
Competition alters seasonal resource selection and promotes use of invasive shrubs by an imperiled native cottontail
Ecology and Evolution. 8(22):11122-11133 [DOI] 10.1002/ece3.4580. [PMID] 30519430.
2018
Consensus and conflict among ecological forecasts of Zika virus outbreaks in the United States
Scientific Reports. 8(1) [DOI] 10.1038/s41598-018-22989-0. [PMID] 29563545.
2018
Correction to: Addressing vulnerability, building resilience: community-based adaptation to vector-borne diseases in the context of global change.
Infectious diseases of poverty. 7(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s40249-018-0387-6. [PMID] 29378649.
2018
Decoupling environmental effects and host population dynamics for anthrax, a classic reservoir-driven disease.
PloS one. 13(12) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0208621. [PMID] 30540815.
2018
Environmental Drivers of Ranavirus in Free-Living Amphibians in Constructed Ponds
EcoHealth. 15(3):608-618 [DOI] 10.1007/s10393-018-1350-5. [PMID] 30094775.
2018
HIV knowledge mediates the relationship between HIV testing history and stigma in college students
Journal of American College Health. 66(7):561-569 [DOI] 10.1080/07448481.2018.1432623.
2018
Making ecological models adequate
Ecology Letters. 21(2):153-166 [DOI] 10.1111/ele.12893.
2018
Nonlinear and delayed impacts of climate on dengue risk in Barbados: A modelling study
PLOS Medicine. 15(7) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002613. [PMID] 30016319.
2018
Spatiotemporal Variation in Environmental Vibrio cholerae in an Estuary in Southern Coastal Ecuador
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 15(3) [DOI] 10.3390/ijerph15030486. [PMID] 29534431.
2018
Surface temperatures of albatross eggs and nests
Emu – Austral Ornithology. 118(2):224-229 [DOI] 10.1080/01584197.2017.1406311.
2018
Temperature drives Zika virus transmission: evidence from empirical and mathematical models
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 285(1884) [DOI] 10.1098/rspb.2018.0795. [PMID] 30111605.
2018
Temperature explains broad patterns of Ross River virus transmission
eLife. 7 [DOI] 10.7554/elife.37762.
2018
The Burden of Dengue Fever and Chikungunya in Southern Coastal Ecuador: Epidemiology, Clinical Presentation, and Phylogenetics from the First Two Years of a Prospective Study.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 98(5):1444-1459 [DOI] 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0762. [PMID] 29512482.
2018
The Social and Spatial Ecology of Dengue Presence and Burden during an Outbreak in Guayaquil, Ecuador, 2012
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 15(4) [DOI] 10.3390/ijerph15040827. [PMID] 29690593.
2018
Understanding Long-Term Savanna Vegetation Persistence across Three Drainage Basins in Southern Africa
Remote Sensing. 10(7) [DOI] 10.3390/rs10071013.
2018
Using a coupled dynamic factor – random forest analysis (DFRFA) to reveal drivers of spatiotemporal heterogeneity in the semi-arid regions of southern Africa.
PloS one. 13(12) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0208400. [PMID] 30550542.
2018
Zika Virus Outbreak, Barbados, 2015-2016.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 98(6):1857-1859 [DOI] 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0978. [PMID] 29637883.
2017
Addressing vulnerability, building resilience: community-based adaptation to vector-borne diseases in the context of global change.
Infectious diseases of poverty. 6(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s40249-017-0375-2. [PMID] 29228986.
2017
Changing livestock vaccination policy alters the epidemiology of human anthrax, Georgia, 2000-2013.
Vaccine. 35(46):6283-6289 [DOI] 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.09.081. [PMID] 28988866.
2017
Changing measurements or changing movements? Sampling scale and movement model identifiability across generations of biologging technology
Ecology and Evolution. 7(22):9257-9266 [DOI] 10.1002/ece3.3461. [PMID] 29187966.
2017
deBInfer: Bayesian inference for dynamical models of biological systems in R
Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 8(4):511-518 [DOI] 10.1111/2041-210x.12679.
2017
Detecting the impact of temperature on transmission of Zika, dengue, and chikungunya using mechanistic models.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 11(4) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005568. [PMID] 28448507.
2017
Drilling Through Conservation Policy: Oil Exploration in Murchison Falls Protected Area, Uganda
Conservation & Society. 15(3):322-333 [DOI] 10.4103/cs.cs\_16\_105.
2017
Outbreak of Zika Virus Infections, Dominica, 2016.
Emerging infectious diseases. 23(11):1926-1927 [DOI] 10.3201/eid2311.171140. [PMID] 29048289.
2017
Polisye Kont Moustik: A Culturally Competent Approach to Larval Source Reduction in the Context of Lymphatic Filariasis and Malaria Elimination in Haiti
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2(3) [DOI] 10.3390/tropicalmed2030039. [PMID] 30270896.
2017
Population pressure and global markets drive a decade of forest cover change in Africa’s Albertine Rift
Applied Geography. 81:52-59 [DOI] 10.1016/j.apgeog.2017.02.009.
2017
Quantifying seasonal and diel variation in Anopheline and Culex human biting rates in Southern Ecuador
Malaria Journal. 16(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s12936-017-2121-4. [PMID] 29166907.
2017
Social-ecological factors and preventive actions decrease the risk of dengue infection at the household-level: Results from a prospective dengue surveillance study in Machala, Ecuador.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 11(12) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006150. [PMID] 29253873.
2016
Assessing Impacts to Primary Productivity at the Park Edge in Murchison Falls Conservation Area, Uganda
Ecosphere. 7(10) [DOI] 10.1002/ecs2.1486.
2016
deBInfer: Bayesian Inference for Differential Equations
CRAN: Contributed Packages. [DOI] 10.32614/cran.package.debinfer.
2016
Hunting, food subsidies, and mesopredator release: the dynamics of crop-raiding baboons in a managed landscape.
Ecology. 97(4):951-60 [PMID] 27220211.
2016
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding dengue infection among public sector healthcare providers in Machala, Ecuador.
Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines. 2 [DOI] 10.1186/s40794-016-0024-y. [PMID] 28883952.
2016
Perceptions of risk in communities near parks in an African biodiversity hotspot.
Ambio. 45(6):692-705 [DOI] 10.1007/s13280-016-0775-8. [PMID] 27020689.
2016
Welfare at Multiple Scales: Importance of Zoo Elephant Population Welfare in a World of Declining Wild Populations.
PloS one. 11(7) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0158701. [PMID] 27415004.
2015
A global map of suitability for coastal Vibrio cholerae under current and future climate conditions.
Acta tropica. 149:202-11 [DOI] 10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.05.028. [PMID] 26048558.
2015
Household level influences on fragmentation in an African park landscape
Applied Geography. 58:18-31 [DOI] 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.01.005.
2015
Mapping Physiological Suitability Limits for Malaria in Africa Under Climate Change.
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.). 15(12):718-25 [DOI] 10.1089/vbz.2015.1822. [PMID] 26579951.
2015
Now There Is No Land: a Story of Ethnic Migration in a Protected Area Landscape in Western Uganda
Population and Environment. 36(4):452-479 [DOI] 10.1007/s11111-014-0227-y.
2015
Understanding uncertainty in temperature effects on vector-borne disease: a Bayesian approach.
Ecology. 96(1):203-13 [PMID] 26236905.
2014
A social-ecological analysis of community perceptions of dengue fever and Aedes aegypti in Machala, Ecuador.
BMC public health. 14 [DOI] 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1135. [PMID] 25370883.
2014
Contrasting perceptions of ecosystem services of an African forest park
Environmental Conservation. 41(4):330-340 [DOI] 10.1017/s0376892914000071.
2014
Implications of Spatial Data Variations for Protected Areas Management: An Example From East Africa
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2014
Satellite-Based Rainfall Data Reveal a Recent Drying Trend in Central Equatorial Africa
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2014
Spatiotemporal clustering, climate periodicity, and social-ecological risk factors for dengue during an outbreak in Machala, Ecuador, in 2010.
BMC infectious diseases. 14 [DOI] 10.1186/s12879-014-0610-4. [PMID] 25420543.
2013
Dengue vector dynamics (Aedes aegypti) influenced by climate and social factors in Ecuador: implications for targeted control.
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2013
Interactions between social structure, demography, and transmission determine disease persistence in primates.
PloS one. 8(10) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0076863. [PMID] 24204688.
2013
Optimal temperature for malaria transmission is dramatically lower than previously predicted.
Ecology letters. 16(1):22-30 [DOI] 10.1111/ele.12015. [PMID] 23050931.
2013
Spatially explicit data: stewardship and ethical challenges in science.
PLoS biology. 11(9) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001634. [PMID] 24058292.
2012
A survey of gastrointestinal parasites of olive baboons (Papio anubis) in human settlement areas of Mole National Park, Ghana.
The Journal of parasitology. 98(4):885-8 [DOI] 10.1645/GE-2976.1. [PMID] 22300265.
2012
Patterns and perceptions of climate change in a biodiversity conservation hotspot.
PloS one. 7(2) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0032408. [PMID] 22384244.
2011
Consequences of non-intervention for infectious disease in African great apes.
PloS one. 6(12) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0029030. [PMID] 22216162.
2009
Incongruent HIV and tuberculosis co-dynamics in Kenya: interacting epidemics monitor each other.
Epidemics. 1(1):14-20 [DOI] 10.1016/j.epidem.2008.08.001. [PMID] 21352748.
2009
Methods for assessing movement path recursion with application to African buffalo in South Africa.
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2007
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Grants

Sep 2024 ACTIVE
PIPP Phase II: Theme 4: Human Systems – The Center for Analysis and Prediction of Pandemic Expansion (APPEX)
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: UNIV OF TENNESSEE via NATL SCIENCE FOU
Jun 2024 ACTIVE
BII: Predicting the global host-virus network from molecular foundations (Yale)
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: YALE UNIV via NATL SCIENCE FOU
Apr 2024 ACTIVE
West-Central Africa EMERGENTS International Center of Excellence in Malaria Research (ICEMR)
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NIAID
Sep 2022 – May 2024
BII: Predicting the global host-virus network from molecular foundations
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: GEORGETOWN UNIV via NATL SCIENCE FOU
Aug 2022 ACTIVE
PIPP Phase I: Predicting Emergence in Multidisciplinary Pandemic Tipping-points (PREEMPT)
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: UNIV OF TENNESSEE via NATL SCIENCE FOU
Jul 2022 ACTIVE
CDC Southeastern Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases: Gateway Program
Role: Co-Project Director/Principal Investigator
Funding: CTRS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
Aug 2021 – Aug 2024
COVID-19: SICA Study: Seroepidemiological Insight into COVID-19 transmission in Africa
Role: Co-Project Director/Principal Investigator
Funding: CTRS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
Jun 2021 – Oct 2021
Consultancy to landscaping the availability of, and need for, software tools amongst the climate sensitive infectious diseases modelling community
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: INTER-AM INST FOR GCR/IAI via WELLCOME TRUST
Jan 2021 – May 2024
BII-Design: Exploring the ecology and evolution of the global virome with big data and machine learning
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: GEORGETOWN UNIV via NATL SCIENCE FOU
Sep 2020 – Oct 2021
Integrating Climate Variability into the Surveillance, Prevention, and Control of Vector-Borne Diseases
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: INTER-AM INST FOR GCR/IAI via INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
Aug 2020 ACTIVE
Collaborative Research: CIBR: VectorByte: A Global Informatics Platform for studying the Ecology of Vector-Borne Diseases
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: NATL SCIENCE FOU
Apr 2020 – Oct 2021
Conduct of a Vector Borne Diseases and Gender Dynamics Study
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: INTER-AM INST FOR GCR/IAI via INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
Oct 2019 – Jan 2020
Conduct of a Regional Health Audit of Climate and Vector Borne Diseases Data
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIV via INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
Dec 2018 – Sep 2019
Shifting Malaria burdens in Malawi and Plague in Madagascar
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: CHEMONICS INTERNATIONAL via US AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Nov 2018 – Aug 2019
Southern Africa Drilldown
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: CHEMONICS INTERNATIONAL via US AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Aug 2017 – Jul 2024
Spatial eco-epidemiology of tick-borne rickettisal pathogens
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: OLD DOMINION UNIV via NATL INST OF HLTH NIAID
Jul 2017 – May 2018
Hotspots Analysis Health Expert Task 2.4 Climate change impacts on health USAID Climate Change Adaptation, Thought Leadership and Assessments (ATLAS) Project
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: CHEMONICS INTERNATIONAL via US AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Feb 2017 – May 2018
Insecticide Resistance in Aedes aegypti in a Zika Transmission Region in Ecuador
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIV via CTRS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
Feb 2017 – Jul 2017
Programme for Building Regional Climate Capacity in the Caribbean
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIV via US AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Feb 2017 – May 2017
A1210 Population Fractural Analysis
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: OXFORD POLICY MANAGEMENT LTD
Feb 2017 – Jul 2017
Global Economics of Rotavirus Vaccination | "Heterogeneity and Impact of Rotavirus Vaccination in Asia"
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY via PATH VACCINE SOLUTIONS
Dec 2016 – Jun 2022
Southeastern Regional CoE in Vector-Borne Diseases: The Gateway Program
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: CTRS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
Sep 2016 – May 2020
Quantifying How Bioenergetics and Foraging Determine Population Dynamics in Threatened Antarctic Albatrosses
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND STATE UNIV via NATL SCIENCE FOU
May 2016 – Apr 2017
In-situ Zika-vector-climate dynamics in a high burden region in Ecuador
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: STATE UNIV OF NEW YORK RES FOU via NATL SCIENCE FOU
Dec 2015 – Dec 2016
Wash poverty diagnostics A0110
Role: Project Manager
Funding: OXFORD POLICY MANAGEMENT LTD
Sep 2015 – Aug 2021
Effects of temperature on vector-borne disease transmission: integrating theory with empirical data
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: STANFORD UNIV via NATL SCIENCE FOU

Education

Postoctoral Fellow, NCEAS
2008-2010 · National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Biological Informatics
2006-2008 · Stanford and McGill Universities
PhD, Environmental Science, Policy and Management
2006 · University of California, Berkeley
AB (BA) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
1998 · Princeton University

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