Research

I am broadly interested in public health, disease ecology and spatial epidemiology. My research focuses on transmission and spread of infectious diseases, particularly zoonoses. My most recent work has concentrated on the fine-scale landscape geography and animal behaviors that lead to transmission of anthrax, an environmental pathogen. The goal of research like this is to understand disease dynamics and consequently develop disease reduction and mitigation strategies that are appropriate for local circumstances.

SEER Lab Group:

"SEER Lab is focused on questions addressing the ecology and spatio-temporal patterns of diseases. Our research is focused primarily on bacterial zoonoses, those bacterial diseases that affect both animals and humans. Toward these research questions, SEER Lab employs spatial modeling and geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing (e.g. satellite data describing the environment), and micro- and molecular biology as a tool set. "

EPI at UF:

The Emerging Pathogens Institute was created in 2006 to provide a world-class research environment to facilitate interdisciplinary studies of emergence and control of human, animal and plant pathogens of concern to Florida, to the nation and to the world.

Published Papers

Factors influencing scavenger guilds and scavenging efficiency in Southwestern Montana

Ungulate Use of Locally Infectious Zones in a Re-Emerging Anthrax Risk Area

Anthrax Surveillance and the Limited Overlap Between Obligate Scavengers and Endemic Anthrax Zones in the United States