Annakate Schatz, a student from Mount Holyoke College, worked with Dr. Andrew Kramer to test the accuracy of models used to predict pathogen spread. Abstract: Species distribution models (SDMs) are commonly used to predict the total possible area a species can occupy. These models, however, rely on an assumption of equilibrium with the environment. When
Richard Williams, a student from Morehouse College, worked with Dr. John Drake to develop a model examining the effectiveness of low-sensitivity interventions in disease outbreaks. Abstract: We conducted a theoretical study to investigate the effect of low sensitivity interventions on the containment of an emerging pathogen. Low sensitivity interventions such as thermal scans for febrile
Yaw Kumi-Ansu, a Biology major from Emory University, worked with Dr. Andrew Kramer on an ongoing project to model White-Nose syndrome in bats. Abstract: White-Nose Syndrome is an epizootic fungal disease caused by Pseudogymnoascus destructans which has caused a significant decline in Vespertilionid bat populations in the United States. It is a psychrophilic fungus and
Mary-Kate Williams, from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, examined parasites of Monarch butterflies with Dr. Sonia Altizer, Dr. Richard Hall and graduate student Dara Satterfield. Mary-Kate Williams1, Sonia Altizer2, Richard Hall2, Dara Satterfield2 1University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia Environmentally transmitted parasites commonly infect humans and
Kylie Balotin, a student at Rice University, and Dr. Andreas Handel, in the UGA Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, worked together to model the effect of patient compliance on the effectiveness of tuberculosis treatments. Kylie Balotin1 and Andreas Handel2 1 Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA1 2 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public
Emili Price, a student from Winthrop University, worked with Drs. Patrick Stephens and John Gittleman in the Odum School of Ecology to look at host breath of parasites in ungulates and carnivores. Emili Price1, Patrick R. Stephens2, John L. Gittleman2 1. Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina 2. Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia,
Lexi Lerner, a biology major from Brown University, worked with Dr. John Drake to look for critical slowing down in consumer fad systems. Abstract: Consumer fads are often characterized by unpredictable explosive outbreaks. Early warning signals have been retroactively successful at anticipating critical phenomena of complex systems such as infectious disease epidemics, but they have
Dominic Gray, a student from Norfolk State University, and Dr. John Drake from the Odum School of Ecology examined the use of temporal early warning signals in disease dynamics. Dominic Gray, Norfolk State University John Drake, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia Early warning signals of disease emergence and elimination seek to forecast changes
Paige Miller, from Gustavus Adolphus College, and Dr. John Drake in the Odum School of Ecology, examined early warning signals in disease systems. Paige Miller, Gustavus Adolphus College John Drake, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia Infectious diseases have ravaged the human population since the beginning of time. Eradication of human infectious diseases has
Authors: Carolina Cabrera, Nicole L. Gottdenker Abstract Multihost vector-borne pathogens play an important role in human and veterinary public health worldwide, and understanding factors that drive their transmission is critical to the development of vector-borne disease prevention and control. Two potentially important drivers of multihost vector-born pathogen transmission are 1) the community composition of reservoir