Keri-Niyia Cooper, a student from Savannah State University, worked with Drs. John Drake and Andrew Park over the summer to investigate parasite sharing in mammals. Abstract: After a literature review was performed to compile a list of parasites that infect marine mammals, we created a database of parasite-host pairings found in the articles. We then
Magdalene Walters, a student from the University of Notre Dame, worked with Dr. John Drake to study the age distribution of a measles outbreak. Abstract: In 1997, São Paulo, Brazil experienced a measles outbreak with an unusually high average age of infection. It has since been hypothesized that this high age of infection was due
Nicole Solano, a student at Agnes Scott College, worked with Dr. John Drake to model factors that could influence the risk of Chikungunya virus in the United States. Abstract: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an arbovirus endemic to Africa and South and East Asia, that is transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected mosquito,
Timothy Wildauer, a student from Bethany Lutheran College, worked with Dr. John Drake to test new methods of determining time of infection for Ebola patients. Abstract: Data recorded during the 2014-2015 West Africa Ebola Outbreak indicates when patients presented themselves at a hospital for treatment. However, to know if interventions were successful, we need to
Evans Lodge, a student from Calvin College, worked with Dr. John Drake to measure how human behaviors change during disease outbreaks. Abstract: In outbreaks of emerging infectious disease, public health interventions aim at increasing the speed with which infected individuals are removed from the susceptible population, limiting opportunities for secondary infection. Isolation, hospitalization, and barrier-nursing
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
Abigail Smith, from Carnegie Mellon University, worked with Reni Kaul in the lab of Dr. John Drake to develop models to study the effectiveness of vaccination strategies. Abigail L. Smith1, RajReni B. Kaul2 and John M. Drake2 1Carnegie Mellon University, 2Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia Vaccination is widely considered the most effective method
For this project, based in the lab of Dr. John Drake, Trianna Humphrey worked with Tad Dallas to study the effect of changing environmental conditions on a host-parasite relationship. Trianna Humphrey, Tougaloo College Tad Dallas, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia Extreme environmental conditions can have an influence on host-parasite relationships and capable of
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