Hall – Research Experiences for Undergraduates in the Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease

Deforestation alters spillover risk of multi-host pathogens

12JanuaryNikki Solano-Asamoah2022 ProjectsHall, Quantitative, Vinson, Wildlife

Annalise Cramer, a student at Westfield State University, worked in the lab of Dr. Richard Hall Abstract Deforestation alters landscape configuration resulting in novel contacts between host species, which can promote pathogen spillover from wildlife to domesticated animals and humans. Given heightened awareness of zoonotic spillover, studies are urgently needed to understand how the rate

Extreme heat reduces fitness of monarchs and their parasites

17DecemberAndrea Silletti2019 ProjectsAltizer, Empirical, Hall, Quantitative

Maya Sarkar, a student at the University of Minnesota, worked with Isabella Ragonese, Dr. Sonia Altizer and Dr. Richard Hall. Abstract: It is important to understand the consequences of a warming climate, especially in organisms that are more sensitive to temperature changes and where the outcome of warming may not be intuitive. This project used

Behavioral and environmental determinants of parasite transmission in a butterfly host

16AugustAndrea Silletti2018 ProjectsAltizer, Empirical, Hall, Quantitative

Chastity Ward, a senior from Fayetteville State University, worked on a project with Dr. Sonia Altizer, Dr. Richard Hall and Dr. Paola Barriga to examine how parasites of the Monarch butterfly are transmitted. Abstract: Many pathogens can be transmitted when infectious stages shed into the environment are later encountered by susceptible hosts. Environmental transmission is

Diet, Dispersal, and Disease: How Food Supplemented Habitat Alters Metapopulation Disease Spread

6JanuaryAndrea Silletti2016 ProjectsAltizer, Hall, Quantitative

Celine Snedden, a Mathematics major at the University of California Berkeley, worked with Drs. Richard Hall and Sonia Altizer to look at how supplemental feeding of wildlife can affect disease spread. Abstract: Recreational and unintentional feeding of wildlife occurs frequently but can have negative consequences, such as increasing pathogen transmission within provisioned sites. However, it

Behavioral determinants of parasite transmission in a monarch (Danaus plexippus) population

19DecemberAndrea Silletti2015 ProjectsAltizer, Empirical, Hall, Quantitative

Anna Schneider, a student from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, worked with mentors Dr. Sonia Altizer, Dr. Richard Hall, and Ania Majewska to look at how butterfly behavior affects parasite transmission. Abstract: Altered behavior of an infected host can have important consequences for pathogen transmission. Pathogens can cause the host to increase foraging behavior and

Spore persistence in the environment drives infection dynamics of a butterfly pathogen

31DecemberAndrea Silletti2014 ProjectsAltizer, Empirical, Hall, Quantitative

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