Disease Ecologist | Assistant Professor @UCRiverside
Riverside, CA
Joined March 2016
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Thank you @peterstaley for this supportive opinion piece and for advocating for the decades of pandemic prevention work we have led at @EcoHealthNYC. statnews.com/2024/07/08/ecoh… via @statnews
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Which wild animals carry the COVID-19 virus? An ambitious U.S. project aims to find out | Science | AAAS science.org/content/article/…
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I’m still accepting applications for this PhD on bat virus dynamics in Neotropical bats until end of April. Please RT! – at Norman, OK
i'm recruiting for a new PhD student at @UofOklahoma to conduct field and theoretical studies of bat virus dynamics, focused on molossids in Belize! see below and our lab website for more information and how to apply: beckerlab.weebly.com/join.ht…
Meredith VanAcker retweeted
📢 The Call for Applications for our 2024 Early Career Fellowships is now OPEN! If you're a woman scientist in a developing country, don't miss this opportunity for funding that lets you do your own research, without leaving home. All info @ bit.ly/OWSDEC2024
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JOB on my team
Scientific technician studying torrent/giant salamanders, tailed frogs, toads, and mussels in Washington's Chehalis Basin
Pretty spots and good people!
$3,376 - 4,497/mo
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Feels bittersweet tbh. Many on frontlines fought for a loss and damage fund for years, even when told it was impossible, bc it’s an existential issue. Now that it’s here, it means devastation and injustice of climate crisis has reached a point where no one can ignore it. #COP28
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Our very own @KaraniMaurice working with @LivUni_IVES @livuninews and with @ILRI @OHRECA_ILRI
has won a prestigious 'International Canine Health Award' from the @TheKennelClubUK for his work on #rabies in Kenya
thekennelclub.org.uk/media-c…
Congratulations!
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JOB - with me!
Be our Pond Diversity Biologist for the next 2-3 years
Work w/ amazing city/county, academic, & non-profit partners to study how we can make urban/residential stormwater ponds better habitat for 🐸🦢🐦🐟🦫
$4,117-5,535/month
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I'm delighted to be joining University of Delaware @UDcanr Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences as Assistant Professor of Agroecology in September 2023! Reach out if you are interested in working together on sustainable nutrient cycling in agroecosystems huddellecology.com/ 🤎🌾
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A HUGE congratulations to @PallaviKache on her successful dissertation defense; she passed with flying colors! The Diuk-Wasser lab is wishing Dr. Kache all the best in her future endeavors!
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The Diuk-Wasser Ecoepidemiology lab is looking for a Postdoc or Associate Research Scientist to work on field research and modeling of socio-ecological determinants of tick-borne disease risks and interventions.
Join us!
Info:
ecoepidemiologylab.e3b.colum…
apply.interfolio.com/120830
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Want to join the @SmithsonianMoL science team? **Application deadline extended to Jan 27th**
Details at: bit.ly/3PC5iAj
We're recruiting a 2 year Post-doctoral Fellow to join a new collaboration between @SmithsonianMoL & @HoubaraFund! Seeking an applicant with strong remote sensing skills and interest in conserving avian species. Details at: bit.ly/3Oc3blW
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New this week! A large group of us, led by @TheRealVerrelli , conducted a horizon scan for emerging issues in #urbanevolution. Now published in TREE and freely available at this link: authors.elsevier.com/c/1fcGu…
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The NYC Health Department and @HealthNYGov have identified poliovirus in sewage in NYC, suggesting local transmission of the virus. Polio can lead to paralysis and even death. We urge unvaccinated New Yorkers to get vaccinated now: on.nyc.gov/3vVjuf5
ALT Text reads: The NYC Health Department and the New York State Department of Health have identified poliovirus in sewage in NYC, suggesting local transmission of the virus. Polio can lead to paralysis and even death. We urge unvaccinated New Yorkers to get vaccinated now:
ALT Text reads: “With polio circulating in our communities there is simply nothing more essential than vaccinating our children to protect them from this virus, and if you’re an unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated adult, please choose now to get the vaccine. Polio is entirely preventable and its reappearance should be a call to action for all of us.” —N Y C Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan. N Y C Health logo.
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Take a virtual field trip to Africa with @JaredStabach to learn how @SmithsonianMoL scientists and partners are using animal tracking data to save endangered species. Event is TONIGHT (7 pm ET), details below...
#DYK Scimitar-horned oryx were once extinct in the wild, but Smithsonian ecologists have reintroduced over 200 to their native range. Tomorrow at 7pm ET, learn about other African mammals @SmithsonianMoL is tracking at our next #EarthOptimism webinar: smithsonian.zoom.us/webinar/…
ALT Info card, with picture of a mother scimitar-horned oryx and her calf on a grassland. Text: Following African Mammals with the Movement of Life. Free Earth Optimism webinar Tuesday, May 17, 7pm ET.
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It is published!!
“Acknowledging extraordinary women in the history of medical entomology”.
This was on my mind for years and was only made possible by the enormous effort of all coauthors! Special standing ovation to our students!
👏🏻👏🏻
Please share (link below)!
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New paper alert! Just published in Proceedings B, we show that Borrelia burgdorferi, which causes Lyme Disease in humans, exhibits strain-specific adaptations that lead to differential fitness across host species.
Read it here or dm for a pdf: royalsocietypublishing.org/d…
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We're hiring a research technician for our new NERC-funded #TickSolve project - mostly field sampling (ticks, small mammals, deer, camera traps), some lab work. Please RT!
jobs.ac.uk/job/CMJ132/techni…
@UofGlasgow @IBAHCM Lucy Gilbert @morrison_green @CarolineMillins @bethan_purse
Meredith VanAcker retweeted
New paper just dropped in @GlobalChangeBio !
We review the many ways zoonotic hazards are influenced by urban ecology, adding to the growing literature that highlights the role of anthropogenic impacts on pathogen spillover.
