Author: Beth Gavrilles
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Assistant professor focuses research on environmental drivers of disease
Courtney Murdock was well on her way to becoming a veterinarian; as a pre-vet student…
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Workshop will address plastic waste and marine debris
“Plastic: Land to Sea Connections,” a workshop on the problem of plastic waste in oceans…
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Investing in conservation pays off, study finds
Governments and donors have spent billions of dollars since the 1992 Rio Earth Summit attempting…
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New model maps likelihood of Ebola spillovers
Ecologists at the University of Georgia have developed a model that maps the likelihood of…
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More mosquito species than previously thought may transmit Zika
Zika virus could be transmitted by more mosquito species than those currently known, according to…
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Sundance film ‘Chasing Coral’ features UGA ecologist James W. Porter
“Chasing Coral” follows scientists charting the loss of coral reefs around the world.
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New center to make UGA leader in disease ecology
With the launch of the new Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases, UGA is…
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New center will make UGA a world leader in infectious disease ecology
With the launch of the new Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases, the University…
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Study explains factors that influence the timing of infectious disease outbreaks
The delay between the time when a disease outbreak becomes possible and when it actually…
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Scientists use genetic analysis of vampire bats to forecast spatial expansion of rabies in Peru
Rabies is likely to appear on the Pacific coast of Peru, an area where it…
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School of Ecology faculty member gets students excited about research
Halfway through Andy Davis’ physiological ecology lab, most of the students have their cellphones out—but…
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Scientists use genetic analysis to forecast spatial expansion of rabies in Peru
Rabies is likely to appear on the Pacific coast of Peru—an area where it currently…
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Sexual transmission of Ebola likely to impact disease
Sexual transmission of the Ebola virus could have a major impact on the dynamics of…
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Ecologists create framework for predicting new infectious diseases
UGA ecologists are leading a global effort to predict where new infectious diseases are likely…
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Ecologists create a framework for predicting new infectious diseases
Ecologists at the University of Georgia are leading a global effort to predict where new…
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Ecologists identify potential new sources of Ebola and other filoviruses
An international team of ecologists has identified the bat species with the greatest potential to…
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UGA alum named Woodrow Wilson Georgia Teaching Fellow
Haley Nagle, who graduated cum laude from the University of Georgia in May with a…
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Sexual transmission of Ebola likely to impact course of outbreaks
Sexual transmission of the Ebola virus could have a major impact on the dynamics of…
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Watershed UGA launches campaign to ‘daylight’ campus streams
Most of the streams that run through the University of Georgia campus flow through culverts…
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Symposium will showcase range of interdisciplinary research at Wormsloe
Landscape history, coastal ecosystem dynamics and disease ecology will be just a few of the…
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Plant ecologist to deliver 2016 Odum Lecture March 29
Ecologist Jonathan Levine will deliver the 31st annual Odum Lecture at the UGA Odum School…
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Ecologists create new model that uses statistics to signal when disease elimination is imminent
UGA ecologists have developed a model showing that public health surveillance data can be used…
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Researchers assess use of drug-susceptible parasites to fight drug resistance
UGA researchers have developed a model for evaluating a potential new strategy in the fight…
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Helping the helpers: Improving safety for volunteer wildlife rehabilitators
Volunteer wildlife rehabilitators in Australia help protect the public from diseases carried by bats. A…
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