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Caroline Stephenson, a Ph.D. in Public Health (One Health) alumna, published “Geographic Partitioning of Dengue Virus Transmission Risk in Florida” Click the link provided to read.

Dr. Eric Coker was featured in UFIC’s Office for Global Research Development’s International Research Spotlight! Click here to read. Dr. Coker recently completed a Global Health Fellowship where he conducted a study in Kampala, Uganda examining the relationship between air pollution and respiratory symptoms in children.

View Dr. Lednicky’s new publication on “Isolation of a Novel Recombinant Canine Coronavirus from a Visitor to Haiti: Further Evidence of Transmission of Coronaviruses of Zoonotic Origin to Humans” in Clinical Infectious Diseases. …

See the link here for “The Oxford Handbook of the African Sahel,” a major effort of the Sahel Research Group at UF. Dr. Sarah McKune is section editor of “Section III: The Environment and the Challenge of Climate Change”…

See here for a paper from one of our PhD in Public Health (Environmental Health) alumni, Keerati Ponpetch, titled “Environmental Drivers and Potential Distribution of Schistosoma mansoni Endemic Areas in Ethiopia.”…

Dr. Zhoumeng Lin and his lab are building an AI-powered tool that can offer drug researchers insight into how well a new nanoparticle-based cancer therapy will work. View the story on PHHP here.

See below for the link to Dr. Zhoumeng Lin Lab’s newest publication, “Development and Application of an Interactive Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (iPBPK) Model to Predict Oxytetracycline Tissue Distribution and Withdrawal Intervals in Market-Age Sheep and Goats,” with lead author Dr. Md Mahbubul Huq Riad, a Postdoctoral Fellow in the…

Dr. Tara Sabo-Attwood delivered a keynote talk titled “Don’t Let Your Defenses Down: A Role for Environmental Chemicals in Infectious Disease Susceptibility” at the Society of Toxicology and Chemistry Africa 10th Biennial Conference on Wednesday, September 22nd, 2021. Click the link above to read more about Dr. Sabo-Attwood’s biography and a…

The College of Public Health and Health Professions has recognized one of our EGH alumni, Steven Peterson, MPH Environmental Health Concentration, with a 2021 Outstanding Alumni Award. Mr. Peterson, among thirteen other award winners, will be recognized at a virtual celebration on September 24th. Read more about Mr. Peterson and other…

See the story below from USA Today featuring an interview with Dr. John Lednicky as he explains the difference between the Nipah virus in Asia and COVID-19. View story here…

June 24, 2021: UF’s EPI is partnering with Gainesville-based tech company SurfPlasma, Inc. to test a new device’s ability to kill pathogens — even the celestial kinds. Read more from UF EPI’s story here.

Dr. Afsar Ali was interviewed for CBS Tampa Bay’s story “Bacteria lurking in Florida water responsible for hundreds of cases,” which won a FL Association of Broadcast Journalists Award in May 2021!…

See Dr. Eric Coker’s publication, “A land use regression model using machine learning and locally developed low-cost particulate matter sensors in Uganda” in the Environmental Research Journal.

“Genome Sequence of a Yunnan Orbivirus Isolated from a Dead Florida White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)” a paper from the Lednicky Lab was published in the American Society for Microbiology’s Microbiology Resource Announcements.

Karen Coker, Ph.D. in Public Health (One Health) student, and Tyler Nesbit, a Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences Ph.D. student, have been selected for funding through the CTSI TL1 predoctoral training program. Andrew Rainey, another Ph.D. in Public Health (One Health) student, and Lisa Emerson, a Department of Microbiology…

Kayan Clarke and Andres Manrique, both current PhD in Public Health (Environmental Health) candidates in the Department of Environmental & Global Health published “A Narrative Review of Occupational Air Pollution and Respiratory Health in Farmworkers“ alongside EGH faculty, Dr. Tara Sabo-Attwood and Dr. Eric Coker, in…

Helena Chapman serves as Associate Program Manager for Health and Air Quality Applications in the Applied Sciences Program (Booz Allen Hamilton) of the Earth Science Division at NASA Headquarters. In this focus area, her team promotes the use of Earth observation data in public health applications, related to air quality…

Dr. Chris Martyniuk, an associate professor in the UF College of Medicine’s department of physiological sciences, and Dr. Joseph Bisesi, an assistant professor in the UF College of Health and Health Professions’ department of environmental and global health, are collaborating in a new project sponsored by the National Institutes of…

The current vaccination campaign against SARS-CoV-2 has many challenging aspects, one of which is maintaining the cold chain for the distribution, delivery, and storage of available vaccines and guaranteeing that their full titre is retained for administration. Although outstanding technology for vaccine development has enabled products to be put on…

Published Feb. 11 Around this time last year, a group of researchers at the University of Florida began their annual search for flu samples. For 19 days, professor John Lednicky and his laboratory took swab samples from a door handle at a busy campus building, and on four of those days…

“The phone call came in late one night last year. On the outskirts of Gressier, Haiti, two children were ill. The nurses for MotoMeds, a pediatric call center and mobile medicine delivery service run as a University of Florida research initiative, asked crucial questions about the children’s symptoms. The principal…

“Nano-scale Applications in Aquaculture: Opportunities for Improved Production and Disease Control” Abstract Aquaculture is the fastest-growing food-production sector and is vital to food security, habitat restoration and endangered species conservation. One of the continued challenges to the industry is our ability to manage aquatic disease agents that can rapidly…

See Dr. Lednicky’s recent publication in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, “Coronavirus 2019 Infectious Disease Epidemic: Where We Are, What Can Be Done and Hope For”…

See below for a press release on a paper written collaboratively between groups at UF (Dr. Eric Nelson included), Utah, Gates, UVA, Brown U, Mali, and Bangladesh. “Decision-support tool could reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions for child diarrhoea.”…

Dr. Yoho and Dr. Wood facilitated a roundtable discussion at the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) Annual Meeting in January focused on “Reimagining Diversity and Inclusion in Public Health and the Health Professions.”  The abstract for the roundtable is available in the conference program: https://www.eventscribe.com/upload/planner/PDFs/aacu-am21-final-program_68.pdf…

Jan. 28, 2021: Tucked away in a lengthy review of COVID-19 literature is an intriguing discussion of how jargon affects COVID-19 research, as experts from different fields use common terms but define them differently. In a wide-ranging review paper, a UF virologist and his interdisciplinary colleagues summarize aspects of the…

“Analysis of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Estuarine Sediments by Density Gradient Ultracentrifugation Coupled to Near-Infrared Fluorescence Spectroscopy Reveals Disassociation of Residual Metal Catalyst Nanoparticles” Abstract The continued growth of the nanotechnology industry and the incorporation of nanomaterials into consumer applications will inevitably lead to their release into environmental systems.

See Dr. Eric Coker’s new publication “‘Freedom to Breathe’: Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) to Investigate Air Pollution Inequities in Richmond, CA” in the International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health at the link here.

“Coronavirus Infectious Disease Epidemic (COVID-19): where we are, what can be done and hope for,” a paper co-authored by Dr. Lednicky, has been published in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology. Click here to read.

Dr. Rachel Yoho published “Environmental Health and Our Failure- or Future- to Thrive,” in Reviews and Reflections. See here for the link.

Find the Maurelli Lab publication, “Competing Substrates for the Bifunctional Diaminopimelic Acid Epimerase/Glutamate Racemase Modulate Peptidoglycan Synthesis in Chlamydia trachomatis” in the American Society for Microbiology: Infection and Immunity journal at the link here.

Reflections, Considerations, and Recommendations for Teaching Global Health During a Pandemic” a piece by Drs. Elizabeth Wood, Rachel Yoho, and Eric Coker can be found here.

Tara Sabo-Attwood, Ph.D., professor and chair of the department of environmental and global health, has been named the College of Public Health and Health Professions’ associate dean for faculty development, cultural affairs, and wellness programs. Read the full story here.

The University of Florida International Center has awarded Sarah McKune, Ph.D., M.P.H., the 2020 Junior Faculty International Educator of the Year. She is being recognized during UF’s International Education Week activities, November 16-20, including a virtual ceremony honoring international educators. See the full story from Jill Pease here.

UF Environmental & Global Health team led by Drs. Joe Bisesi, Tony Maurelli and Tara Sabo-Attwood developed a COVID-19 wastewater surveillance system for UF’s campus housing. GatorWATCH serves as an early warning system to detect unsuspected infections. Read the story here.

The College of Public Health and Health Professions has selected Dr. Sarah White, an alumna of our PhD in Public Health One Health program, as a 2020 Outstanding Alumni. Read more about her background here.

The chair of the Department of Environmental & Global Health, Dr. Tara Sabo-Attwood, was appointed as the Associate Editor of Environmental Health Perspectives. This journal, with support from National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, is a journal of environmental health research and news. To view Environmental Health Perspectives, please…

Dr. Afsar Ali’s paper, “Characterization of the Vibriocidal Activity of Chitosan Microparticles: A Potential Therapeutic Agent for Emerging Multidrug-Resistant Cholera Infections” can be found in the American Society’s Journal: Applied Materials & Interfaces at this link here.

EGH would like to recognize Dr. Ilaria Capua for being awarded the “Barcelona Hypatia European Science Prize,” by the Academia Europea-Barcelona Knowledge Hub & the Barcelona City Council. The prize “recognises an outstanding researcher who has conducted her/his career primarily in Europe and at the highest international level, with a strong…

Dr. Rachel Yoho’s new book chapter, “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Research in Public Health and the Health Professions Education during a Pandemic and Societal Anti-Racism Protests” is now published in Rapid Responses – Researching in the Age of COVID-19, Volume II:  Care and Resilience, edited…

Dr. Tara Sabo-Attwood is featured as one of the UF researchers who received a portion of the record $900.7 million in research awards in the 2020 fiscal year. View the Alligator story below to read more. View story here…

Dr. Lednicky is featured in a WFTV news story regarding COVID-19 and future outbreaks. Read and watch the story here.

August 27, 2020 in Air Resources, Environmental Engineering Sciences, News, Research Highlights GAINESVILLE, Fla. — New research from the University of Florida provides strong evidence that aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may be possible. A team of UF researchers, led by John Lednicky, Ph.D., and Chang-Yu…

The heavily industrialized and populated regions of Northern Italy, particularly Lombardy, have the highest rates of air pollution in the country. They also have had the country’s highest rates of COVID-19 deaths. A new study led by Eric Coker, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the department of environmental and global…

Read this story from the Emerging Pathogens Institute on results from Dr. Tony Maurelli’s lab that solves a quirky mystery about how Chlamydia gets nutrients AND evades its host’s immune system with genes that perform double duty. Click the link here!…

A study led by Dr. Sarah McKune on the impact of a culturally-tailored behavior change strategy on egg consumption in young children in Burkina Faso has completed, and results are forthcoming. They are pleased to announce publication of their protocol, study design, and baseline findings in a new article published…

Dr. Eric Coker published a timely paper on the “Effects of Air Pollution on COVID-19 Related Mortality in Northern Italy” which shows that the spatial pattern of long term ambient (outdoor) fine particulate matter (or PM2.5) concentrations is strongly related to the spatial pattern of excess deaths related to the…

The Dr. Lednicky COVID train is full speed ahead – see his latest research showing the presence of viable SARS-CoV-2 in air. Dr. Lednicky is making the rounds on the national news circuits and was featured in the NY Times. To read the story, click the link here.

Dr. Afsar Ali co-authored a paper on the pandemic spread of Vibrio cholera that has received the designation ‘Highly cited paper’ by Web of Science and is one of the top 1% of papers of similar age in the field of clinical medicine. Read the paper at this link…

Dr. Bisesi was featured in a news piece done on the 26-million gallons of raw sewage that was discovered leaking from a broken pipe into Sarasota Bay. Environmental officials are currently testing the water for standard environmental hazards, like E. Coli and fecal coliform, but the Florida Department of Environmental…