Spring News

Hilary completed her senior thesis on the health risks of the reptile trade.

Victor was awarded a Crane Family Global Infectious Disease Fellowship for 2012.

Kate received a Framework Faculty Curriculum Development Grant from Brown's Global Health Initiative to create the new course Climate Change and Health for fall 2012.

Matt accepted an assistant professor position at Winthrop University where he will join the Biology Department this fall.

Disease Biogeography and Conservation Medicine

Our group studies the patterns and processes governing the distribution of pathogens in humans and wildlife. We aim to advance the field of conservation medicine - an emerging discipline that studies the links between anthropogenic environmental change, the health of all species, and the conservation of biodiversity. Using a combination of meta-analysis, theory and field research, we study the biogeography of human and wildlife pathogens, the spread of pathogens via invasive species and wildlife trade, and the role of disease in biological conservation. A major goal of our work is to ensure that our research is understood by and of value to society.

Katherine F. Smith, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University. 80 Waterman St Box G-W Providence, RI 02912
katherine_smith@brown.edu; 401.863.1266 (office); 401.863.6933 (lab)