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  1. Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend

    … and a PhD from Dartmouth College in Biology and Plant Ecology (1981). Before being hired at Cary Institute, he was … his study plots were dying off due to pests like Beech Bark Disease, Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, and spongy moths. This … notes “The thing that I consider so absolutely remarkable about Gary’s science career was his transition out of the …

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  2. How Lyme disease became unstoppable

    … became unstoppable There was nothing inevitable about the Lyme epidemic. Then humans disrupted the … outside his home, a black-legged tick had injected the infectious organisms into his bloodstream. Anderson—who … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …

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  3. Cary to co-lead $4.8M study on how environmental conditions shape viral outbreaks in wild rodents

    Infectious Diseases , … into people. The project is co-led by Barbara Han , a disease ecologist at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies … to being able to make better, more actionable predictions about viral emergence at scales where management can …

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  4. Dr. July Pilowsky

    Dr. July Pilowsky Disease Ecologist845 677-7600 … Han and the interdisciplinary Verena Institute on disease ecology and viral spillover. They are applying … and threatened European bison, contributing to knowledge about how extinctions occur over long timescales, and …

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  5. Animal reservoirs—where the next SARS-CoV-2 variant could arise

    … don’t know where it came from,” Barbara Han , PhD, a disease ecologist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies … animals to human populations over millennia. Yet an infectious disease paradigm that places humans at the … fault line” for zoonoses, is expected to drive about 4000 new cross-species viral transmissions based on …

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  6. Cary Institute partners on $3M study on COVID-19 variants that could emerge from wildlife

    … Project combines artificial intelligence, virology, and ecology to anticipate future SARS-CoV-2 strains with the … Infectious Diseases , … five-year research project will bring together virology, disease ecology, and artificial intelligence to better …

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  7. The more we lose biodiversity, the worse will be the spread of infectious diseases

    … more we lose biodiversity, the worse will be the spread of infectious diseases The next zoonotic emergence … declining biodiversity results in increased infectious-disease transmission. The rationale is that greater host … While scientists such as Ostfeld and Patil are convinced about the biodiversity dilution effect , some others say …

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  8. Strategies for achieving equitable green infrastructure in US urban planning

    … foundations and funders. All are invited to learn more about this work at ‘ Building Equity into US Urban Green … press release .) Discover related resources, including publications, essays, a white paper , a Story Map , … Staff are global experts in the ecology of: cities, disease, forests, and freshwater. The Urban Systems …

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  9. Why is this virus different?

    … This is part of a series of guest posts about the Covid-19 crisis by Dr. Felicia Keesing, an expert in disease ecology. Please note that the situation is … it can also spread to new hosts. This is called the  infectious period . The immune system of an infected host …

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  10. Cary Institute receives $2 million gift to reimagine its headquarters

    … experts in the ecology of cities, freshwaters, forests, infectious diseases, and the impact of climate change on … admired Cary Institute and its work since first learning about its science in 1993. Jim and I have enormous respect … whose expertise in such areas as aquatic ecology and disease ecology is of increasing national and global …

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