Current Appointments & Affiliations
Gosnell Family Professor in Global Health
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2019 - Present
Evolutionary Anthropology,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology
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2013 - Present
Evolutionary Anthropology,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Research Professor of Global Health
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2013 - Present
Duke Global Health Institute,
University Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Effect of Land-Use on Hantavirus Infection Among Introduced and Endemic Small Mammals of Madagascar.
Journal Article Ecology and evolution · April 2025 Hantaviruses are globally distributed zoonotic pathogens capable of causing fatal disease in humans. Addressing the risk of hantavirus spillover from animal reservoirs to humans requires identifying the local reservoirs (usually rodents and other small mam ... Full text CiteClimate Change Perceptions and Adaptive Behavior Among Smallholder Farmers in Northeast Madagascar
Journal Article PLOS Climate · March 7, 2025 Climate change is impacting the food security and health of people worldwide, and the risk for smallholder farmers is particularly high. While many studies have forecast changes to food production at regional scales, fewer studies have directly assessed th ... Full text CiteDisentangling social, environmental, and zoonotic transmission pathways of a gastrointestinal protozoan (Blastocystis spp.) in northeast Madagascar.
Journal Article American journal of biological anthropology · November 2024 ObjectivesUnderstanding disease transmission is a fundamental challenge in ecology. We used transmission potential networks to investigate whether a gastrointestinal protozoan (Blastocystis spp.) is spread through social, environmental, and/or zoo ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
US-Israel Collab: Market Integration, Land Use, and Pathogen Transmission in Rural Madagascar
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2023 - 2028Risk factor analysis and dynamic response for epidemics in heterogeneous populations
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2024 - 2027Doctoral Dissertation Research: Human mobility and infectious disease transmission in the context of market integration
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2024 - 2026View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Duke University ·
1999
Ph.D.