Alonso Aguirre
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Institution: George Mason University
Expertise : Disease ecology, veterinary science, conservation medicine, public education outreach, veterinary science
Primary Role : Design of educational and outreach programs, PR estimation; conservation questions
Sonia Altizer
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Institution : University Of Georgia
Expertise : Disease ecology of mammals and insects
Primary Role : Management of mammalian parasite data, educational programs and conservation questions
Sarah Budischak
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Institution: Princeton University
Expertise : Disease ecology
Primary Role : Parasite richness estimation, theory development
James Brown (year one participant)
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Institution : University of New Mexico
Expertise : Macroecology, metabolic scaling, mammalogy
Primary Role : Development of theory and statistical tools: macroecological theory and hypotheses
James (Jeb) Byers
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Institution : University of Georgia
Expertise : marine population and community ecology
Primary Role : development of theory, marine disease data management
Clay Cressler
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Institution : University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Expertise : Disease ecology and evolution
Primary Role : development of theory, parasite phylogeny development
Tad Dallas
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Institution: Louisiana State University
Expertise : Disease ecology and computational methods
Primary Role : Development of theory and statistical tools, predicting cryptic links, parasite range estimation
Jonathan T. Davies
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Institution : University of British Columbia
Expertise : Phylogenetic comparative methods, mammalian macroevolution, biodiversity
Primary Role : Development of statistical tool, PR maps, comparative methods
John Drake
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Institution : University Of Georgia
Expertise : Disease ecology, computational ecology, machine learning methods
Primary Role : Development of theory and statistical tools, PR maps, richness estimation
Vanessa Ezenwa
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Institution : Yale University
Expertise : Disease ecology of mammals
Primary Role : Conservation questions, PR maps
Max Farrell
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Institution: University of Toronto
Expertise : Phylogenetic parasite community ecology
Primary Role : Development of theory and statistical tools
Alyssa-Lois Gehman
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Institution: University of British Columbia
Expertise : Disease ecology, marine parasite ecology
Primary Role : Database development and QC, macroecology of helminths
Ria Ghai
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Institution: Emory University
Expertise : Molecular phylogenetic methods, human-wildlife-livestock disease ecology
Primary Role : Database contributor and theory development
John Gittleman
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Institution : University Of Georgia
Expertise : Phylogenetic comparative methods, macroecology, mammalogy
Primary Role : Development of statistical tools: comparative methods
Sarah E. Haas
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Institution: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Expertise : Disease ecology
Primary Role : Development of theory and statistical tools, amphibian data
Barbara Han
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Institution : Cary Institute
Expertise : Drivers of zoonotic disease, amphibian diseases
Primary Role : Development of theory, analysis of amphibian and mammal disease data, zoonotic database
James Herrera
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Institution : Duke University
Expertise : Phylogenetic comparative methods, mammalian disease ecology
Primary Role : Development of theory and statistical tools
Shan Huang
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Institution : Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center (BiK-F)
Expertise : Phylogenetic comparative methods, GIS methods, mammalian disease ecology
Primary Role : Development of theory and statistical tools, estimating and mapping PR
Richard A. Humber
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Institution: USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Biological Integrated Pest Management Unit
Expertise : Insect disease ecology
Primary Role : Applying disease ecology to insect disease databases
Rebecca A. Hutchinson
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Institution : Oregon State University
Expertise : Machine learning methods
Primary Role : Development of statistical tools: machine learning methods
Pieter Johnson
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Institution : University of Colorado Boulder
Expertise : Disease ecology, herpetology
Primary Role : Management of amphibian parasite data; parasites and invasions
Charles Nunn
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Institution : Duke University
Expertise : Comparative methods
Primary Role : Development of statistical tools: phylogenetic comparative methods
Ania A. Majewska
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Institution : University of Georgia
Expertise : Disease ecology
Primary Role : Development of outreach videos
David Onstad
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Institution : Corteva Agroscience
Expertise : Insect disease, wildlife biology
Primary Role : Management of insect disease data
Paula Pappalardo
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Institution: University of Georgia
Expertise : Macroecology and species distributions
Primary Role : Database development and species distribution mapping
Andrew Park
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Institution: University of Georgia
Expertise : Disease ecology and disease modeling
Primary Role : Development of theory and statistical tools: mathematical modeling
Amy Pedersen
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Institution: University of Edinburgh
Expertise : Disease macroecology
Primary Role : Development of theory and methods
Robert Poulin (participant years 1-3)
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Institution : University of Otago, New Zealand
Expertise : Disease ecology, ichthyology
Primary Role : Management of fish parasite data, development of statistical and comparative methods
John Paul Schmidt
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Institution: University Of Georgia
Expertise : Plant population biology, Invasion ecology of plants
Primary Role : Development of theory and statistical tools: mathematical modeling
Katherine Smith (year one participant)
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Institution : Brown University
Expertise : Disease biogeography and conservation medicine
Primary Role : Human disease data, design and administration of educational and outreach programs
Patrick Stephens
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Institution : University Of Georgia, Oklahoma State University (Jan. 1, 2022 onwards)
Expertise : Phylogenetic comparative methods, herpetology, mammalogy
Primary Role : Development of statistical tools: comparative methods, project administrator
Claire S. Teitelbaum
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Institution : University Of Georgia
Expertise : Disease ecology, mammal migration
Primary Role : Development of theory and methods, spatial analysis
Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec
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Institution: Emory University
Expertise : Disease epidemiology, spatial analysis
Primary Role : Development of statistical tools: spatial analysis