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Careers in

Medical Entomology & Geospatial Analyses

Meet People who Chose a Career in

Medical Entomology, Geospatial Analyses, &/or Science Communication

Ulrich (Uli) Bernier

• National Program Leader, for Veterinary, Medical, and Urban Entomology with the United States Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Services (retired)

• Title: From “why do mosquitoes bite me more?” to “what more can we do to prevent mosquito and other arthropod bites?” The journey from Satellite Beach to Key West, FL via Washington, D.C.

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Budhu Bhaduri

• Director for the National Security Emerging Technologies Division with Oak Ridge National Laboratory

• Title: The Story of People from Pixels: How I Became part of it

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Sharon Dunwoody

• Professor emerita for the Journalism & Mass Communication, School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Title: The importance of science journalism 

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Reid Gerhardt

• Professor Emeritus of Medical and Veterinary Entomology for the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology with the University of Tennessee

• Title: Advances in entomology in the previous century

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Andrew Joyner

• Associate Professor for Department of Geosciences: GIS Certificate Coordinator with East Tennessee State University

• Geoinformatics & Disaster Science (GADS) Lab Director

• Title: Applications of Geospatial Analyses in Public Health: examples and opportunities

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Joseph Kerski

• Geographer, ESRI education manager, and an enthusiastic advocate for all things mapping

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Andrew Laudick

• Leah's dad and Technical Analyst with Hillrom

• Title: Using GIS technologies for vector-borne disease surveillance 

  • Subtitle: ​Leah's story- how La Crosse encephalitis impacts children's lives

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    • Content warning: discussion on the loss of a child to La Crosse encephalitis 

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Abelardo Moncayo

• Director of the Vector-borne Disease Section with the Tennessee Department of Health

• Title: I could have been an action hero

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Roger Nasci

• Independent consultant, formerly with the Arboviral disease branch with the CDC

• Title: Unanticipated consequences

• Watch & Learn here:

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Sadie Ryan

• Associate Professor, Medical Geographer and Director of the Quantitative Disease Ecology & Conservation Lab, University of Florida

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Adriana Sharkey

• Environmentalist for the Vector-borne disease program with Memphis and Shelby county health department

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Martha Weeks

• Lecturer and Communications Coach with the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee

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