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Advertising/Posting Title Postdoctoral Associate in Planetary Health
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The University of Vermont ( UVM ) is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to join a multidisciplinary team aimed at understanding the distribution of ticks and their pathogens across the Vermont landscape within the newly established Planetary Health Initiative at UVM . This project will investigate the prevalence and distribution of tick-borne pathogens across Vermont’s forested, agricultural, and recreational areas, including the environmental and ecological drivers of tick and pathogen prevalence, and the potential human-wildlife interaction hotspots for elevated disease risk. This project combines elements of ecology, disease pathology, environmental factors, human behavior, land use and recreation to assess the risk of tick-borne diseases like Lyme, Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis. In addition to peer-reviewed publications and presentations to UVM and...
Advertising/Posting Title Postdoctoral Associate in Planetary Health
Posting Summary
The University of Vermont ( UVM ) is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to join a multidisciplinary team aimed at understanding the distribution of ticks and their pathogens across the Vermont landscape within the newly established Planetary Health Initiative at UVM . This project will investigate the prevalence and distribution of tick-borne pathogens across Vermont’s forested, agricultural, and recreational areas, including the environmental and ecological drivers of tick and pathogen prevalence, and the potential human-wildlife interaction hotspots for elevated disease risk. This project combines elements of ecology, disease pathology, environmental factors, human behavior, land use and recreation to assess the risk of tick-borne diseases like Lyme, Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis. In addition to peer-reviewed publications and presentations to UVM and...