Podcasts about vector biology

In this episode, we are going to celebrate World Malaria Day with our co-host and guests. This year's theme is Time to Deliver Zero Malaria, and it is focused on investing, innovating, and implementing tools that are available today and innovating for future tools. WHO calls to action include prioritising funding for the most marginalised and hard to reach populations who are less able to access services and are the hardest hit when it comes to becoming ill from malaria. To help us understand more, we have co-host, Dr. Hellen Barsosio, who is a medical Kenyan doctor who has been investigating risk factors, tools, and interventions to prevent adverse birth outcomes, and more recently research on preventing malaria in pregnancy. She is in her final year of her PhD at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine under the Department of Clinical Science, where her PhD focuses on new drugs to prevent malaria in pregnancy. The WHO also calls for stepping up innovation for new vector control approaches, so we have two guests with us today to help us to understand what those are. We will be speaking to reader and Wolfson Fellow, Dr. Grant Hughes, and reader, Dr. Tony Nolan from the Vector Biology and Tropical Disease Biology Department at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Tony has led the development of genetic tools to better understand the biology of mosquitoes that transmit malaria, and this has led to the development of genetic approaches to control mosquito populations. This is to decrease the amount of malaria transmission. Tony is also using some of these tools to understand how insecticides work, and in particular, how mosquitoes can evolve resistance to insecticides. Grant is currently focusing on novel control strategies for arboviruses and malaria, and his overarching goal is to develop approaches which will either reduce mosquito numbers, or stop these mosquitoes transmitting the pathogens that make people ill. This episode features: Dr Hellen Barsosio - Clinical Research Scientist and section Head Maternal and New-born Health Studies, Malaria Program, KEMRI-CGHR Over the past 11 years, Hellen has been investigating risk factors, tools and interventions to prevent adverse birth outcomes, and more recently research on preventing malaria in pregnancy as one of the causes of adverse birth outcomes in malaria endemic areas. She trained in Kenya as a medical doctor, and did her post-graduate studies at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and University of Oxford. She is in the final year of her PhD at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine under the department of Clinical Science where her PhD work focuses on new drugs to prevent malaria in pregnancy. Dr Tony Nolan - Reader in Insect Genetics and Research Group Leader, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Tony has led the development of genetic tools to better understand the biology of mosquitoes that transmit malaria. This has led to the development of genetic approaches to control mosquito populations, in order to decrease the amount of malaria transmission. Tony is also using some of these genetic tools to understand how insecticides work and, in particular, how mosquitoes can evolve resistance to insecticides. Dr Grant Hughes - Reader and Royal Society Wolfson Fellow, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Grant has been investigating the use of microbes to control mosquito-borne diseases for over 15 years. After undertaking a PhD at the University of Queensland in Australia looking at microbial control of crop pests, Grant moved to the US to complete a post-doctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to examine how a bacteria called Wolbachia infected mosquitoes and interacted with Plasmodium parasites, the parasites that cause Malaria. After further work at Penn State University,...

Connecticut joined every other New England state in logging the warmest January on-record this year. Areas like Bridgeport are seeing record-low seasonal snowfall, while still logging more than five inches of rain according to the National Weather Service. You may have already heard unusual bird calls, or noticed your crocuses have cropped up early. Still, there have been two arctic blasts between these unseasonable temperatures, and another "cool-down" expected ahead. So how are these fluctuations affecting the local ecology? Forest ecologist Dr. Susanna Kerio touches on the critical role trees play, and DEEP wildlife biologist Jenny Dickson discusses how a wide variety of animals are affected. Plus, a warning from the state's main tick-tracking center and an update from the Connecticut Audubon Society. How has the unseasonable warmth affected wildlife where you live? GUESTS: Dr. Susanna Kerio: Forest Ecologist, Dept. of Environmental Science and Forestry at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Jenny Dickson: Wildlife Division Director, Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection Dr. Goudarz Molaei: Research Scientist, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station; Director of the Tick and Tick-borne Diseases Surveillance Program, Center for Vector Biology and Zoonotic Diseases Tom Anderson: Director of Communications and Community Outreach, Connecticut Audubon Society Where We Live is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode! Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ONEHEALTH NJ #lanternfly #invasiveinsects #GenZ #microplastics #cigarettebutts #cigarettefilters #ONEHEALTH ** CONVERSATIONS WITH CALVIN WE THE SPECIES ONE HEALTH NJ (interdependence of people, animals, plants and the environment) First Panel discussion (Thurs Oct 27th) (available on YouTube ‘Conversations with Calvin We the Species' and audio on Spotify, Google and Anchor) ** YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgLr9enEhK8&t=1047s ** Spotted Lanternfly, invasive insects, blemished fruit, microplastics and cigarette butts, Students (GenZ) perspectives as undergraduates & OneHealth ** Speakers: Dr. Gloria Bachmann, MD, OBGYN, Dir Women's Health Institute, Rutgers RWJ Med School; Dr Dina Fonseca, Prof, Dir Center for Vector Biology at Rutgers University; Dr Anne Nielsen, Assoc Extension Specialist in Entomology; Elena Cromeyer, PhD candidate Public Health, Rutgers School of Public Health, Epidemiology Lecturer; Likhitha P., Presidential Scholar at Rutgers Honors College. Incoming MD Candidate at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Yashi S., Honors Student Rutgers School of Communication & Information. Host: Calvin Schwartz, novelist, journalist, broadcaster, Rutgers lecturer, podcaster. ** CONVERSATIONS WITH CALVIN WE THE SPECIES https://www.youtube.com/c/ConversationswithCalvinWetheSpecIEs 187 Interviews. GLOBAL Reach. Earth Life. Amazing People. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE (You can almost find any subject you want) ONE HEALTH DEFINITON NJ became first state to legislate a “One Health Task Force,” which promotes communication between state agencies and scientists who study human health, animal health and the earth sciences. The law is based on Rutgers One Health Steering Committee, which was started in 2016 by Gloria Bachmann, director of Women's Health Institute at Rutgers RWJ Medical School, Amy Papi, a volunteer at Women's Health Institute and Sona Jasani, an instructor at the Rutgers RWJ Medical School. One Health is a holistic, interdisciplinary approach that recognizes the interdependence of people, animals, plants, and the environment. It is a collaborative approach that explicitly unites experts from across a wide spectrum of disciplines—doctors, veterinarians, public health officials, and ecologists and other environmental scientists—to advance the goal of optimal health outcomes, such as preventing the emergence and spread of diseases from animals to people. A collaborative, multisectoral, and transdisciplinary approach—working at the local, regional, national, and global levels—with the goal of achieving optimal health outcomes recognizing the interconnection between people, animals, plants, and their shared environment.

#womenshealth #ONEHEALTH #Rutgers #OBGYN #earthscience #animalhealth CONVERSATIONS WITH CALVIN WE THE SPECIES NEW: GLORIA BACHMANN MD, RWJMS Prof OB GYN, Dir, Women's Health Institute Rutgers RWJ Med School; ONE HEALTH (NJ 1st State to legislate) Human Health, Animal Health, Earth Sciences. ONE HEALTH = FUTURE THINK YouTube: 161 Interviews. GLOBAL #womenshealth #ONEHEALTH #Rutgers #OBGYN #earthscience #animalhealth PLEASE SUBSCRIBE (You'll find ‘almost' any subject interview) https://www.youtube.com/c/ConversationswithCalvinWetheSpecIEs ** CONTACT: WOMEN'S HEALTH INSTITUTE(WHI) https://rwjms.rutgers.edu/institutes/womens-health-institute/contact-us ** DR BACHMANN BIO: A leading expert in Obstetrics & Gynecology, Gloria Bachmann MD, MMS, RWJMS Pro of Obstetrics & Gynecology & Associate Dean for Women Health: a recognized leader clinically, academically and scientifically on international, national, state-wide & community-wide basis. As a Rutgers faculty member respected for her many contributions to all of the missions of Rutgers, she was elected by her peers to serve on Rutgers Univ Senate, and by Senate members to serve on Rutgers Univ Senate Executive Committee. She is also Chair of the RWJMS Bylaws Committee & an active member of RWJMS A&P Committee and Research Committee. At RWJUH-NB, in addition to being Medical Director of the PROUD Gender Center of NJ, she is the gynecologist for Executive Health Program. ONE HEALTH (FUTURE THINK): https://www.rutgers.edu/news/rutgers-inspires-establishment-new-jersey-one-health-task-force NJ became first state to legislate a “One Health Task Force,” which promotes communication between state agencies and scientists who study human health, animal health and the earth sciences. The law is based on Rutgers One Health Steering Committee, which was started in 2016 by Gloria Bachmann, director of Women's Health Institute at Rutgers RWJ Medical School, Amy Papi, a volunteer at Women's Health Institute and Sona Jasani, an instructor at the Rutgers RWJ Medical School. Dr. Bachmann and NJ One Health steering committee member Dr. Dina Fonseca, director of the Rutgers Center for Vector Biology, discuss Rutgers' role in establishing this state Task Force and how the One Health initiative will address emerging diseases. What is the One Health initiative? Bachmann: “One Health, which recognizes that human health is connected to the health of animals and the environment, is a global concept promulgated by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. However, NJ is first state to sign legislation creating a One Health Task Force to prevent, monitor and control zoonotic and environmental public health threats” The NJ One Health Task Force will create channels of communication between human, animal and environment health professionals, scientists and state officials. ** AUDIO: SPOTIFY http://spoti.fi/3bMYVYW GOOGLE PODCASTS http://bit.ly/38yH3yP PLEASE SUBSCRIBE (You'll find ‘almost' any subject interview) #infertility #filmmaking #nutrition #womenshealth #climatechange #singersongwriter #comedy #adoption #dyslexia #bullying ** CLIMATE UPDATE: Latest IPCC climate change report finds 'irreversible' impact of global warming IT'S N0W OR NEVER: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its second chapter on the impact of climate change. Many of the impacts of global warming are now simply "irreversible," the UN's latest assessment found. ** CLIMATE OPTIMISTS (Everything NOT fine) Panel: YOUTH and CLIMATE CHANGE and Beyond. Sat. June 4 2022 YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gfrjdV9t

In this week's episode we focus on climate change and its impacts on malaria specifically. Our guests Remy Hoek Spaans from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Clinton Nkolokhosa from the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme (MLW) will be discussing the effect of floods in Malawi created by extreme weather events and their impact on malaria. Our guests talk about:   partnerships with local sugar producers who help to ensure accurate and timely data for factors such as soil permeability, rainfall, temperatures  how climate knowledge combined with local knowledge can help predict patterns of disease transmission and keep track of flooding and its impacts  the use of open access tools and humanitarian data to inform decision making and stimulate positive change for vulnerable communities and those affected by climate change  plans to develop online intuitive tools to share knowledge and co-develop mitigation strategies to disease risk from climate change  Remy Hoek Spaans  PhD candidate, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine  I am currently working on malaria epidemiology in Malawi, with a focus on environmental and climatological drivers. My most recent project, for which field work has just been completed, will look at the impact of flooding on malaria epidemiology.  One of the first noticeable effects of climate change will be an increase in extreme weather events. In March 2019, Cyclone Idai had a devastating impact on the population of southern Malawi. I would like to understand how the spatial distribution of malaria cases has changed in response to the floods in an agricultural landscape. I have access to routinely collected daily health records and satellite imagery to investigate this at a fine scale. With an increase in extreme weather events in the future, it is crucial to learn how this will affect malaria transmission, to build resilient health systems.  https://rstmh.org/about-us/who-we-are/student-ambassadors/remy-hoek-spaans (https://rstmh.org/about-us/who-we-are/student-ambassadors/remy-hoek-spaans)  https://twitter.com/remyhs?lang=en (https://twitter.com/remyhs?lang=en)  https://rstmh.org/news-blog/blogs/world-malaria-day-early-career-grant-research-into-malaria (https://rstmh.org/news-blog/blogs/world-malaria-day-early-career-grant-research-into-malaria)  https://www.linkedin.com/in/remyhoekspaans/?originalSubdomain=nl (https://www.linkedin.com/in/remyhoekspaans/?originalSubdomain=nl)  Mr Clinton Nkolokosa  Masters fellow, Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme (MLW) Clinton Nkolokosa is a MSc Fellow within the Vector Biology group at Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome, Blantyre Malawi.  Clinton's current project which is being funded by the Wellcome Trust, is titled Measuring the impact of past, present and future environmental changes on schistosomiasis transmission in southern Malawi. Overall, his work is focuses on advanced spatial analysis in environmental and health, and in the intersection of these research areas. This includes the application of remote sensing in crisis mapping and predictive environmental modelling to uncover snail-schistosome distribution and dry season malaria transmission in a changing climate. His particular focus is using cutting-edge geospatial statistical tools to help improve capacity for prevention, preparedness and response to public health, climate and environmental risks.  - https://www.mlw.mw/student-profiles/clinton-nkolokosa-pre-msc-intern-junior-researcher/ (https://www.mlw.mw/student-profiles/clinton-nkolokosa-pre-msc-intern-junior-researcher/)   - Environmental drivers of malaria transmission in Kasungu (https://rpubs.com/Clinty/786191 (https://rpubs.com/Clinty/786191))    - Impacts of climate-related disasters such as floods in lower Shire (https://arcg.is/1K5jrX0 (https://arcg.is/1K5jrX0)

Warmer winters in Connecticut are helping to welcome invasive ticks, and the diseases they can carry. Nearly half of the ticks in Connecticut are carrying one pathogen, according to Dr. Goudarz Molaei, head of the state's tick surveillance program; and at least three invasive tick species are being tracked. Mary Beth Pfeiffer joins to touch more on the link between climate change and the spread of ticks. Plus, diagnosing tick-borne diseases is tough enough, but Chronic author Dr. Steven Phillips points out some medical myths and misnomers making it harder. What can help us better prevent, and treat, vector-borne illnesses? GUESTS: Dr. Steven Phillips: Physician; Author, Chronic: The Hidden Cause of the Autoimmune Pandemic and How to Get Healthy Again Mary Beth Pfeiffer: Investigative Journalist; Author, Lyme: The First Epidemic of Climate Change Dr. Goudarz Molaei: Research Scientist, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Center; Director of the Tick and Tick-borne Diseases Surveillance Program, Center for Vector Biology and Zoonotic Diseases Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What is it like to work in both a university and government setting, and what is some current research in the fight against the citrus disease huanglongbing? Dr. Michelle Heck, a Research Molecular Biologist at the Boyce Thomson Institute and USDA Agricultural Research Service, discusses parallels between the COVID-19 pandemic and the spread of huanglongbing, tips on mentoring students, and endurance cycling. Follow Michelle on Twitter @Michelle_Heck1! Learn more about the students producing this podcast and their science communication efforts by following us on Twitter @SciCommUCR and visiting our website.

POLICY SEMINAR CGIAR COVID-19 Hub Seminar: COVID-19 and Implications for One Health Research Co-Organized by CGIAR COVID-19 Hub and IFPRI MAY 4, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT The connections between human, animal, and environmental health have never been more evident than during the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the CGIAR COVID-19 Hub, researchers are using integrated modeling to provide policy recommendations and address urgent issues on the role of agriculture in spreading zoonoses and how we can avoid future crossover events. This seminar will explore what a One Health approach means for food systems and the agricultural sector, what lessons can be learned from the current pandemic, and how risks, benefits, and consequences can be identified and assessed moving forward. Welcome and Introduction Ekaterina Krivonos, Deputy Director, Programs, CGIAR System Organization and co-Chair, CGIAR COVID-19 Hub Speaker John McDermott, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) and co-Chair, CGIAR COVID-19 Hub Panel Moderator Jeff Waage, Professor of International Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) Panelists Bassirou Bonfoh, Director Afrique One-ASPIRE at Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire (CSRS) Nitish Debnath, Team Lead, Fleming Fund Country Grant, Bangladesh, DAI Vipat Kuruchittham, Executive Director, Southeast Asia One Health University Network Phuong Vu Thi, Vietnam One Health partnership coordinator, International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Alan Tollervey, Head of Agricultural Research, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Presenters Elizabeth Cook, Epidemiology Scientist, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Amy Ickowitz, Team Leader, Sustainable Landscapes & Livelihoods, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Kimberly Fornace, Assistant Professor, The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) Hu Suk Lee, Veterinary Epidemiologist Scientist, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Jo Lines, Professor of Malaria Control and Vector Biology, The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) Samuel Oyola, Genomics Molecular Biologist, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Steve Staal, Editor, Global Food Security, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Moderator Janet Hodur, Senior Communications Specialist, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) LINKS: CGIAR: https://www.cgiar.org/ CGIAR COVID-19 Hub: https://a4nh.cgiar.org/covidhub/ More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/cgiar-covid-19-hub-seminar-covid-19-and-implications-one-health-research Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

It’s tick season, and those little buggers are biting with a vengeance this year. For many, ticks and other outdoor pests can put a damper on our favorite outdoor summer activities. It’s important to follow safety precautions to avoid these unwelcome guests on your summer adventures. Jim Occi, PhD graduate student in Entomology at Rutgers University, sits down with Bob Bostock to tell us more about these pesky pests. To learn more about how DEP deals with mosquitoes, please visit http://www.nj.gov/dep/mosquito/ To learn more about Rutgers’ Center for Vector Biology, please visit http://vectorbio.rutgers.edu/ To view Jim Occi’s website and tick photography, please visit http://jimocci.photoshelter.com/gallery/Ticks-of-the-World/G0000SbPGLWQHnPU/

Part 2. UC San Francisco hosted a symposium about the preparedness for the Zika virus on March 7, 2016. The event brought together researchers from UCSF, UC Berkeley, UC Davis and Stanford University as well as public health officials. Topics include epidemiology and prevention, basic science of the Zika virus, vector biology and control, clinical management, and policy. [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 30698]

Part 2. UC San Francisco hosted a symposium about the preparedness for the Zika virus on March 7, 2016. The event brought together researchers from UCSF, UC Berkeley, UC Davis and Stanford University as well as public health officials. Topics include epidemiology and prevention, basic science of the Zika virus, vector biology and control, clinical management, and policy. [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 30698]

Part 1. UC San Francisco hosted a symposium about the preparedness for the Zika virus on March 7, 2016. The event brought together researchers from UCSF, UC Berkeley, UC Davis and Stanford University as well as public health officials. Topics include epidemiology and prevention, basic science of the Zika virus, vector biology and control, clinical management, and policy. [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 30677]

Part 1. UC San Francisco hosted a symposium about the preparedness for the Zika virus on March 7, 2016. The event brought together researchers from UCSF, UC Berkeley, UC Davis and Stanford University as well as public health officials. Topics include epidemiology and prevention, basic science of the Zika virus, vector biology and control, clinical management, and policy. [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 30677]