Impacts of Climate Change on Water & Health (II)

Betsy Foxman, PhD 

Hunein F. and Hilda Maassab Endowed Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Center for Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases (MAC-EPID)

Ayesha Mahmud, PhD

Associate Professor of Demography, University of California, Berkeley

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Dr. Mahmud is a demographer, and is broadly interested in the interplay between human population changes, environmental factors, and infectious disease dynamics. Her research draws on theory and methods from demography and disease ecology, to answer questions such as - why do outbreaks occur at certain times of the year? How and why does the mortality burden of infectious diseases vary over time? How do population travel patterns drive the spatial dynamics of outbreaks? How will global environmental and demographic changes alter the landscape of infectious disease burden in the future? 

Joe Brown, PhD PE

Professor of Environmental Sciences & Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Dr. Brown has broad interests in water and sanitation technologies, environmental health microbiology and the role of infrastructure in protecting public health and well-being. His current research includes the use of fecal waste streams in public health surveillance; the development and application of novel tools to track pathogens in environmental media; and observational and experimental studies to estimate the effects of water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in controlling the transmission of infectious diseases. 

https://waterinstitute.unc.edu/team/brown-joe 

Courtney Murdock

Associate Professor, Entomology, Cornell University

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