Climate change and health: Microbial threats and microbial solutions (part 2)

Sandra McLellan, PhD

Distinguished Professor, Lynde B. Uihlein Professor in Ecosystem Health, School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 

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Introduced by Alex Song.

Sandra McLellan’s research program studies the human health relevance of microorganisms that flux between the primary habitat of human hosts and environmental reservoirs, including the unique habitat of urban water infrastructure. Her research includes quantifying the influence of climate change and other stressors on pathogen release from sewer systems into rivers, lakes, and estuaries.

Elizabeth Carlton, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Colorado Anschutz

Introduced by Dianna Kitt.

Elizabeth Carlton studies how infectious diseases spread, why, at times, they persist despite control efforts, and how climate change alters infectious disease patterns. Her research includes studies of the neglected tropical disease, schistosomiasis, diarrheal diseases and SARS-CoV-2.

Britt Koskella, PhD

Associate Professor of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley

Introduced by Renisha Karki.

Britt Koskella is an evolutionary ecologist interested in how species interactions influence genetic diversity within populations, diversity between populations, and species diversity at the community level. Work in my lab applies theory from coevolution, population genetics, microbial ecology and infectious disease to understand and predict host-associated microbial interactions.