James Hassell

📣 We’re hiring! 2-yr postdoc at Smithsonian’s NZCBI on an NSF-funded project with partners incl. Glasgow, RVC, Uganda MOH, Cary Institute. Focus: land use change, rodent movement, human-rodent contact, modeling disease risk, w/ plenty of fieldwork in Uganda. Details: tinyurl.com/SINSFR

26.04.2025 10:05 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

A framework for ecologically and socially informed risk reduction before and after outbreaks of wildlife-borne zoonoses Despite increasing emphasis being placed on the inclusion of upstream ecological and social perspectives for zoonotic disease control, few guidelines …

Output of a collaborative project led by the Smithsonian and funded by @tidescommunity.bsky.social

A framework for ecologically and socially informed risk reduction before and after outbreaks of wildlife-borne zoonoses

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@ilri.org @livuni-ives.bsky.social

22.01.2025 05:04 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1

Just out: A framework for managing infectious diseases in rural areas in low- and middle-income countries in the face of climate change—East Africa as a case study

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@ilri.org @livuni-ives.bsky.social @jameshassell.bsky.social @pasteur.fr and others

31.01.2025 06:55 — 👍 4    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

A diagram showing that disease risk emerges from hazard, exposure, and vulnerability, with six steps to action: strengthening stakeholder knowledge, conducting research, improving surveillance, reducing exposure, improving health and health systems, and building climate-health capacity

NEW! 🌍🌡️ A really cool collaboration led by Katie Worsley-Tonks exploring how to manage shifting infectious disease risks in low-resource settings, with a focus on east Africa (because yes, we still have to do research on climate change and health... imagine that) 🧪😷 journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

30.01.2025 21:19 — 👍 32    🔁 12    💬 1    📌 0

😂 @colincarlson.bsky.social let's make that a 2025 objective!

31.01.2025 10:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hutchinson Fellow Applications | EFH

3 postdoc positions @Yale with Ecosystems, Finance & Health to examine:

🦠 integrated solutions for diseases driven by climate/environmental change,
🏔️ conditions under which solutions can be scaled,
🏛️ impacts on financial decision-making for sustainable development.

More details tinyurl.com/efhh1

21.01.2025 10:42 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

❗3 year postdoc - deadline Feb 9th. Please get in touch with any questions

14.01.2025 07:17 — 👍 10    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0