Liberal Arts and Sciences
Spatial Epidemiology and Ecology Research Laboratory (SEER Lab)
Led by Jason Blackburn · Geography
What we study
The lab uses maps, satellite data and statistics to study where and why animal-borne diseases such as anthrax, brucellosis, plague and tularemia occur. It works with field and clinical partners in places including Kazakhstan, Vietnam, Kenya and Ghana.
What working here is like
- Computational
- Fieldwork
- Wild animals
- Coding helps
- Projects
- 2
Current projects
Anthrax ecology and risk mapping
Maps where anthrax outbreaks happen and what environmental conditions drive them.
Bacterial zoonoses in Eurasia and Africa
Studies brucellosis, plague and tularemia across several countries with local partners.
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