The International Association of Ecology and Health (IAEH) and EcoHealth Alliance present a free webinar entitled "Health, Economics and Land Use Change."
DATE: Feb 28, 2017; 1 pm Eastern Time (New York) REGISTER HERE: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/25fdb9147ccb35f8cde7dc3c8da9331e DESCRIPTION: Land-use change is a significant driver of emerging infectious disease. Over 60 percent of emerging infectious diseases over the past six decades have originated in animals, with nearly half of these linked to changes in land-use. This talk highlights the work of the Infectious Disease Emergence and Economics of Altered Landscapes (IDEEAL) project, which uses economic modeling to explore the costs and benefits of land use change, incorporating ecosystem services and disease outbreaks, promotes local research, and builds tools to communicate these results to policy-makers, communities, and private sector organizations. PRESENTER: ALLISON WHITE As an EcoHealth Alliance (EHA) Research Scientist, Allison White focuses on using spatial analysis and other statistical techniques to examine the emergence of infectious diseases. She also works on knowledge translation projects communicating scientific evidence to communities and stakeholders. Prior to her work at EHA, she spent three years in Botswana doing working on community health and HIV&AIDS services at a rural clinic. Allison holds a BA in Public Health Studies from Johns Hopkins University, and an MPH in Global Epidemiology from Emory University. This webinar is at 1 pm Eastern Time (New York) and 12 pm Central time (Chicago). For further time zone conversions, please use the time zone converter at this link: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter-classic.html REGISTER HERE: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/25fdb9147ccb35f8cde7dc3c8da9331e If you have difficulties registering or joining the webinar, please contact Karla Zubrycki at [email protected].
