Meredith VanAcker
@merevanack
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Disease Ecologist | Assistant Professor @UCRiverside
Riverside, CA
Joined March 2016
Call for applications!📣 I'm recruiting for a Movement Ecology PostDoc at University of California, Riverside to analyze urban deer movement and pathogen transmission dynamics! 🦠🦌See the full description on the website below and how to apply by Aug. 1st. Please RT!
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Thank you @peterstaley for this supportive opinion piece and for advocating for the decades of pandemic prevention work we have led at @EcoHealthNYC. https://t.co/GW8uwn7EBt via @statnews
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It scares me — and should scare you — that conspiracy theorists are winning the fight to debar EcoHealth Alliance. That would make the U.S. less prepared for the next pandemic.
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Which wild animals carry the COVID-19 virus? An ambitious U.S. project aims to find out | Science | AAAS
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Scientists test bighorn sheep, bears, moose, rats, and dozens of other species to track how SARS-CoV-2 moves between humans and wildlife
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I’m still accepting applications for this PhD on bat virus dynamics in Neotropical bats until end of April. Please RT!
i'm recruiting for a new PhD student at @UofOklahoma to conduct field and theoretical studies of bat virus dynamics, focused on molossids in Belize! see below and our lab website for more information and how to apply: https://t.co/X4QtYdFQO7
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I'm thrilled for this project to fill gaps on marabou storks' movement ecology in E. Africa. This 🦤 bird👇already completed an incredible roundtrip journey from Nairobi 🇰🇪 to western Somalia🇸🇴! A big thanks to collaborators and @WaterbirdSociet funding for making this possible!
From trash to treasure: we’ve just launched a new tracking initiative to understand how urban dump sites impact the movements of Africa’s avian giants 🛰️🙌 #TrashTalk #MarabouStorks
@NationalZoo @MuseumsofKenya @IridiumComm @birdofpreytrust
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📢 The Call for Applications for our 2024 Early Career Fellowships is now OPEN! If you're a woman scientist in a developing country, don't miss this opportunity for funding that lets you do your own research, without leaving home. All info @ https://t.co/ltsjopjgNl
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JOB on my team Scientific technician studying torrent/giant salamanders, tailed frogs, toads, and mussels in Washington's Chehalis Basin Pretty spots and good people! $3,376 - 4,497/mo https://t.co/jvV4Y0T3Mj
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Feels bittersweet tbh. Many on frontlines fought for a loss and damage fund for years, even when told it was impossible, bc it’s an existential issue. Now that it’s here, it means devastation and injustice of climate crisis has reached a point where no one can ignore it. #COP28
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Risky human-wildlife interfaces are critical to characterize to understand transmission dynamics for many different zoonoses, stay tuned for future research on this theme. Thank you to my co-authors including @NYCParks, @diukwasserlab, @fondazionemach! 5/end
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Through dispersal kernel simulations, we displayed the future probability of vector dispersal at human interfaces informed by deer movement and habitat selection. 4/
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We investigated whether deer habitat selection predicted the presence of blacklegged ticks in residential yards - increasing zoonotic risk at human interfaces. 3/
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We used white-tailed deer movement data from across 5 years on Staten Island to assess deer’s response to urban development and the relationship between habitat diversity in home ranges with home range size. 2/
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Very excited to publish our work on how New York City deer movement constructs the risk landscape for blacklegged tick exposure in @Ecology_Letters 1/ https://t.co/tWHljhapPG
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The role of host movement in shaping infectious disease dynamics is widely acknowledged but methodological separation between animal movement and disease ecology has prevented researchers from...
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Our very own @KaraniMaurice working with @LivUni_IVES @livuninews and with @ILRI @OHRECA_ILRI has won a prestigious 'International Canine Health Award' from the @TheKennelClubUK for his work on #rabies in Kenya https://t.co/KKxkKIvvAN Congratulations!
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JOB - with me! Be our Pond Diversity Biologist for the next 2-3 years Work w/ amazing city/county, academic, & non-profit partners to study how we can make urban/residential stormwater ponds better habitat for 🐸🦢🐦🐟🦫 $4,117-5,535/month https://t.co/L8KciSZQzz
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I'm delighted to be joining University of Delaware @UDcanr Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences as Assistant Professor of Agroecology in September 2023! Reach out if you are interested in working together on sustainable nutrient cycling in agroecosystems https://t.co/pcQLiRpoRN 🤎🌾
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A HUGE congratulations to @PallaviKache on her successful dissertation defense; she passed with flying colors! The Diuk-Wasser lab is wishing Dr. Kache all the best in her future endeavors!
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The Diuk-Wasser Ecoepidemiology lab is looking for a Postdoc or Associate Research Scientist to work on field research and modeling of socio-ecological determinants of tick-borne disease risks and interventions. Join us! Info: https://t.co/XlWPUqt0Ye
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