News and Events
Annual Research Symposium 2023 — April 7
April 7 is celebrated annually as World Health Day and this year we also celebrate the 75th anniversary of the United Nations (UN) Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The UN's 75th anniversary is an important year for all people worldwide because it reminds us that human rights, including peace, dignity and equality on a healthy planet, should be universally protected and recognized.
Each year the goal is to draw attention to a specific health topic of concern to people all over the world.
We will be featuring keynote speaker Dr. Alfred Roca from the University of Illinois, Department of Animal Sciences. He will present "Koalas, deer and dairy: how pathogens shape host genomes." Dr. Roca’s research interests include population and conservation genetics of mammals, the role of pathogens in shaping the genomes of humans, and of wild and domesticated mammals.
Schedule
- 10:30-11:30 a.m. — Keynote presentation by Dr. Al Roca in the Administration Auditorium
- 12:30-1:30 p.m. — Student, staff and postdoc lunch with Al Roca (Please email chhe@uidaho.edu if interested)
- 4-7 p.m. — Research presentations in the IRIC Atrium
We will feature presentations from IHHE scholarship award winners along with current research of all IHHE faculty and their trainees.
- June 13, 2022, UI Expects new global-disease major to grow, Capital Press (Brad Carlson)
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- Borowiec, M. L., Dikow, R. B., Frandsen, P. B., McKeeken, A., Valentini, G., & White, A. E. (2022). Deep learning as a tool for ecology and evolution. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 00: 1– 21. Doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13901.
- Eigenbrode, S. D., Gomulkiewicz, R. (2022). Manipulation of vector host preference by pathogens: implications for virus spread and disease management. Journal of Economic Entomology, 115 (2): 387–400. Doi.org/10.1093/jee/toab261.
- Osbron, C. A. & Goodman, A. G. (2022). To die or not to die: programmed cell death responses and their interactions with Coxiella burnetii infection. Molecular Microbiology, 117: 717– 736. Doi:org/10.1111/mmi.14878.
- Céspedes, N., Donnelly, E.L., Lowder, C., Hansten, G., Wagers, D., Briggs, A.M., Schauer, J., Haapanen, L., Åbrink, M., Van de Water, J., Luckhart, S. (2022). Mast cell chymase/Mcpt4 suppresses the host immune response to Plasmodium yoelii, limits malaria-associated disruption of intestinal barrier integrity and reduces parasite transmission to Anopheles stephensi. Frontiers in Immunology, 27: 801120. Doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.801120.
- Sangjan, W., Marzougui, A., Mattinson, D.S., Schroeder, B.K., Bates, A.A., Khot, L.R., Sankaran, S. (2022). Identification of volatile biomarkers for high throughput sensing of soft rot and Pythium leak diseases in stored potatoes. Food Chemistry,15: 130910. Doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.130910.
- Tran, L. T., Green, K. J., Rodriguez-Rodriguez, M., Orellana, G. E., Funke, C. N., Nikolaeva, O. V., Quintero-Ferrer, A., Chikh-Ali, M., Woodell, L., Olsen, N., Karasev, A. V. (2022). Prevalence of recombinant strains of potato virus Y in seed potato planted in Idaho and Washington states between 2011 and 2021. Plant Disease, 106(3): 810-817. Doi: org/10.1094/PDIS-08-21-1852-SR.
- Bartowitz, K. J., Walsh, E. S., Stenzel, J. E., Kolden, C. A., Hudiburg, T. (2022). Forest carbon emission sources are not equal: putting fire, harvest, and fossil fuel emissions in context. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 77: 1-11. Doi: org/10.3389/ffgc.2022.867112.
- Sparks, A. M., Smith, A. M. (2022). Accuracy of a LiDAR-based individual tree detection and attribute measurement algorithm developed to inform forest products supply chain and resource management. Forests, 13: 1-3. Doi: org/10.3390/f13010003.
- Woodhall, J.W., Brown, L., Harrington, M., Murdock, M.R., Pizolotto, C.A., Wharton, P.S., Duellman, K. M. (2022). Anastomosis groups of Rhizoctonia solani and binucleate Rhizoctonia associated with potatoes in Idaho. Plant Disease, In Press. Doi: 10.1094/PDIS-12-21-2683-RE.
- Scoles, G.A., Hussein, H.E., Olds, C.L. et al. (2022). Vaccination of cattle with synthetic peptides corresponding to predicted extracellular domains of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus aquaporin 2 reduced the number of ticks feeding to repletion. Parasites Vectors, 15 (49): 1-16.Doi.org/10.1186/s13071-022-05166-1.
- Erdogan, H.K., Cruzado-Gutierrez, K., Stevens, G.N., Shapiro-Ilan, D.I., Kaplan, F., Alborn, H.T., Lewis, E. E. (2021). Nematodes follow a leader. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9: 1- 9. Doi:10.3389/fevo.2021.740351.
- Nikoukar, A., Ensafi, P., Lewis, E. E, Crowder, D. W., Rashed, A. (2021). Efficacy of naturally occurring and commercial entomopathogenic nematodes Against sugar beet wireworm (Coleoptera: Elateridae), Journal of Economic Entomology, 114 (5): 2241–2244. Doi: org/10.1093/jee/toab140.
- Dahan, J., Wenninger, E. J., Thornton, M., Reyes-Corral, C. A., Olsen, N., Karasev, A. V. (2021). Haplotyping the potato Psyllid (Hemiptera: Triozidae) and the associated pathogenic bacterium ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ in non-crop alternative hosts in southern Idaho, Environmental Entomology, 50 (2):382–389. Doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvaa179.
Current News Headlines
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Research and Travel Awards Announced for 2023
Students and postdocs at the University of Idaho received awards to help them participate in research and travel to scientific meetings in 2023.
Conferences and Events
- Institute for Health in the Human Ecosystem Annual Research Symposium, April 7, 2023
- Institute for Health in the Human Ecosystem World Malaria Day Event, April 25, 2023
- Fifth Annual Biology of Vector-borne Diseases course to be held June 12-17, 2023