Monday, October 1, 2018, 11:30 AM – 1 PM EDT

Thomas Gillespie, Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences and Environmental Health

“The Ecology of Infection: Zoonotic Transmission at the Human-Livestock-Wildlife Interface “

Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences and Environmental Health at Emory University and the Rollins School of Public Health, Thomas has published widely on how and why anthropogenic disturbance of tropical forest alters disease dynamics in resident wildlife and places people and animals in such ecosystems at increased risk of pathogen exchange.  Through his research and conservation activities in Africa and Latin America, he strives to promote human and wildlife health, while simultaneously ensuring the sustainability of the ecosystems within which they live. He was named a Distinguished STAR Fellow of the US Environmental Protection Agency and was recently elected as a Fellow  of the Linnaean Society  for his contributions at the nexus of biodiversity conservation and global health.