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Michael Volk
Research Associate Professor
Michael Volk’s work is focused on a variety of topics related to climate change and resilient design.
mikevolk@ufl.edu
352-294-1494
Regional Conservation Planning
Adaptive Planning and Design
Landscape Architecture
Adaptive Conservation
Cultural Landscapes
Michael von Fricken
Associate Professor/Director
Michael von Fricken focuses on vector-borne disease surveillance, control, and pathogen discovery.
mvonf@ufl.edu
352-273-5245
Global Health Security
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Vector-Borne Diseases
One Health
Epidemiology
Jason von Meding
Associate Professor
Jason von Meding is an expert in how disaster affects people.
jason.vonmeding@ufl.edu
352-294-3374
Disaster and Public Health Preparedness
Natural Disaster Assessment
Disaster Risk Reduction
Disaster Management
Sustainability
Heather Vrana
Associate Professor
Heather Vrana's research explores student and social movements, Central America, disability and history of medicine and nationalisms.
hvrana@ufl.edu
352-272-5235
Youth and Childhood
Social and Student Movements
Latin American Studies
Disability
Frank Waddell
Assistant Professor
Frank Waddell's research interests are at the intersection of new technology and online storytelling.
frank.waddell@ufl.edu
Artificial Intelligence
Media Violence
Media Effects
Online News
Fake News
Jeremy Waisome
Assistant Professor
Jeremy Waisome researches critical mentorship and self-efficacy in engineering education and broadening participation in STEM+C.
jwaisome@eng.ufl.edu
352-294-3637
Problem-Solving
Self-Efficacy
Mentorship
Broadening Participation
Heather Walden
Associate Professor
Heather Walden works with zoonotic and non-zoonotic parasites of exotic and domestic hosts focusing on classical and molecular parasitology.
hdstockdale@ufl.edu
352-294-4125
Diagnostic Parasitology
Invasive Parasites
Parasitology
Rat Lungworm
Reptile Parasites
Robert Walker
Professor
Robert Walker is a human geographer with training in statistics and economics who studies land cover change processes.
roberttwalker@ufl.edu
352-392-0494
Land Change
The Amazon
Latin American Studies
Land Use Change Modeling
Geospatial Analysis and Techniques
Shannon Wallet
Professor/Chair
Shannon Wallet focuses on mechanisms associated with altered innate immune functions which lead to dysregulated adaptive immunity.
swallet@dental.ufl.edu
352-273-8858
Burn and Inhalation Injury
Mechanisms Associated with Altered Immune Functions
Oral Biology
Periodontal diseases
Pulmonary Mucosal Immunology
Kim Walsh-Childers
Professor/Chair
Kim Walsh-Childers' research focuses include news coverage of health issues and mass media effects on individual health and health policy.
kwchilders@jou.ufl.edu
352-392-3924
Science Communication
Health Communication
Ethics
Editing
Professional Responsibility
