Submitted by the MVCAC VVBD Committee
Free Webinar Translating Science: Communicating Medical Entomology to Diverse Audiences
August 15, 10:30 am Central Time
Explore how current medical entomologists from a wide array of professional sectors communicate their research and operations to the public and other stakeholders. The goal of this webinar will be to give trainees insight into how entomological science and its applications are communicated effectively to various audiences and how to start becoming an effective communicator while in the midst of graduate studies.
Panelists:
Krystal Birungi, BS Entomologist, Research and Outreach Associate, Target Malaria, London, England, United Kingdom
Molly Duman Scheel, PhD ASTMH Member, Navari Family Professor, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame Eck Institute for Global Health, South Bend, Indiana, United States
Sarah Michaels, PhD, MSPH ASTMH Member, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Tropical Medicine & Infectious Disease, Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Maria Luísa Simões, PhD ASTMH Member, Associate Professor, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Ryan Smith, PhD ASTMH Member, Associate Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States
Chairs:
- Emre Aksoy, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Max McClure, MD, MS ASTMH Post-Doc Member, Infectious Diseases Fellow, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
- Olayinka M. Olajiga, Bsc, MSc ASTMH Student Member, PhD Student, Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- Akilah Stewart, PhD ASTMH Post-Doc Member, Postdoctoral Fellow, Indiana University School of Medicine, South Bend, Indiana, United States
- Donald Ward, MSPH ASTMH Student Member, PhD Candidate, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States
This webinar will be recorded and later available to ASTMH members on GOTropMEd. Questions? Contact Buffy Finn, Membership, Subgroups and Courses Manager.