Chemical ecologist to discuss battle against mosquito-borne illness in Kenya, March 7
On Thurs. March 7, Baldwyn Torto, a chemical ecologist at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) in Nairobi, Kenya will be discussing the One Health impacts of his work combating Rift Valley Fever, a mosquito-borne virus that can affect both domestic livestock and humans. The lecture, titled “Reducing the Devastating Effects of Rift Valley Fever in Kenya,” begins at 11:00 a.m. in Room 175 of the Coverdell Center.
Baldwyn Torto, Ph.D. has served as principal scientist and head of the Behavioural and Chemical Ecology Department at ICIPE since 2007. He obtained his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Ghana in 1988, then traveling to the University of Maine, Orono, USA for postdoctoral research in 1989. He initially worked at ICIPE from 1991–1999 before departing in 2000 to Rothamsted Research, UK, as an Rothamsted International Fellow. From 2001–2006, Torto was a Visiting Research Chemist at the United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, FL. Today, he carries out research and advises ICIPE postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows in chemical ecology.
The One Health @ UGA Lectures Series aims to highlight efforts at UGA and the Southeast focused on interdisciplinary teaching and learning, research, and outreach at the nexus of human, animal and ecological health. It is supported by the BHSI Division of One Health.
Upcoming One Health @ UGA Lectures for Spring Semester:
Wed. April 17, 2013
Title TBA
Sonia Hernandez, DVM, PhD
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources & Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, University of Georgia
March 21-23, 2013
2013 One Health Symposium @ UGA: Breaking Barriers and Crossing Scales
The University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education and Conference Center, Athens, Georgia
Purpose: This three-day event brings together national and international disease ecology experts with the purpose of sharing the latest research at the nexus of human, animal and environmental health.