Experts Guide

Jasob's pioneering work combines artificial intelligence and geographic data to improve public health, including a patented smartphone app developed at USF. His research has helped improve long-standing mosquito and other disease-carrying pest control programs across several African countries by using environmental and health data to guide decisions.

Ramírez-González is a biologist who researches tropical and vector-borne diseases, including Chagas, Dengue and West Nile virus, and foodborne parasitic diseases such as Cyclospora, Giardia and Cryptosporidium. He is studying the presence of Chagas disease in Florida, where infected kissing bugs have been discovered in more than 20 counties and are carriers of an underrecognized disease that can lead to chronic heart damage if left undiagnosed. He is available for English- and Spanish-language interviews.

Miley researches vector-borne and respiratory pathogens that are biosafety level 3 select agents such as Eastern equine encephalitis and highly pathogenic avian influenza. She works with mosquito-borne illnesses including EEE, West Nile and dengue viruses, along with the vector-borne parasitic disease onchocerciasis, commonly known as "river blindness," which is transmitted through black fly bites and is prevalent in Africa and Latin America.

Unnasch can discuss emerging infectious diseases, vector-borne diseases, neglected tropical diseases, bioterrorism and parasitic infections.