Biography
Dr. Brian Byrd is a Professor in the Environmental Health Sciences program, College
of Health and Human Sciences, 蘑菇短视频. He received a Bachelor鈥檚
degree (Biology) from the University of North Carolina at Asheville, a Master鈥檚 of
Science in Public Health Parasitology, and his Doctorate (PhD) from the Tulane University
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana. During his
studies at Tulane he was a pre鈥恉octoral fellow in a CDC funded training program in
vector鈥恇orne infectious diseases.<br><br>Currently, Dr. Byrd teaches courses such
as Principles of Epidemiology, Medical Entomology, First Year Studies: Virus Hunters
(Learning Community), and Global Health. His research focuses on domestic mosquito鈥恇orne
diseases, specifically La Crosse encephalitis, the ecology of invasive mosquitoes
and ticks, and the molecular identification of arthropod vectors. He also maintains
an active undergraduate research program where his students have been nationally recognized.
He has authored or co鈥恆uthored peer reviewed manuscripts in discipline related journals
and is an active member of a number of professional organizations including the Society
for Vector Ecology and the American Mosquito Control Association. He serves on the
Editorial Board for the Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. Dr.
Byrd is also a member of the American College of Epidemiology.
Teaching Interests
Medical Entomology<br><br>Epidemiology<br><br>First Year Seminar: Virus Hunters Learning
Community<br><br>Global Health
Research Interests
Include the ecology and epidemiology of domestic vector-borne infectious diseases,
invasive mosquito and tick species, and the utility of molecular markers for discriminating
closely related or cryptic mosquito species<br><br>Dr. Byrd's Publications:<br>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/brian.byrd.1/bibliography/public/
