Heidi Brown

 

 

Position: PhD Student

Education: M.P.H.,George Washington University; B.S., Virginia Tech 

Current Projects: Heidi is working on environmental predictors of mosquito population dynamics as it relates to vector-borne disease

Publications:

1. Diuk-Wasser, M.A. Brown, H.E., Andreadis, T.G., and Fish, D., "Modeling the spatial distribution of mosquito vectors for West Nile Virus in Connecticut, USA" Vector-borne and Zoonotic Diseases Sep 2006, Vol. 6, No. 3:283-295.


2. Diuk-Wasser, MA, G. Molaei, A. Milkowski, HE Brown, TG Andreadis and D Fish. Habitat determines host-feeding patterns of Culex salinarius, a bridge vector for West Nile virus in CT. 55th Annual Meeting of the Wildlife Disease Association, Storrs, CT. August 6-10, 2006.


3. Brown, HE, MA Diuk-Wasser, TG Andreadis and D Fish. Remotely sensed correlates of mosquito distribution. In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. December 2005. 73 (6 Supplement): 158.


4. Diuk-Wasser, MA, HE Brown, TG Andreadis and D Fish. Spatial prediction of West Nile virus vector abundance in Connecticut, USA. In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. December 2005. 73 (6 Supplement): 306.


5. Brown, H.E., Diuk-Wasser, M.A., Andreadis, T.G., and Fish, D., “Hyperspectral Analysis and Larval Sampling in CT Wetlands” 51st Annual Meeting of the Northeast Mosquito Control Association, Northampton, MA November 28-30, 2005.


6. Brown, H.E., Diuk-Wasser, M.A., Andreadis, T.G., and Fish, D., “Spatial Analysis of Urban Mosquitoes in New Haven, CT” 36th Annual Conference of the Society for Vector Ecology. Boston, MA, September 2004.

Contact Information: (203) 785-2901; heidi.brown@yale.edu