Michael Reddy

Position: Graduate student (PhD, EMD)

Education: M.P.H. Infectious Diseases, University of California, Berkeley; B.S., Environmental Health/ Political Science, University of Washington, Seattle.

From: Madison, Wisconsin

Areas of Interest: Ecological determinants of vector-borne disease emergence and perpetuation, and vector-reservoir interactions

Current Projects: Mike has a current rotation in the laboratory of Drs. Gisella Caccone/ Jeffery Powell (Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology). Applying DNA barcoding methods (DNA sequencing technology) to identify cryptic taxa within the Anopheles funestus species complex

Publications:

4th International Congress, Society for Vector Ecology, 2005. “Non-correlation of the Reproductive Activity of the Vectors of West Nile virus and Risk of Human Infection” Michael Reddy1, Timothy J. Lepore1, West Nile virus Project Team1, Andrew Spielman1, Paul Reiter2. 1Dept. of Immunology and Infectious Diseases Harvard School of Public Health, Boston MA 02115, 2Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector-borne Infectious Diseases, Fort Collins, CO 80521

53rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2004 #833 Seasonal Dynamics of Culex pipiens Mosquitoes and the Transmission of West Nile virus (poster) Michael R. Reddy1, Timothy J. Lepore1, Richard J. Pollack1, Andrew Spielman1, Paul Reiter2. 1Dept. of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston MA 02115, 2Insectes et Maladies Infectieuses, Instituit Pasteur, 75724 Paris, France #2072 Estimation of Longevity of Culex pipiens s.l. Mosquitoes (poster) Ivo M. Foppa1, Michael Reddy, Andrew Spielman, 1Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 2Harvard School of Public Health Boston, MA 02115

70th Annual Meeting of The American Mosquito Control Association, 2004 Efficacy of Insecticidal Aerosols Against Culex Mosquitoes, Michael Reddy Dept. of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston MA 02115.

Contact Information: michael.reddy@yale.edu