Please join us for the next installment of the NEWVEC Work in Progress Seminar Series. We will be welcoming Dr. Edward D. “Ned” Walker as he presents "EEE in Michigan: Endemicity and Use of Resting Stations as a Control Tool." on Wednesday, April 22 at 11AM.

 Dr. Walker is a professor of microbiology and molecular genetics, and entomology, and University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University.  His undergraduate and master’s degrees are from Ohio University (1978-79) and PhD in medical entomology from University of Massachusetts (1983).  His primary area of emphasis in his work (research, teaching, service, and outreach) is in emerging and expanding zoonotic, opportunistic, and vector borne infectious diseases.  He has conducted research on mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases in the national (West Nile, eastern equine encephalitis, Jamestown Canyon encephalitis) and international (malaria, filariasis) settings and has also conducted research on tick-borne diseases.  He has also conducted research on microbial ecology and landscape ecology of larval mosquito habitats, and the mosquito microbiome.  He has worked in Honduras, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, Papua New Guinea, and Rwanda.  Part of his work involves development and evaluation of surveillance methods including detection of pathogens and development and analysis of interventions.  His research has been supported by the NIH, NSF, CDC, WHO, and industry.  He is a partner in the Midwest Center of Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases, a multistate program funded by the CDC based in the Great Lakes region.   Born in South Bend, Indiana, and raised in Port Clinton, Ohio, he has lived in Michigan and worked at Michigan State University since 1986.