Join us for a virtual program on how members of the public and public health professionals can help curb tick-transmitted disease, in spite of tick range and season expansion. On the occasion of world One Health Day, Dr. James Shepherd, M.D., Ph.D. will cover the science of interdependence of human health with environmental and wildlife health.
Dr. Shepherd uses humor and his deep expertise to explain how maintaining biodiversity can reduce transmission of tick-borne disease, through the dilution effect. At Yale Medical School, he teaches about biodiversity loss, deforestation, and other global changes that influence infectious disease. ................................
Wednesday, November 4, 2026, at 7:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (US)
Zoom link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84176408129 .............................
Speaker Biography: Dr. Shepherd is Associate Professor of Internal Medicine (Infectious Diseases) at Yale School of Medicine / Yale New Haven Hospital, and affiliated faculty at the Yale Institute for Global Health. He has experience as a molecular and cell biologist, a physician, a public health specialist, and a sustainable farmer. He has worked in Nigeria, Botswana, India, and Bangladesh, implementing national HIV and TB treatment programs and COVID treatment in refugee camps for both the US Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization.
