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1. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Kathryn Pizzurro

   Study reveals human impact on global patterns of emerging infectious diseases (opens the original)

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   Human activities are helping shape where new infectious diseases emerge, according to a new study co-led by University of Florida medical geographer Sadie Ryan, Ph.D. Published in Nature, the study analyzed 58,318 outbreak events involving 32 diseases across 169 countries, making it one of the largest data-driven assessments of the environmental and social conditions may influence disease outbreaks. Ryan co-led the international research team with scientists from University College London and Ya

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2. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · Kathryn Pizzurro

   UF chemist Austin Evans receives federal award to advance next-generation materials (opens the original)

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   University of Florida chemist Austin Evans, Ph.D., has been selected for a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), which is the highest honor the U.S. government gives to early-career scientists and engineers. The five-year award from the U.S. Department of Defense will support Evans’ research on next-generation polymeric materials with potential applications in electronics, space and other energy implications. “These materials could enable the deployment of space-

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