Press Resources
UF/IFAS experts are available for the news media to discuss the latest developments in this issue. Please contact Meredith Bauer-Mitchell, UF/IFAS public relations specialist, at meredithbauer@ufl.edu to be connected with any of these sources.
- Andrew Short
Professor and Chair, UF/IFAS Entomology and Nematology Dept.
UF/IFAS NWS response coordinator
- Edwin Burgess
UF/IFAS Assistant Professor of Veterinary Entomology
Topics: risk to animals, sterile fly facilities and technique for controlling the New World screwworm.
- Todd Thrift
Associate Professor of cow-calf management, UF/IFAS Department of Animal Sciences
Topics: impact of this pest to the cattle industry, both internationally and domestically.
- Bridget Baker
UF/IFAS Research Assistant Professor
Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Topics: impact of NWS on wildlife; the 2016-2017 Florida Keys deer outbreak. Baker teaches a course about the outbreak.
- Eva Buckner
Assistant Professor
UF/IFAS Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory
Topics: public health impact of NWS - Sally DeNotta
CVM Clinical Associate Professor Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Topics: Risk and impact to horses, veterinary topics
Additional sources are available from UF Health, UF Veterinary Medicine and the College of Public Health and Health Professions.