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Michael von Fricken

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University of Florida Associate Professor and Smithsonian Institute (SI) Research Associate

Dr. Michael von Fricken is an Associate Professor at the University of Florida Department of Environmental and Global Health, and also the Director of the One Health Center of Excellence at the University of Florida. He is currently a Research Associate with the Smithsonian Institution and maintains a Visiting Scientist designation at USAMRIID’s Diagnostic Systems Division. His research interests include vector-borne disease surveillance, control, and pathogen discovery, with over a decade of international experience studying emerging diseases in Haiti, Kenya, Mongolia, and Equatorial Guinea using a One Health approach.

This work is supported by the US Army Medical Research and Development Command under Contract No.W81XWH-21-C-0001, W81XWH-22-C-0093 and HT9425-23-C-0059. The views, opinions and/or findings contained in this report are those of the author(s) and should not be construed as an official Department of the Army or Navy position, policy or decision unless so designated by other documentation.