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Bruce A. Wilcox, PhD Professor, Ecology and Health 1960 East West Road, Biomed T102 Honolulu, HI 96822 email: bwilcox@hawaii.edu phone: (808) 956-8577 fax: (808) 956-5818

Academic Degrees
PhD (Population Biology), University of California, San Diego
MS (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology), Yale University
BA (Biology), University of California, San Diego

Current Research/Training Grants
2009-2012 Coupled Human-Natural Systems and Emerging Infectious Diseases: Modeling the emergence of Avian Influenza in Vietnam.

2006-2011 UH NSF IGERT: Integrating Ecology, Conservation and Pathogen Biology. National Science Foundation: Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program.

Dr. Wilcox’s interest is in transdisciplinary research and practice at the interface of ecological and pubic health sciences. This includes the application of ecological systems approaches to problems in conservation and health, focusing on emerging infectious diseases and connections between marine conservation and health. Much of his current research is on the social and ecological causes of zoonotic emerging infectious diseases, including dengue fever and avian influenza in Southeast Asia. He is also involved in research on the conservation and health implications of the interactions between society and marine ecosystems in Hawai‘i and the Pacific.

Courses Taught
IS 650: Ecology, Health, and Society
TRMD 650: Advanced Ecology of Emerging Infectious Diseases
PH 652/PPST 649: Interdisciplinary Seminar

Selected Publications
J. N. Kittinger, K. N. Duin and B. A. Wilcox. 2009. Commercial €shing, conservation and compatibility in the Northwestern Hawaiian. Marine Policy doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2009.06.007

B. A. Wilcox, D.J. Gubler, and H. Pizer. 2008. Urbanization and the social ecology of emerging infectious diseases. In K. Mayer and H. Pizer (Eds.), The Social Ecology of Infectious Diseases, Elsevier. Pp.115-137.

B. Ellis and B. A. Wilcox. 2008. The ecological dimensions of vector-borne disease research and control. Cadernos de Saúde Pública/Reports in Public Health. 25 Sup 1:S155-S167

Kite-Powell, H.K., L. E. Fleming, L.C. Backer, E. M. Faustman, P. Hoagland, A Tsuchiya, L. R. Younglove, B. A. Wilcox, R. Gast. 2008. Linking the oceans to public health: current efforts and future directions. Environmental Health, 7(Suppl 2): S6*

D. D. Kapan, S. N. Bennett, B. Ellis, J. Fox, N. D. Lewis, J. H. Spencer, S. Saksena, and B. A. Wilcox. 2006. Avian influenza (H5N1) and the evolutionary and social ecology of infectious disease emergence. EcoHealth, Vol. 3(3), pp. 187-194.

B. A. Wilcox and R. R. Colwell. 2005. Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases: biocomplexity as an interdisciplinary paradigm. EcoHealth, Vol. 2(4), pp. 244-257.

K. Y. Kaneshiro, P. Chinn, K. N. Duin, A. P. Hood, K. Maly, and B. A. Wilcox. 2005. Hawai’i’s mountain-to-sea ecosystems: social-ecological microcosms for sustainability science and practice. EcoHealth, Vol. 2(4), pp. 349-360.

B. A. Wilcox and D.J. Gubler. 2005. Disease ecology and the global emergence of zoonotic pathogens. Environmental Health & Preventive Medicine, Vol. 10(5), pp. 263-272.