Katherine Brown, MPH

First insect curation for my medical entomology certificate is complete! Time to mail it off to UF for grading! The depths I went to get HEAD LICE and FLEAS shows my commitment to the art. Mailing gods please be kind 🙃🪳 @UFEntNem

A study on transmission of the parasite that causes Chagas disease in dog kennels encountered a surprising finding: a dead kissing bug with a still-viable parasite in its gut. 🔗 Chagas Disease Parasite Can Survive in Dead Kissing Bugs, Study Finds entomologytoday.org/2024/11/21/cha…

Perhaps my most favorite thing I got from my trip to @EntsocAmerica! 😋🦋 @team_diptera

Any part of the federal government knowingly concealing evidence about UAP from the public? "Yes Sir." - Timothy Gallaudet "100%." - Lue Elizondo "Yes." - Michael Shellenberger "Yes." - Mike Gold What do you believe UAP could be or are? "Strong evidence that they are non-human higher intelligence." - Timothy Gallaudet "I echo my colleague's comment, Sir." - Lue Elizondo "Genuinely do not know." - Michael Shellenberger "Don't know but we must find out." - Mike Gold

@UAPodcast850 Can’t wait for the update on the podcast!!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👽💙

A live look inside! Made it! Almost time to start the #UAPHearing

@areyoukeddingme @EntsocAmerica The best part was connecting with you!!! 👏🏻

@KMargoB89 @EntsocAmerica You KILLED it Katherine!!! Thank you for sharing your research with me! 🤩 Let me know if you ever need anything from me! 🤗

What an amazing week in Arizona! I got to visit the Grand Canyon and then attend my first #EntSoc24 conference. Leaving with a full heart and a new found passion for my research. 💙 @EntsocAmerica

Poster has been hung! Stop by D3348 from 1:30-2:00pm if you want to hear about avian ked surveillance!

It’s been a great two days at #EntSoc24!

I’m saddest of all for the kids who soon may not get vaccines to save their lives from preventable diseases.

Today is the day I realized I exist in a bubble of wonderful, educated scientists who are kind and care about the world and all its people. Unfortunately, the majority of the country is not in this bubble.

@calliphriend @EntsocAmerica Can’t wait to meet you!

@KMargoB89 @EntsocAmerica Oh I will so be there 😍

I am SO excited to present at @EntsocAmerica for the first time! I am eager to share my research in partnership with @RiverbanksZoo, studying Icosta americana on raptors throughout South Carolina. #EntSoc24

@areyoukeddingme @EntsocAmerica YES! Please come see me. Ive tried to “star” all the things that popped up with you name 🤩

@KMargoB89 @EntsocAmerica Ahh so exciting! Can't wait to hear more about the bird keds you found! I'll see you at #EntSoc24!!!!!!!! 🤩

These cattle were very attentive to my tick dragging methods! 😜

Let me introduce to you my dear friend, Icosta americana. Collected from an injured red-tailed hawk in SC.

diarioveterinario.com/t/5020481/nuev… New ked species in Spain!

A new study finds common insect repellents fail to repel deer keds, but permethrin-treated clothing and nitrile gloves can make bites less likely. 🔗 Meet the Deer Ked: The Fly Makes Life Tough for Hunters and Hikers entomologytoday.org/2024/10/01/dee…

@MachtingerLab @areyoukeddingme @mskvarla36 @norman_cal5445 I Love it!! I have a decently steady flow coming from a raptor center at our local zoo. A couple positive pools for WNV!

@KMargoB89 @areyoukeddingme @mskvarla36 @norman_cal5445 We have some - but as teaching examples!

Awesome write up of our work on deer keds & repellents! Basically, commercial repellents don’t seem to repel keds, but they might kill keds if given enough time. 💀🪰 Always fun working with @mskvarla36 @MachtingerLab @norman_cal5445 & the team on these funny little flies! 🤗

@areyoukeddingme @mskvarla36 @MachtingerLab @norman_cal5445 😂 just got a fresh batch last week!!!

@KMargoB89 @mskvarla36 @MachtingerLab @norman_cal5445 Hmmm if only we knew someone studying avian keds 🤔😏