Dr Thomas Scott

Thomas W. Scott, Ph.D., is a Distinguished Professor of mosquito transmitted disease ecology and epidemiology at the University of California, Davis. He received his Ph.D. in ecology from the Pennsylvania State University and was a post-doctoral fellow in epidemiology at the Yale School of Medicine. After examining mosquito ecology and pathogen transmission in Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Africa, to strengthen the public health connection of his work, he carried out longitudinal epidemiological studies in Thailand and Peru. He currently focuses on disease prevention recommendations, testing assumptions in public health policy, and developing innovative concepts for disease prevention.