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Mayer, Jonathan D., Ph.D. 
Professor, Epidemiology, Geography, and International Health
Adjunct Professor, Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Family Medicine, and
Health Services
Clinical Consultant, Travel and Tropical Medicine Service, and
Infectious Disease Clinic, UWMC
Associate, WWAMI Rural Health Research Center, Center for Studies in
Demography and Ecology, Center for AIDS and STD Research
CONTACT INFORMATION
Jonathan D. Mayer, Ph.D.
Box 353550
University of Washington
412C Smith Hall
Seattle, Washington 98195
Phone: (206) 543-7110
Fax: (206) 543-3313
jmayer@u.washington.edu
LINK TO
JONATHAN MAYER'S COMMUNITY OF SCIENCE WEB PAGE
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B.A., History and Urban Studies, University of Rochester,
1973
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M.A., Geography, University of Michigan, 1975
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Ph.D., Geography, University of Michigan, 1977
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
Medical
geography; ecology, epidemiology, and spatial analysis of infectious
diseases, especially emerging pathogens; travel and tropical medicine;
global health; HIV in sub-Saharan Africa;; health consequences of
natural and human-generated disasters.; global climate change and public
health; environmental influences on health; historical geography of
disease; medical ethics
PUBLICATIONS
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Mayer,
J. D.
1998, "Surveillance and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases."
Applied Geographical Studies, 2, pp. 261-278.
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Mayer,
J. D.
2000. "Geography, Ecology, and Emerging Infectious Diseases."
Social Science and Medicine, 50, pp. 937-952.
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Mayer,
J.D. and others.
2001. Under the Weather: Climate, Ecosystems, and Infectious
Disease. Washington: National Academy Press.
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Mayer,
J. D.
2005.
“The Geographical Understanding of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.”
Norsk Geografisk Tidsskdrift-Norwegian Journal of Geography,
59, 1-8.
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Mayer,
J. D.
2005.
“HIV/AIDS as an Impediment to Development in sub-Saharan Africa.”
Proceedings, NUFU Conference on Gender, Poverty, and Health. In
press.
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Mayer,
J.D. and others.
2005. Research Priorities in the Earth Sciences and Public Health.
Washington: National Academy Press. This book is in the final
process of editing as of 5/3/05 by National Academy staff, and needs
to go to press by mid-summer; there is a firm commitment for
publication.
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