Meet the NEWVEC community.

In New England the number of vector-borne disease diagnoses is growing steadily.

Ticks, mosquitoes, and newly emerged pathogens in an ever-changing landscape continue to impact our health.

NEWVEC is made up of university researchers, public health practitioners, mosquito control professionals, extension personnel, and wildlife biologists.

We are committed to matching the needs of the public with practical solutions. Our success is greater with a diversity of partners and we hope you’ll join us.

NEWVEC’s partners span the entire New England region.

  • Public Health Practitioners

    Dr. Catherine Brown, DVM, MPH, State Epidemiologist (MA) and State Public Health Veterinarian, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

    Utpala Bandy, MD, MPH, State Epidemiologist (RI), Rhode Island Department of Health

    Isaac Benowitz, MD, State Epidemiologist (ME), Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention

    Patsy Kelso, PhD, State Epidemiologist (VT), Vermont Department of Health

    Natalie Kwit, DVM, MPH, State Public Health Veterinarian (VT), Vermont Department of Health

    Sean O’Brien, Director of the Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment

    Sara Robinson, MPH, Epidemiology Program Director (ME), Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention

  • Mosquito Control Professionals

    Brian Farless, Superintendent of the East Middlesex Mosquito Control Project

    Christopher Horton, Director of the Berkshire County Mosquito Control Project

    David Lawson, Director of the Norfolk County Mosquito Control District

    Barry Noone, District Director of the Northeast MA Mosquito Control and Wetlands Management District

    Ross Rosettii, Superintendent of the Plymouth County Mosquito Control Project

    Gabrielle Sakolsky-Hoopes, Superintendent of the Cape Cod Mosquito Control Project

  • Extension Personnel

    Roy Beckford, PhD, Associate Dean and Extension Director at the University of Vermont

    Bonnie Burr, Assistant Director and Department Head with the Department of Extension, University of Connecticut

    Larry Dapsis, MS, Deer Tick Program Coordinator and County Entomologist, Cape Cod County Extension

    James F. Dill, PhD, Director, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Diagnostic and Research Laboratory

    Clem Clay, Director, Extension Agriculture Program, University of Massachusetts

    Blake Dinius, Entomologist Extension Educator, Plymouth County (MA)

    Jody Jellison, PhD, Director, Center for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment, UMass Extension and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Agricultural Research and Engagement at the University of Massachusetts

    Michael S. Maguire, Director, Cape Cod Cooperative Extension

    Margaret Skinner, PhD, Research Professor and Extension Entomologist, University of Vermont

  • Wildlife Biologists

    Martin Feehan, Deer and Moose Project Leader, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife

    Michael Huguenin, Assistant Director, Wildlife Research, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife