07/30/2024
USF College of Public Health MPH Student Elijah Bull is participating in the International Applied Practice Experience in Quito, Ecuador, working with Universidad de San Francisco De Quito.
Elijah has been traveling around the island, checking out private properties and some public areas where people have complained about the presence of black flies. He is working to analyze the distribution of the Simulidae black fly vector and conducive environments on the island of San Cristobal in the Galapagos Islands and will work to create a field report that will assess the need for a broader vector control project in the future.
“This experience has also allowed me to assist my preceptor with a dengue project he has running on the island.” - Elijah.