We are pleased to announce that Beth Grafton-Cardwell has agreed to lead the Endemic and Invasive Pests and Diseases initiative.
Grafton-Cardwell is director of the Lindcove Research and Extension Center and a Cooperative Extension entomology specialist with a UC Riverside appointment based at Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center. In her specialist role, Grafton-Cardwell develops IPM strategies to manage arthropod pests of citrus in the San Joaquin Valley. Recently she has led efforts to educate the public about Asian citrus psyllid and the disease it spreads, Huanglongbing or citrus greening.
Grafton-Cardwell will serve on Program Council as the EIPD initiative leader.
She succeeds Ian Gardner, who left UC to become Canada Excellence Research Chair in Aquatic Epidemiology for the Atlantic Veterinary College of University of Prince Edward Island.
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