{"id":5596,"date":"2017-02-14T09:52:45","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T14:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?post_type=cu_event&#038;p=5596"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:51:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:51:56","slug":"george-r-carmody-lecture-dr-joanne-p-webster","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/event\/george-r-carmody-lecture-dr-joanne-p-webster\/","title":{"rendered":"George R. Carmody Lecture with Dr. Joanne P. Webster"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n    \n        <\/header>\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    <div class=\"cu-buttongroup cu-component-updated flex flex-wrap md:flex-1 gap-3 md:gap-5 justify-start\">\n                                                                        <\/div>\n    \n<h2 id=\"epidemiology-and-evolution-of-zoonotic-schistosomiasis-in-a-changing-world\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Epidemiology and evolution of zoonotic schistosomiasis in a changing world<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"with-dr-joanne-p-webster\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">with Dr. Joanne P. Webster<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"royal-veterinary-college-university-of-london\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Royal Veterinary College, University of London<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong>&nbsp;Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease of profound medical and veterinary importance, which has attracted increased focus and funding for control since the Millennium. However, despite&nbsp;shifts in global health policy towards the implementation of mass chemotherapeutic control programmes (aimed at school-aged children) at the national scale in sub-Saharan Africa, including those expanding out from morbidity control to potential \u2018elimination as a public health problem\u2019 in selected countries or regions, challenges remain and novel challenges have emerged.&nbsp;&nbsp;Knowledge on how the phenotype and genotype of&nbsp;<em>Schistosoma<\/em>&nbsp;spp. populations change in response to praziquantel pressure has important implications for the success of control programmes wherever mass chemotherapy is implemented. A major concern is the potential for reduced drug efficacy and\/or the evolution of praziquantel resistance.&nbsp; However, changes in drug efficacy may not be the only explanation for apparent treatment failures and ongoing high transmission in areas of high drug coverage.&nbsp;&nbsp;Here I present data from a series of field and laboratory research on schistosomes of humans, livestock and wildlife across Africa and Asia under contrasting treatment histories and habitat selection pressures. Such research&nbsp;incorporates cutting edge developments in parasitological diagnostic tools and statistical analyses, and from parasite population genetics to genomics.&nbsp;&nbsp;I discuss the results to date in terms of their theoretical and applied implications and applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"everyone-welcome\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Everyone Welcome!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"the-lecture-will-begin-at-600-p-m\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The lecture will begin at 6:00 p.m.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"please-join-us-for-a-special-reception-following-the-lecture\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Please join us for a special reception following the lecture.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_event_type":[],"cu_event_audience":[14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22],"class_list":["post-5596","cu_event","type-cu_event","status-publish","hentry","cu_event_audience-alumni","cu_event_audience-anyone","cu_event_audience-carleton-community","cu_event_audience-current-students","cu_event_audience-faculty","cu_event_audience-media","cu_event_audience-prospective-students","cu_event_audience-staff","cu_event_audience-staff-faculty"],"acf":{"cu_event_start_date":"2017-03-17T17:30:00","cu_event_end_date":"2017-03-17T00:00:00","cu_event_location_type":"in-person","cu_event_meeting_address_type":"on-campus","cu_building":"RB","cu_event_meeting_room":"2200 (Formerly River Building)","cu_event_meeting_address_full":null,"cu_event_virtual_type":"tbd","cu_event_virtual_meeting_link":"","cu_post_thumbnail":false,"cu_event_cost":"","cu_event_registration":"","cu_event_secondary_button":"","cu_event_contact_name":"Andrew Simons","cu_event_email":"AndrewMSimons@cunet.carleton.ca","cu_event_phone":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/5596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/5596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5762,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/5596\/revisions\/5762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_type?post=5596"},{"taxonomy":"cu_event_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_audience?post=5596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}