Patrick Heffernan, B.A.
Ph.D Candidate
Contact Information
Email: pheffer3@nd.edu
Education
B.A. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Philosophy; University of Colorado Boulder, 2021
Research
My research interests lie within changing environments and vector-borne disease. I am broadly interested in how environmental and anthropogenic factors interact with vector hosts to facilitate human diseases.
Award
NIH F31 Individual Predoctoral Fellowship
Publications
Mahon, M.B., Sack, A., Aleuy, O.A. et al [including Patrick M. Heffernan]. A meta-analysis on global change drivers and the risk of infectious disease. Nature 629, 830–836 (2024).
Oldfather, M. F., Van Den Elzen, C. L., Heffernan, P. M., and Emery, N. C.. 2021. Dispersal evolution in temporally variable environments: implications for plant range dynamics. American Journal of Botany 108 (9): 1584-1594.