About Me

Cassandra Brown is a neuroscience major graduating in the class of 2022. Her project will focus on raising awareness of the relationship between ecological and human health. She will also be looking at the relationship between past, present, and reemerging diseases and their significance to particular locations. Through the Digital Research Fellowship she will explore zoonotic diseases ranging from non-pandemic potential to high pandemic potential through a variety of visual and online tools.

Why DSSRF?
Through digital scholarship, the science community has a unique opportunity to use an online platform for collaboration. For my project the visualization of the changes in cases with supplemental case information, I was able to outline the importance of understanding zoonotic diseases. The basis of my project serves as an educational platform that has the ability to be added upon in case things such as new diseases reemerge, data becomes available or sudden epidemics were to break out. My project also allows for contribution of others interested in the topic to input writing pieces discussing the relationship between human and animal health within these targeted areas. In terms of area, my project can also be expanded upon to focus on other areas within the world. For the next year, I plan to add to my project every so often in to keep the project accurate and reliable. My project will be uploaded as a public educational and informational resource with the possibility of being updated and expanded upon.

Project Documentation: The data was from PAHO, WHO, and the CDC. It was visualized and organized using Tableau Public.