Scientists and scholars working on The History of Health, Human Disease, and the Environment project (H3DE) will map the pathogenic landscape in past centuries in order to shed light on current health challenges and emergent threat of infectious disease. H3DE aims to:

– Understand key aspects of the evolution of disease agents to help us predict genetic mutations.

– Understand the role of migration, diet, and public health in the transmission of pathogens.

– Study epidemics in their historical environmental and social contexts.

– Analyze the past role of endemic disease in population dynamics