Published: 04/28/2025

As global temperatures rise, the spread of infectious diseases is rapidly evolving in unexpected ways. 

That’s something that Stanford’s Global Health Associate Dean Desiree LaBeaud, MD thinks about a lot.

She recently spoke with Bhabna Banerjee, a master’s student in journalism, for Inside Climate News, about her research on the epidemiology and ecology of domestic and international arboviruses and emerging infections. They discussed the environmental factors that affect transmission and severity of disease.