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“After I was stung by their prickly barbs, my father began rearing butterfly caterpillars. The morning the mint-green adult Bamboo Page emerged sparked my interest in the wonders of nature and science which has stayed with me to this day. In 2001, as part of a Cornell University field team, I traveled to the Amazon Forest in Peru…At nightfall we discovered that there were no lights on the boat. As we started hitting floating logs and other debris, the fear that the boat would be damaged and sink was real. In complete darkness the river was all-consuming. Many people removed their life-vests so that the end would be quick. However, after eight hours we arrived safely at the Urapa lodge. This experience changed my attitude to life and gave it new meaning and purpose.”

Dr. Dave Chadee

SENIOR LECTURER
DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES
FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND AGRICULTURE
ST. AUGUSTINE CAMPUS, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Tel: (868) 662-2002 ext 3740 • Email: Dave.Chadee@sta.uwi.edu

PROFILE

Dr. Dave D. Chadee is a Senior Lecturer in Parasitology in the Department of Life Sciences, UWI, St. Augustine. Previously he was the Entomologist at Insect Vector Control Division, Ministry of Health, Trinidad and Tobago; Director of the Trinidad Public Health Laboratory; and Deputy Director of Laboratory Services, Ministry of Health, Trinidad and Tobago. Dr. Chadee is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami, Florida, USA. Dr. Chadee was the recipient of two fellowships, the Wellcome Trust Scholar (1985-1987) and Gorgas Memorial Institute Fellow (1998-1999) and was awarded a Doctor of Science degree in 1999 by University of Dundee in recognition of his research. His breakthrough research includes the development of the Xenomonitoring/PCR approach to Lymphatic filariasis, a new assay method for detecting mosquito preferences, the pupal index for dengue epidemiology and control, detected and eradicated two malaria outbreaks in Trinidad and the paper published in Science entitled, Genetics: a breakthrough for global public health. Dr. Chadee has published over 180 papers and book chapters and has numerous collaborations in the USA and the UK. Dr. Chadee is a graduate of Naparima College,Trinidad, Dalhousie University (BSc Hons.), The University of the West Indies (MPhil) and the University of Dundee (PhD, M.PH, DSc).

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dr. Chadee works on the epidemiology of diseases which include communicable and non-communicable diseases. Since joining UWI he has concentrated on ecology and control of parasitic diseases; biology, ecology and control of insect vectors; epidemiology of diseases of Public Health importance; insecticide resistance mechanisms and management of vector populations; development of novel approaches for vector management and control; oviposition behaviour of mosquitoes; climate change and public health diseases.