Theresa Macphail
Biographic Data
| ID | 145423 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Theresa Macphail |
| GIVEN NAMES | Theresa |
| FAMILY NAME | Macphail |
| SIGNATURE | MACPHAIL T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stevens Institute of Technology |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Viral Network
In The Viral Network , Theresa MacPhail examines our collective fascination with and fear of viruses through the lens of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. In April 2009, a novel strain of H1N1 influenza virus resulting from a combination of bird, swine, and human flu viruses emerged in Veracruz, Mexico. The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) announced an official end to the pandemic in August 2010. Experts agree that the global death t…
The Pandemic Perhaps
Reviewed by: The Pandemic Perhaps: Dramatic Events in a Public Culture of Danger by Carlo Caduff Theresa MacPhail Carlo Caduff. The Pandemic Perhaps: Dramatic Events in a Public Culture of Danger. Oakland: University of California Press, 2015. xvi + 254 pp. $29.95 Ill. (978-0-5202-8409-8). Caduff’s book is an ethnography of what he calls pandemic prophecy—or the scientific narrative that claims a widespread and deadly outbreak of infectious disea…
Anthropology of Infectious Disease. Merrill Singer, Walnut Creek, CA
Data, Data Everywhere
This essay examines the "era of big data" through the lens of recent attempts at its application within the realm of public health. Arguing that debates about big data's newness or usefulness are misplaced, I suggest that big data is less about finding solutions to complex social problems than it is about discovering better - and more relevant - research questions
A Predictable Unpredictability. The 2009 H1N1 pandemic and the concept of strategic uncertainty within global public health
This essay will examine the seemingly new paradigm shift within global public health from the use of a scientific "certainty" to a biological and situational "uncertainty" as one of the foundations of response to infectious disease outbreaks. During the recent 2009 H1N1 influenza outbreak, national and international public health officials often referred directly to the "uncertainty" surrounding both the virus itself and of the course, duration a…
The ‘Problem’ Of Science in China
The overall ‘problem’ in early accounts of science and/or medicine in China seemed to center upon whether or not China possessed or could acquire modern Western science. However, in the twenty-first century there is now little debate over whether or not China has science. Yet, questions and concerns about science in China linger. The ‘problem’ of science in China has moved away from a paradigm focused on possession or capability, to that of the c…
The politics of bird flu
Avian influenza outbreaks in Southeast Asia have focused an intense global spotlight on the entire region, specifically on China’s role in an adequate global health network which would be able to prevent or to contain a severe outbreak of the disease. Highly-publicized and politically-charged battles over samples of the H5N1 virus, transparency, timely case reporting, and China’s contribution to and cooperation with global institutions like the W…
The viral gene
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0950543042000262413
The viral gene
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0950543042000262413
Data, Data Everywhere
This essay examines the "era of big data" through the lens of recent attempts at its application within the realm of public health. Arguing that debates about big data's newness or usefulness are misplaced, I suggest that big data is less about finding solutions to complex social problems than it is about discovering better - and more relevant - research questions
The politics of bird flu
Avian influenza outbreaks in Southeast Asia have focused an intense global spotlight on the entire region, specifically on China’s role in an adequate global health network which would be able to prevent or to contain a severe outbreak of the disease. Highly-publicized and politically-charged battles over samples of the H5N1 virus, transparency, timely case reporting, and China’s contribution to and cooperation with global institutions like the W…
The viral gene
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0950543042000262413
The ‘Problem’ Of Science in China
The overall ‘problem’ in early accounts of science and/or medicine in China seemed to center upon whether or not China possessed or could acquire modern Western science. However, in the twenty-first century there is now little debate over whether or not China has science. Yet, questions and concerns about science in China linger. The ‘problem’ of science in China has moved away from a paradigm focused on possession or capability, to that of the c…
The politics of bird flu
Avian influenza outbreaks in Southeast Asia have focused an intense global spotlight on the entire region, specifically on China’s role in an adequate global health network which would be able to prevent or to contain a severe outbreak of the disease. Highly-publicized and politically-charged battles over samples of the H5N1 virus, transparency, timely case reporting, and China’s contribution to and cooperation with global institutions like the W…
A Predictable Unpredictability. The 2009 H1N1 pandemic and the concept of strategic uncertainty within global public health
This essay will examine the seemingly new paradigm shift within global public health from the use of a scientific "certainty" to a biological and situational "uncertainty" as one of the foundations of response to infectious disease outbreaks. During the recent 2009 H1N1 influenza outbreak, national and international public health officials often referred directly to the "uncertainty" surrounding both the virus itself and of the course, duration a…
Anthropology of Infectious Disease. Merrill Singer, Walnut Creek, CA
Data, Data Everywhere
This essay examines the "era of big data" through the lens of recent attempts at its application within the realm of public health. Arguing that debates about big data's newness or usefulness are misplaced, I suggest that big data is less about finding solutions to complex social problems than it is about discovering better - and more relevant - research questions
The Pandemic Perhaps
Reviewed by: The Pandemic Perhaps: Dramatic Events in a Public Culture of Danger by Carlo Caduff Theresa MacPhail Carlo Caduff. The Pandemic Perhaps: Dramatic Events in a Public Culture of Danger. Oakland: University of California Press, 2015. xvi + 254 pp. $29.95 Ill. (978-0-5202-8409-8). Caduff’s book is an ethnography of what he calls pandemic prophecy—or the scientific narrative that claims a widespread and deadly outbreak of infectious disea…
The Viral Network
In The Viral Network , Theresa MacPhail examines our collective fascination with and fear of viruses through the lens of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. In April 2009, a novel strain of H1N1 influenza virus resulting from a combination of bird, swine, and human flu viruses emerged in Veracruz, Mexico. The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) announced an official end to the pandemic in August 2010. Experts agree that the global death t…
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Zoonotic diseases and public health (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Public health (3 works) · Biology (2 works)