Becky Smith

@rlsdvm

Epidemiologist at UIUC, working in One Health

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Becky Smith@rlsdvm· 11d

Sound up! The partridge pea is such a joyful plant, even if it jumps around chaotically from year to year

Becky Smith@rlsdvm· 15d

Your moment of zen for today

Becky Smith@rlsdvm· 16d

Traded a collaborator a homemade scarf for this lovely gentleman - Culex pipiens

Acrylic painting with a wooden frame of a male mosquito upside down on a green leaf on a green background, hanging on a cream wall between a bookshelf and a full length window with plants on a middle shelf in pastel pots

Becky Smith@rlsdvm· 19d

POV you and your spouse have labs full of Brazilians. Round 1 of 6, plus sausage, pao de queijo, beans, and rice. And salad.

Grill with 7 steaks newly placed, a pair of tongs on the side

Becky Smith@rlsdvm· 22d

And for those who know us, Alex Lipka will also be promoted to full professor, in the College of ACES. He started his post-doc a year earlier than me (how we met), but other than that we've been on the exact same timeline. Here he is at Sweetwater playing his present to himself, a Rickenbacker bass

White man with brown hair and dark-framed glasses, wearing jeans and a black t-shirt, sitting on a stool and playing a natural wood-colored bass in front of a collection of amps and basses hanging on the wall

Becky Smith@rlsdvm· Jul 15

Live in the Midwest US? We are conducting a research study to understand what people in the Midwest know about mosquitoes and the diseases they spread. Just one online survey that takes about 10-20 minutes. Ready to participate? Scan the QR code or go to: redcap.link/mosquitocont...

Becky Smith@rlsdvm· Jul 11

I'm jealous! I can only get common milkweed to stay. Otoh, I have 4 species of mallow

Rose mallow, 2 bright pink flowers with 5 leaves around a white center, among many green leaves. One flower has a bee on it

Kankakee mallow, several pale pink flowers along a teal green stall with many flat green leaves

Poppy mallow, magenta flowers growing low along the ground among spindly green leaves and other plants

Last year's swamp mallow, a giant pink flower with 5 petals and a large yellow stamen standing tall in front of dead leaves and distant plants

Becky Smith@rlsdvm· Jun 27

Cool! Flathead screws and bolts for the pulls. I'm not cleaning it off for a full picture, but this gives you an idea of the style. Leather top, very solid wood

Corner of a desk and pillar of drawers. Top is brown leather with gold design, wood is painted marbled gray-brown, drawer pulls are brass

Becky Smith@rlsdvm· Jun 25

Someone is not happy that I am working on manuscript revisions instead of petting him

The back of a hand with a black cat paw resting on it, one nail digging into the skin

Becky Smith@rlsdvm· Jun 23

Big public health takeaway - we see almost every TBD diagnosed 12 months out of the year, and across the state. Be safe out there!

Series of 5 maps of Illinois in 2 rows. Top row shows TBD incidence per 100k humans (Lyme, anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, undetermined anaplasma/ehrlichia, and rickettsiosis), bottom row shows TBP seroprevalence in dogs (Lyme, anaplasma, ehrlichia) and TBDs in humans (babesiosis, Heartland virus). The Lyme, ehrlichia, anaplasma, and rickettsia maps show cases in almost every county.

Series of 5 bar graphs in 2 rows, showing number of cases of TBDs in humans over 2004 to 2022 by year. Top row is anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and ehrlichiosis; bottom row is Lyme and SFGR. Box fill shows where the tick was acquired - darkest for Illinois, then maybe Illinois, not Illinois, and unknown.

Becky Smith@rlsdvm· May 18

What do y'all think, will purring get picked up by the mic?

Woman with glasses and a bemused look behind a large silver microphone. Between them is a black cat, looking unbothered

Becky Smith@rlsdvm· May 18

WFH day (storms possible, so I'm staying off my bike) is appreciated

A gray armchair and ottoman next to a window with a pink blanket folded on the ottoman. On both ottoman and chair there is a black cat curled up and sleeping

Becky Smith@rlsdvm· May 1

Towel racks. I have multiple of these

A rotating towel rack attached to a cream wall with a tan curtain to the left. Each arm of the rack has 1-2 scarves

Becky Smith@rlsdvm· Apr 14

Okay #sciArt community, do you have reccs for a print on demand site? 13 is already preparing for an art career and thought it might be time to start a merch store for her best work. My favorite shared in thanks. Also taking advice on scanning pencil sketches!