We recently had the opportunity to sit down with John Bostick, PhD, to discuss his research on the intersection of the nervous and immune systems- an area known as neuroimmunology. His work explores how inflammation impacts cognition and neurological conditions, with upcoming research focusing on how neuroimmune interactions…
Dr. Clayton Mathews, Sebastian Family Professor for Diabetes Research Dr. Clayton Matthews has been named chair of the UF College of Veterinary Medicine’s Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, following a national search. Read more here.
Sergio Ray, a third-year undergraduate student working in the laboratory of Dr. Julie Moore, a professor and chair of the college’s department of infectious diseases and immunology, received an AI Scholars award from UF to work with Moore next year on a project relating to malaria. Read more…
Dear CVM Community, I’m proud to announce that Rhoel Dinglasan, Ph.D., M.P.H., a professor of infectious diseases in the college’s department of infectious diseases and immunology, has received a UF Research Foundation professorship. This recognition goes to faculty who have a distinguished current record of research and…
Dr. Rowan Milner and Dr. Maria von Chamier of the UF College of Veterinary Medicine are part of a collaboration with the UF Colleges of Engineering and Medicine to characterize the microanatomy of the Yucatan miniature swine model to study targeting and delivery of alpha-particle dosimetry. The model characterization will…
Isabelle M. Llabona, Dr. Aria Eshraghi, and Ashley Clarke have unexpectedly found that a widely used pesticide also hampers the growth of a highly infectious bacterial pathogen responsible for tularemia, a disease affecting both animals and humans. Please click here for the full story.
UF’s Emerging Pathogens Institute has written an article on the rise of babesiosis, a tick-borne disease, throughout the US. It details the work that IDI’s postdoctoral associate Dr. Jeff Gruntmeir and the Dinglasan Lab have done to track the spread of this emerging pathogen. Please click…
Please join Infectious Diseases and Immunology in congratulating our illustrious faculty members who were recently recognized for their many contributions to science! Dr. Roy Curtiss received the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Chicago Dr. David Pascual received the 2023 Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence Dr. Liang…
Our very own Dr. Cuong Nguyen was featured today on the UF Health Newsroom regarding his recently published COVID-19 study. Click here for the article, and here for the original study. Dr. Cuong Nguyen, Assistant Professor,…
A new study has been published detailing how genetic ancestral origins may play a part in susceptibility to, and protection from, COVID-19. ID&I PhD candidate Yiran Shen, the first author of the study, and Dr. Cuong Nguyen, ID&I Associate Professor, collaborated with both local and national scientists to achieve…
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