Tag: Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases (CTEGD)
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Longtime UGA supporter Sanford Orkin dies at 93
Orkin was a trustee of the UGA Foundation and UGA Real Estate Foundation.
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UGA entomologist receives $1 million NSF early-career award
Vogel and his team will investigate the symbiotic relationship between the kissing bug species and…
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Director discusses repurposing drug to battle ‘brain-eating’ amoeba
Dennis Kyle, director of the Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, recently spoke with…
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Researchers discover potential treatment for Chagas disease
The new drug completely eliminates T. cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas.
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Creating databases to help cure diseases worldwide
Jessica Kissinger is using her expertise in biology and big data to help other scientists.
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Researchers implement new tool to screen drugs for treating malaria relapses
This will help infected individuals receive more appropriate medications earlier in their illness.
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Cassera named summer 2021 Innovation Fellow
Applications for the 2021 fall cohort are now open. The deadline to apply is Aug.…
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Rozario receives NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
The grant supports early-career investigators of exceptional creativity who propose high-risk, high-reward research projects.
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Molecular Parasitology and Vector Biology Symposium set for May 4
Registration is now open for the 30th annual Molecular Parasitology and Vector Biology Symposium, hosted…
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Moreno elected as American Academy of Microbiology Fellow
A Distinguished Research Professor in cellular biology, Silvia Moreno is a member of the Center…
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Kissinger elected ASTMH Fellow
Kissinger’s research focuses on parasite genomics and the biology of genome evolution.
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Stronger treatments could cure Chagas disease
Research shows stronger but less frequent drug doses could be key.
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Dennis Kyle: Finding Solutions for Deadly Diseases
The Amoeba Summit in Orlando last year is where the importance of her work on…
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NIH awards $1.9 million to support training in tropical and emerging global disease
The new funding will support additional CTEGD fellowships and new training initiatives.
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Distinguished Research Professor elected to Latin American Academy of Sciences
UGA’s Silvia Moreno has been elected as corresponding member of the Latin American Academy of…
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Study reveals key cause of treatment failure in Chagas disease
Researchers at the University of Georgia have discovered that dormancy of the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi…
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CTEGD director quoted in New York Times
Dan Colley, director of UGA’s Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, was quoted in…
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UGA researchers battle neglected diseases around globe
Lymphatic filariasis. Schistosomiasis. Cryptosporidiosis. They’re some of the world’s most widespread parasitic diseases, but many…
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UGA researchers report milestone in global fight against a major cause of diarrheal disease
Infectious disease scientists from research institutions including the University of Georgia have reported the discovery…
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State department officer discusses history, future of AIDS during lecture
Scientists and humanitarians are on the cusp of either eradicating AIDS or falling so far…
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‘Strong partnership’
When Dennis Kyle, one of the nation’s leading infectious disease researchers, arrived on the University…
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Roberto Docampo named UGA recipient of SEC Faculty Achievement Award
Roberto Docampo, Distinguished Research Professor of Cellular Biology and Barbara and Sanford Orkin/Georgia Research Alliance…
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Cellular biology professor Rick Tarleton named Regents’ Professor at UGA
Rick Tarleton, Distinguished Research Professor and University of georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor in Biological…
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