Dr. Rita Colwell, Building Bridges Lecturer
Drs. Alison Criss (Director, Global Infectious Diseases Institute) and Karen McGlathery (Director, Environmental Resilience Institute) with Building Bridges Keynote Lecturer Dr. Rita Colwell, University Distinguished Professor, University of Maryland, for her lecture “Oceans, Climate, and Human Health” on January 21, 2020. The Building Bridges Lecture Series features speakers whose research exemplifies the power and potential of interdisciplinary research. To see Dr. Colwell's lecture click here.
GIDI Associate Director Dr. Jason Papin in the Faculty Spotlight!
Biomedical engineering professor Jason Papin and his research team are developing computer models that can predict cells’ behavior, giving us important information about how infections spread, how antibiotic resistance grows and more. Read more here.
GIDI members Pompano, Braciale and team secure $3.4M NIH U01 grant to develop lymph node organ-on-a-chip
Read the UVAToday article here.
National Academy of Sciences elects Ed Egelman
Please join us in sending huge congratulations to Ed Egelman, Harrison Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, who was just elected to the National Academy of Sciences! We are honored to have Ed as a GIDI member and colleague. See the links below for the official press release and more about Ed’s research.
NAS Online
BIMS Faculty-Egelman
Egelman Lab
GIDI Spring Symposium April 24
Thank you for making the 2019 GIDI Symposium a great success.
If you missed the symposium, you can check out the talks and photos of the event HERE
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