Originally posted May 13th, 2025 Learn how MCIDT Affiliate Adam Lauring and his team use viral surveillance to track respiratory viruses, at both the state and national level, to inform vaccine guidelines and provide early warnings of potential outbreaks to the...
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 from 11:00am to 12:00pm in SPH 1 RM 3755 Check out this seminar on May 21st sponsored by MCIDT Director Aubree Gordon on Repeat Influenza Vaccination Effects. This will be presented by Ben Cowling, the Head of Epidemiology and Biostatistics...
Friday, May 30th, 2025 from 9:00am to 2:30pm in the Palmer Commons Great Lakes Room Register for the 2025 Public Health Prepared Annual Summit, a program of MCIDT. The event, on May 30th, will bring together those working around infectious disease and emergency...
Originally posted April 23rd, 2025 Congratulations to MCIDT affiliate Janet Smith on being one of the scholars selected in the 2025 Class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Smith’s research hopes to expand our understanding biological processes through...
Nursing-home residents’ skin is a source of transmitted harmful and drug-resistant microbes Originally posted on February 26th, 2025 Check out MCIDT Affiliate Teresa O’Meara’s News and Views article in Nature discussing how drug resistant strains of the fungal...
Oringinally posted Feburary 14th, 2025 Congrats to MCIDT Affiliates Denise Kirschner and Adam Lauring for being elected as 2025 fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology. Both have advanced their respective fields, Dr. Kirschner researching Tuberculosis and Dr....
Why a norovirus vaccine isn’t available — yet Originally posted on February 13th, 2025 Check out MCIDT Affiliate Christiane Wobus's comments in Science News regarding Norovirus infection, how its genetic diversity is impacting vaccine development, and how to avoid...
Flu cases rise again, while COVID takes a back seat Originally Posted on February 7th, 2025 Check out MCIDT Director Aubree Gordon’s comments in NPR on how “viral interference” due to increased influenza may be leading to this winter’s mildest COVID surge since the...
Clearing the Way for Nasal Vaccines Originally Posted on January 8th, 2025 Check out MCIDT Affiliate Pamela Wong's comments in The Scientist regarding the barriers to nasal vaccination, and how better understanding them can help unlock the potential of mucosal...
Dengue is classified as an urban disease. Mosquitoes don’t care Originally Posted November 25th, 2024 Check out MCIDT affiliate Joseph Eisenburg’s comments in Science News on the risks associated with the classification of areas as urban or rural, and its implications...