The University of Florida department of epidemiology welcomes three new additions to the Fogarty Indo-US Training Program: Shankar Das, Mythili Hazarika and Hanjabam Shukhdeba Sharma. Das received his doctoral degree in applied psychology from the University of Mumbai and will train at the University of Florida for two months.
Dr. Gregory Gray and colleagues have identified the first known case of an equine influenza virus in camels. (Photo by Dr. Gray)
Dr. Arch G. Mainous and colleagues found that prediabetes rates among English adults rose from about 12 percent in 2003 to 35 percent in 2011.
In Mexico, audiology services are largely unavailable or too expensive for most who need them. That’s why each spring break, University of Florida Doctor of Audiology students and faculty travel to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico to provide free hearing health care to people with low income. “This is…
Examples included people infecting their pets with the bacterium methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, and farmers transmitting the H1N1 influenza virus to livestock.
UF plans to build on its strengths in both veterinary and human medicine to become a world leader in the science of infectious and zoonotic diseases.
Jacob Atem, a PHHP doctoral student and a former Lost Boy of Sudan, was featured in a Jan. 5 New York Times article on his continued involvement in South Sudan.
In a new project led by Dr. Gregory Gray, UF will partner with Mongolian agencies to train multidisciplinary teams to develop zoonotic disease prevention and control techniques.
Undergraduate student Soya Davis traveled to Thailand, where she surveyed college students about their thoughts on human trafficking, a modern-day form of slavery.
PHHP and the Emerging Pathogens Institute welcomed Dr. Ziad Memish, Saudi Arabia’s deputy minister for public health, who discussed Middle East Respiratory Syndrome and strategies for reducing transmission risk during the Hajj.
