Global Health

A clinical trial is underway to determine if mosquitoes that harbor an infection-blocking bacteria can help break the transmission cycle of certain viral diseases to people.

Dr. Sabo-Attwood’s primary research investigates how environmental contaminants impact organisms at the cellular and molecular levels. She is specifically interested in chemicals that can disrupt endocrine systems (components of plastics, surfactants, pharmaceuticals), and nanomaterials, emerging contaminants with widespread use in consumer and industrial products. Her focus centers on both the…

Dr. Rheingans current research focuses on the social, economic and environmental determinants of water and sanitation related illness in developing countries. This includes studies of disparities in water and sanitation risks at the scale of urban slums in Kenya and across sub-Saharan Africa. He is currently leading a randomized controlled…

Dr. Okech’s primary research seeks to understand the biological processes occurring in the mosquito midgut after food ingestion and how they influence mosquito survival and disease transmission. Understanding these processes may uncover new environmentally safe opportunities and tools that could potentially be used to reduce mosquito vector population and/or prevent…

Dr. Gray’s current research interest include emerging infectious diseases, zoonotic infections, clinical trials, rapid diagostics, epidemiology of respiratory infections, adenovirus infections, influenza, human metapneumovirus, group A streptococcal infections, vaccinology, public health among military populations, and tropical infectious diseases.