Dr. Mai’s lab is interested in determining causal associations between microbiota composition and various health outcomes. While his lab is using animal models for proof of principle studies, and human feeding studies to determine effects of dietary interventions on microbiota composition, they are most interested in performing prospective cohort studies…
A new technique honed by University of Florida scientists can track rapid molecular changes that occur in cholera strains during epidemics and researchers hope the genetic analysis will help stamp out such outbreaks.
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. Lednicky’s current research interests are focused on avian influenza virus H5N1 and other influenza viruses (human and animal): detection, isolation, and genetic analysis, live agent bioaerosol inhalation studies, cultivation of alga and extraction of oil from alga, production of biodiesel from algal oils, respiratory viruses including hantaviruses and Sars…
Dr. Kane’s current research interests focus on aquatic pathology and toxicology, environmental health, low-level stress outcomes in aquatic organisms, behavioral toxicology, infectious diseases including non-tuberculous mycobacteria, water quality, environmental change, zoonoses, global health, and scientific outreach.
Dr. Heil’s primary research focuses on the development methodologies to assess exposure history of populations at risk of infection by zoonotic influenza viruses. Current methodologies are confounded by significant cross-reactivity, and Dr Heil’s works to provide better assessments of exposure history to provide more acurate data for the determination of…
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.
