Mark your calendars for the Department of Infectious Diseases' 16th annual retreat! 🎉 The two-day event will feature a Faculty Retreat on Sept. 26 and a Student Showcase on Sept. 27.

We hope to see you there! #UGAIDIS

Graduate Student Spotlight! 🎉

Maiya Callender is a 3rd-year PhD student in Harvill Lab. Her research focuses on how maternal vaccination against pertussis protects newborns from infection.

See more of Maiya's work at scholar.google.com/citations?user…

PhDone! ✅

Congratulations to the 281 new doctoral graduates from the University of Georgia! #UGAGrad

May is Mental Health Awareness Month! Your mental health matters to us.

Check out the link below for online mental health resources, and pick up a sticker from the 3rd floor of the CVM building!
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Congrats! 🎉 Breanna Timani (middle) is a Master's student in the Department of Infectious Diseases.
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Attention graduate students 📢 Applications for CVM's Competitive Research Grant for Graduate Students and House Officers are now open!

Make sure to apply by June 15th to be considered for funding. Apply at ugeorgia.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bC…
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Join us today for a dissertation defense on Microsoft Teams. We hope to see you there!

See more of Hua's work at scholar.google.com/citations?user…

Staff spotlight! 🎉

In celebration of Administrative Professionals' Day last week, we want to highlight our clerical assistant, LaDonna Allen!

LaDonna does so much for our department, ensuring everything runs smoothly. Watch to learn more about LaDonna! #UGAIDIS

It's #WorldMalariaDay . Learn how our interdisciplinary and collaborative approach tackles some of the most pressing issues in #malaria research.
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Thank you Dr. Zhicheng Dou for an insightful final seminar of the semester!

See more of Dr. Dou's work at thedoulab.wordpress.com

Check out these snapshots from our departmental social on Wednesday! We had a great time decorating cookies and socializing to celebrate the end of the semester. #UGAIDIS

Join us on Monday, April 29 for our final seminar of the semester with Dr. Zhicheng Dou of Biological Sciences.

We hope to see you there! #UGAIDIS

Check out this exciting work for #EmoryCFAR Member, Ankita Garg (Department of Infectious Diseases, UGA) to address the effectiveness of hepatitis B vaccines for people living with #HIV .

Thank you to Dr. Noah Butler (@ButlerLab)for an insightful seminar on metabolic regulation of anti-malarial immunity!

See more of Dr. Butler's work at butler.lab.uiowa.edu

Introducing our Grad Student Spotlights!

Judith M. Reyes Ballista is a 5th-year PhD candidate in Brindley Lab. Her research focuses on how chikungunya can efficiently enter and exit cells.

See more of Judith's work at:
researchgate.net/scientific-con…
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Join us Monday, April 22 for a seminar with Dr. Noah Butler of @ButlerLab.

We hope to see you there!

Thank you Michele Mulholland, PhD for an insightful seminar Monday! See more of Dr. Mulholland's work at scholar.google.com/citations?user…

Stay tuned for more information on upcoming seminars.
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Happy Lab Week 2024! This week we celebrate our amazing #UGAIDIS laboratory professionals who work to improve health and prevent infectious diseases.

Know an amazing laboratory professional? Tag them below and show us how you're celebrating #LabWeek !

Congratulations to IDIS undergraduate students Rajarajan Srinivasan, Kevin Richmond, Julian Bolanos and Casey Ellen Pac for presenting their research at UGA's CURO Symposium! We can't wait to see all that they go on to do! #UGAIDIS

Join us on Monday, April 15 for a seminar with Michele Mulholland, PhD of MD Anderson Cancer Center.

We hope to see you there!
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