Advances in Immunology and Microbiology Seminar Series
About the event
Featuring research in the areas of:
Epidemiology | Infectious Disease | Disease Ecology | Drug Discovery | Virology |
Global Health | Vector-Borne Disease | Pathology
The Advances in Immunology & Microbiology seminar series is a weekly forum that brings together scientists from diverse fields and disciplines across the College of Veterinary Medicine to discuss research advances in the broad areas of immunology, microbiology, infectious diseases, and global health. Seminars feature student speakers from the Immunology & Infectious Disease (IID) doctoral program, IID-affiliated postdoctoral researchers and faculty, intramural speakers from across the university, and extramural speakers.
INTRAMURAL FACULTY & TRAINEE
Dr. Andreas Eleftherious, Assistant Professor, Public Health Program and Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology
TITLE: Informing preventive medicine through ecology, epidemiology and toxicology
Dr. Eleftheriou is the PI of the newly established Veterinary & Medical Ecology lab (VMEL) in VMP. The lab’s research focuses on the ecology and epidemiology of pathogens and toxicants with medical and veterinary significance, specifically zoonoses and chemical contaminants, to broadly support health and conservation. We use a systems-thinking approach in our investigations, which integrate laboratory, field, and quantitative methods and draw from separate yet related disciplines, namely ecology, epidemiology, and toxicology. We primarily conduct collaborative investigations to answer place-oriented questions at the human-animal-environment interface and inform control and prevention efforts. Dr. Eleftheriou will discuss his work in two systems: the Asian longhorned tick, a rapidly invasive hard tick in the US, and lead exposure from hunting ammunition in wildlife and humans with a focus on the US. He will also briefly discuss future directions of the lab.
Kevin Baird, PhD candidate, Department of Veterinary Microbiology & Pathology (Advisor: Dr. Massaro Ueti)