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Dr. Andrew Park, Infectious Diseases faculty member has received the John M. Bowen Award for Excellence in Animal Research. The award recognizes investigators who are successfully developing a sustainable research program.
Valerie Cadet, Infectious Diseases graduate student in Dr. Jeff Hogan's lab has been selected to attend the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Intramural NIAID Research Opportunities(INRO) program to convene February 7, 2011, in Bethesda, Maryland
Dr. Lisa Nolan, former Infectious Diseases graduate student in Dr. Dick Wooley's lab was named the Dr. Stephen G. Juelsgaard Dean of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State University. Nolan earned her D.V.M. degree (1988) and a master’s (1989) and Ph.D. (1992) in medical microbiology from the University of Georgia, Athens. Nolan is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, the American Association of Avian Pathologists, the American Society for Microbiology and the International Society of Plasmid Biology. She serves on the editorial review board of the publication Avian Diseases, and since 2005 has been associate editor of Diseases of Poultry (12th and 13th editions).
Dr. Fred Quinn, head of the Department of Infectious Diseases appointed the first Athletic Association Professor of Infectious Diseases. The Athletic Association Professorship of Infectious Diseases was created by a gift from the UGA Athletic Association to support infectious disease research at the University of Georgia.
Dr. Renee Barber, Infectious Diseases graduate student in Dr. Scott Schatzberg's lab was recently awarded a two year Morris Animal Foundation Fellowship.
Drs. Eric Lafontaine and Jeff Hogan received funding for their grant, “Development of an adhesin-based vaccine to protect against melioidosis and glanders”, through the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Joint Science and Technology Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JSTO-CBD) and the Department of Defense. Total funds are $1,119,346. Read the UGA press release.
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