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Infectious Disease Epidemiology

January 15, 2017

Dr Michael Satlin’s patients aren’t just battling cancer Many are also fighting drug-resistant bacteria – “superbugs” that threaten their fragile immune systems, and their lives “They can die within hours or days of infection if they’re not properly...

January 13, 2017

Managing mosquito-borne viruses, such as West Nile, Dengue, Zika and tick-borne Lyme disease have been a challenge due to lack of resources, knowledge and trained expertise To better understand, prevent and treat diseases passed from insects to people, the...

November 30, 2016

Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti on October 4, 2016 and has acted as a deadly catalyst upon the country’s worsening cholera epidemic The outbreak began in 2010 after the catastrophic earthquake, when contaminated waste from a United Nations peacekeeping base entered a...

October 23, 2016

Researchers from the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering and Weill Cornell Medicine are teaming up to learn more about antibiotic resistance in neutropenic patients – individuals with low levels of infection-fighting white blood cells, such as those with...

October 11, 2016

Senior Extension Associate – Poultry Medicine Specialty Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine Research focus includes field investigation of common diseases of poultry including avian influenza (AI), Newcastle...

October 4, 2016

From infectious diseases like West Nile virus to noninfectious issues like bald eagle deaths from lead ammunition, the detection, tracking and management of wildlife diseases is essential for the health of wild animals, pets and humans To maintain such services, the...

September 20, 2016

The Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) hosted the seventh annual Veterinary Public Health Symposium Sept 9-11 Organized by student members of the Cornell Veterinary Public Health Association, the symposium featured talks by a broad range of veterinarians,...

September 19, 2016

ITHACA, NY – Genetic cues from male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes passed on during sex affect which genes are turned on or off in a females’ reproductive tract post-mating, including genes related to blood feeding, egg development and immune defense, according to new...

September 16, 2016

The Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine is collaborating with the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) to create the first internationally accredited school of veterinary medicine in Hong Kong  Not only is there currently no veterinary school in Hong...

August 8, 2016

My name is Rachel Hilliard and I am a member of the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine’s class of 2019 I am off to Uganda this summer with the Expanding Horizons program! For the next eight weeks I will be conducting a study on tick-borne...

July 11, 2016

My name is Sabine Fischer-Daly and I am a member of the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine’s class of 2018 American Samoa will be my home for two months this summer, where I will work as an Expanding Horizons fellow I recently completed my second...

June 30, 2016

Eating dirt can even become an addiction, an impulsive act hidden from others “With geophagy, the language of substance abuse is really common,” says Sera Young, Assistant Professor of Global Health and Nutrition in the Department of Population Medicine and...