Assistant Director of the Biomedical and Translational Sciences Institute, Chair of One Health, Professor of Infectious Diseases

Joined May 2012
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Registration is reopened! Still looking for a Maymester? Apply now at: dfs.uga.edu/_portal/tds-prog… @DanPeach3 #UGAVetMed @UGAEcology

Our favorite field study program is back for May 2025! 🦟 Apply by Feb. 15 at zurl.co/9LQDA . @DanPeach3 #UGAVetMed
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Great work’
IDIS in the news! 📰 PhD student @colleen_sedney and Dr. Eric Harvill share their research on neonatal immune systems with @ASMicrobiology. Read the article to learn more about their research on the subject! ⬇️
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Live this!
This week is Fungal Disease Awareness Week! 🦠 While often overlooked, fungal infections impact over one billion people per year. We're proud to support the research of our faculty in fungal disease diagnostics, surveillance and vaccine development. #UGAVetMed #FungalWeek24
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The IDIS newsletter is back in a digital form! 🎉 Sign-up today with this link zurl.co/NDm3 You don't want to miss it! #UGAVetMed #VetDawgs
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Check out this new publication in the Journal of Virology from our newest PhD! 👏 Judith M. Reyes Ballista et al. "Chikungunya virus release is reduced by TIM-1 receptors through binding of envelope phosphatidylserine" 🔗 zurl.co/bLIb #UGAVetMed #VetDawgs
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Congratulations to our newest PhD, Dr. Elyssa Campbell! 🎉 Elyssa is pictured with her advisor, Dr. Andy Moorhead. We can't wait to see what you go on to do! #UGAVetMed #VetDawgs
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Students, sign up to present your research at this link: 🔗ugeorgia.ca1.qualtrics.com/j…

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
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Fighting flu on the frontlines! 🥼🐄 ➡️ Check out this conversation with Dr. Grazieli Maboni about the critical work in @ugavetmed's diagnostic labs to protect animal health and safeguard our agricultural community during the avian flu outbreak in dairy cattle. #VetDawgs
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Congratulations 🎉!!
Congratulations to our new doctors! Judith Reyes Ballista, Nada Abbadi and Elizabeth Wrobel successfully defended their PhD theses over the past week. We wish them the best in their future endeavors! 🎉 #UGAVetMed #VetDawgs
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Congratulations, Dr. He! 🎉
CyanVac LLC, a University of Georgia-based startup, is advancing to a double-blind Phase 2b study with 10,000 participants to compare the efficacy and safety of the intranasal vaccine against an FDA-approved mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine. news.uga.edu/intranasal-covi… | #UGAresearch
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Check out this publication from @JoynerLab and Kyle Lab (@parasite_doc) 👏
3 Jun 2024
A Drug Repurposing Approach Reveals Targetable Epigenetic Pathways in #Plasmodium vivax Hypnozoites | Steven Maher et al. @JoynerLab @parasite_doc elifesciences.org/reviewed-p…
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Check out this new publication from @CTEGD! 👏 Sarah Hosking, one of the authors, is an IDIS grad student in LaFontaine lab.
3 Jun 2024
The Toxoplasma gondii F-Box Protein L2 Functions as a Repressor of Stage Specific Gene Expression | Carlos G. Baptista, et al. journals.plos.org/plospathog…
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Chris King to serve as interim VP for research news.uga.edu/chris-king-to-s…

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Check out this recent publication from @JustineShiau, Nathan Garcia-Diaz, Dennis Kyle (@parasite_doc) and Ash Pathak (@ashshutup)!👏
28 May 2024
The influence of oviposition status on measures of transmission potential in #malaria-infected #mosquitoes depends on sugar availability | Justine C. Shiau, Nathan Garcia-Diaz, Dennis E. Kyle & Ashutosh K. Pathak parasitesandvectors.biomedce…
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Check out this recent publication from @m_strent's lab! Hannah Stanley, a microbiology PhD student, is the first author.
24 May 2024
Too much fat: Loss of the protein YhcB leads to increased fatty acid synthesis and excess lipids. @m_strent #mBio journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128…
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Congratulations to IDIS graduate student @colleen_sedney on receiving the Beverly Hirsh Frank Graduate Fellowship for 2024! 🎉 View Colleen's work at scholar.google.com/citations… #UGAIDIS
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Grad Student Spotlight! 🎉 Yang Su, a PhD candidate co-advised by Eric Harvill, recently discovered a new glycan that plays a key role in whooping cough infection. Watch the video to learn more about Yang's experience, and read more about the discovery at eurekalert.org/news-releases…
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9 May 2024
PhDone! ✅ Congratulations to the 281 new doctoral graduates from the University of Georgia! #UGAGrad
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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…
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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! online.uga.edu/news/may-ment… #UGAIDIS #BeWellUGA
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