The Western Gulf Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Diseases works to enhance the capacity to anticipate, prevent, and control vector-borne diseases (VBD).
Galveston, TX
Joined November 2017
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The @USAFMedicine has a medical #entomology fellowship opportunity open to recent Master's-level graduates. The medical entomology program provides warfighters with timely, actionable information about vector-borne and zoonotic disease threats in their areas of operation.
Apply by 9/15 here: zintellect.com/Opportunity/D…
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Here is how our program serves as a public health tool.
Join us and make a direct public health impact!
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A postdoc in medical entomology is available @create_neo. Based at UTMB, will work in partnership w/ Brazilian collaborators for mosquito collections in various urban and forest habitats and participate in wildlife capture, sampling, and release.@ASTMH @ACAV_ASTMH @CREID_Network
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UTRGV is hiring a computational or mathematical biologist, who can do research with vectors/vector borne diseases. The position will be a joint appointment between math and biology departments. (Link - careers.utrgv.edu/postings/3…). Feel free to forward or contact me with questions.
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Two post-doc positions available with Dr. Monica Borucki @Livermore_Lab studying virology, immunology, mouse models of Zika or SARS-CoV-2, genomics, and synthetic biology. Great opportunity in an awesome environment! Apply 👉 llnl.gov/join-our-team/caree…
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Excellent opportunity to work in a productive environment!
I am looking for a postdoc wanting to work on modeling climate change impacts on insect vectors and the diseases they transmit and/or coupled social/ecological dynamics of pathogen transmission. Full details at this link:
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Excited to share the speaker roster of our 2023 Seminar Series on Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases sponsored by @create_neo & UTMB Center for Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. @ASTMH @CREID_Network @ihii_utmb @Virology_FAMERP @ACAV_ASTMH @InstitutoGorgas @LambrechtsLab
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Last week, senior research professor Dr. Pete Teel, postdoctoral research associate Dr. Samantha Hays and @txextension specialist Dr. Sonja Swiger presented at the 2022 Beef Cattle Short Course during a session on ticks, flies and other livestock pests. #TAMUBugs
For details and application procedure, please see the following link: zintellect.com/Opportunity/D…
TICKS – WHAT ARE THEY? HOW THEY CAN AFFECT YOUR LIVESTOCK, AND HOW TO EFFECTIVELY MANAGE THEM. Join the virtual symposium hosted by the National Cattlemen's Beef Association and USDA on Aug 23 & 24 from 12pm-3:45 EST ncba.org/producers/tick-symp…
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Did you know mosquitoes only need one teaspoon of water to lay their eggs? Mosquitoes are great at finding standing water in your yard! Make sure to eliminate those hard to find puddles of water, aka cryptic sources, in your yard. #breedingsources #vectorcontrol #fyp
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PhD positions in vector-borne arthropods and Mollusks.
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The Ecology and Entomology Team at @CDCgov Fort Collins is hiring an MS- or PhD-level ORISE fellow focusing on developing targeted amplicon workflows for use on the MinION sequencing platform. For more information visit: nam11.safelinks.protection.o…
Congrats Cecilia!
Congratulations to the newly minted Dr. Xinyue Huang who successfully defended her dissertation today. Pictured here with her supportive committee. #tamubugs @TAMUEEB @tamuentomology
Job Alert! 🚨 Harris County (@hcphtx) is hiring a Grant Sequencing Lead: governmentjobs.com/careers/h…
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Post-doctoral research opportunity to investigate molecular & immunological mechanisms of Powassan virus transmission at the tick-virus-host interface.
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The Department of Entomology and the @CDCgov-funded @WGCVBD are playing a major role in creating a pipeline for public health professionals by building a curriculum and 2 certificate programs to help with fight against vector-borne diseases. tx.ag/WesternGulfTeaching #TAMUBugs
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The Legislative & Regulatory committee wants to know more about what issues are important to you and how they can better share your voice with our elected officials. #MosquitoLife 🦟
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