Alumna Christina Faust addresses Girl Scouts
Sep 2021
Odum alumna Christina Faust addresses the Athens-area Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia Annual Clementi Holder Promises to Keep Breakfast on Sept. 8, 2021.
Asymptomatic pertussis more common than believed
Jun 2021
A new study from Boston University and UGA finds that asymptomatic pertussis may be far more common than previously believed.
UGA researchers identify rules for predicting climate change effects on host-parasite interactions
May 2021
New research from UGA identifies rules to help predict how host-parasite relationships will be shaped by global climate change.
Targeted methods to control SARS-CoV-2 spread
May 2021
New research from the CEID explores the effectiveness of different non-pharmaceutical intervention methods at slowing the spread of COVID-19.
UGA to establish national NIH-funded center to fight flu
Apr 2021
The National Institutes of Health has awarded UGA a contract to establish the Center for Influenza Disease and Emergence Research.
UGA’s Amazing Students: Claire Teitelbaum
Apr 2021
Claire Teitelbaum, a doctoral student in the Odum School of Ecology, is featured in UGA’s Amazing Students series.
Light pollution drives increased risk of West Nile virus
Mar 2021
By attracting birds and mosquitoes, light pollution is enhancing the likelihood that they’ll spread West Nile virus to animals and humans.
Long-lived butterfly parasites can’t take the heat
Mar 2021
Debilitating parasite spores that infect monarch butterflies can persist for years at cool temperatures, but are knocked out by heat.
Disease Detectives
Mar 2021
Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases researchers are working toward predicting future outbreaks by studying how hosts and parasites interact in the wild.
Opinion: Preparing Now for the Next Great Pandemic
Feb 2021
In a letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal, Dean John L. Gittleman urges global surveillance on the origins of viral transmission.