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Author: Donna Huber

Former CDC executive to speak about communication and public health

Donna Huber on February 2, 2015

Athens, Ga. – The University of Georgia’s Voices from the Vanguard series continues Feb. 17 as Glen Nowak, director of the Center for Health and Risk Communication, gives his perspective on communication as a public health tool. The presentation, “Communication as a Public Health Tool: Difficulties, Realities, Possibilities,” takes place at 5:30 p.m. in the …

UGA researchers to develop new treatment for Chagas disease

Donna Huber on January 28, 2015

Athens, Ga. – University of Georgia researchers in collaboration with Anacor Pharmaceuticals have received a $5.3 million grant from the Wellcome Trust to develop a new drug for the treatment of Chagas disease, which they hope will be ready to enter clinical trials by 2016. Chagas disease is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which …

Gates grant supports UGA’s continued fight against infectious disease

Donna Huber on January 13, 2015

Athens, Ga. – The University of Georgia Research Foundation has received an additional $710,000 from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to expand its research into the elimination of schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease affecting millions of people throughout most of Africa and some of Asia, the Middle East and the Americas to include studies …

CDC scientist to speak about early AIDS investigations

Donna Huber on January 5, 2015

Athens, Ga. – “CDC, Hollywood and the early days of AIDS in the U.S.,” will be the topic of the next Voices from the Vanguard lecture at the University of Georgia. To be held Jan. 13 at 5:30 p.m. at the UGA Chapel, the lecture will feature Harold Jaffe, associate director of science at the …