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Category: CTEGD Blog

Scientists use ‘One Health’ model to fight Chagas disease

Donna Huber on May 7, 2025

The parasite that causes Chagas disease can cause inflammation in the heart, as shown in white here in a mouse model. (Image courtesy of Fernando Sanchez) Supported by almost $4 million in new funding, researchers at the University of Georgia and Texas A&M are using improved detection and treatment methods to understand Chagas disease, a …

Chet Joyner receives Fred C. Davison Early Career Scholar Award

Donna Huber on April 11, 2025

Chester Joyner, assistant professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine’s infectious diseases department and member of CTEGD, is integrating molecular biology, immunology and vaccine development to develop new therapies needed to treat and prevent malaria. His work addresses some of the biggest challenges in the field by studying Plasmodium vivax dormancy in the liver, investigating why …

Jessica Kissinger named 2025 University Professor

Donna Huber on March 4, 2025

  CTEGD faculty member Jessica Kissinger earned the distinction of University Professor, a title bestowed on those who have made a significant impact on the university in addition to fulfilling their regular academic responsibilities. An integral voice on the university’s 2020 and 2025 strategic planning committees, Kissinger has championed initiatives designed to move UGA into …

The Life & Times of the SchistoKid – People, Parasites, and Plagues podcast

Donna Huber on January 2, 2025

Daniel Colley visits a car wash in Kisumu, Kenya, one of his study sites for more than 20 years. Workers at the car wash drive vehicles into Lake Victoria, infecting and reinfecting themselves with schistosomiasis. (Photo courtesy of SCORE) Professor Emeritus Daniel Colley is the featured guest on the People, Parasites, and Plagues podcast. Learn …

Researchers discover malaria gene needed to make pair of invasion organelles

Donna Huber on October 2, 2024

by Donna Huber Vasant Muralidharan and his research group at the University of Georgia's Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases have uncovered the role of an essential protein in Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite that causes the deadliest form of malaria. The discovery offers new insights for vaccine and drug development. The parasite that causes …

Trainee Spotlight: Kaelynn Parker

Donna Huber on July 30, 2024

I'm Kaelynn Parker and I'm from Virginia where I received my BS in biology from the University of Mary Washington. I'm a cellular biology Ph.D. student in Deigo Huet's laboratory. What made you want to study science? I took a genetic course at Germanna Community College as an elective while pursuing an associate’s degree part-time …

In the news: Dennis Kyle

Donna Huber on July 8, 2024

  Dennis Kyle is the Director of CTEGD and the GRA Eminent Scholar in Antiparasitic Drug Discovery in the Departments of Cellular Biology and Infectious Diseases. Brain-eating amoeba: Will the warming climate bring more cases? (MSN)