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The University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine Announces Infectious and Zoonotic Disease Pilot Awards
Awards represent the Institute for Infectious and Zoonotic Diseases’ long-term vision of supporting research that advances understanding of infectious diseases.

Stopping Disease Transmission at the Source
Dr. Michael Povelones considers how the chain of disease transmission could be halted before a pathogen ever leaves the mosquito vector.

Penn Vet Establishes Institute for Infectious and Zoonotic Diseases
Signaling the world’s vulnerability to disease, Penn Vet is launching the Institute for Infectious and Zoonotic Diseases to confront emerging and re-emerging zoonotic and vector-borne diseases, with a goal of…

Leaky blood-brain barrier and schizophrenia (link is external)
The blood-brain barrier keeps out anything that could lead to disease and dangerous inflammation—at least when all is functioning normally.

Taking on wildlife disease (link is external)
When wildlife biologist Matthew Schnupp began his career, the emphasis was on conserving habitat. “The paradigm of wildlife management for the last 20 years has been habitat management,” he says,…