Nancy J. Sullivan, Ebola Vaccine and Treatment Pioneer, Named New NEIDL Director
Says priorities will include global engagement, strong science, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Nahid Bhadelia to Head New BU Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases
Will connect policy with research and use lessons from Ebola and COVID to prepare lawmakers and the public for next crisis
BU NEIDL Scientists Featured in NOVA’s Special Coronavirus Episode
Nahid Bhadelia, Ronald Corley, and Robert Davey talk about COVID-19’s spread, how they’re studying it in the lab
How Politics Shapes Our Understanding of, and Response to, COVID-19
SPH seminar panelists discuss a “crisis within a crisis”—a pandemic that has exacerbated the nation’s health inequities
BU NEIDL Scientists Join International Coronavirus Research Effort
Gathering on Monday focused on race to stop coronavirus spread, as dozens of infectious disease researchers from Boston are teaming up with Chinese collaborators
Outbreak Experts: What to Expect Next from Coronavirus
Researchers from BU’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories explain how the virus “jumped” from animals to humans and how lethal it might prove to be Airports in China and around the world are screening travelers for signs of infection with the new coronavirus. Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images. The world has been on high alert since […]
NEIDL Symposium: Talking about Infectious Diseases
Anthony Fauci, David Quammen address scientists, BU community members, the public National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Anthony Fauci told the NEIDL symposium audience that because there have always been, and always will be, emerging infectious diseases, “we need people and efforts like those that are going on right here, at BU, and […]
SPH Welcomes New Global Health Chair
Patricia Hibberd wants to leverage technology to save young lives When Patricia Hibberd (above) looks at her smartphone, she sees a chance to save young lives. Hibberd, the new chair of the School of Public Health’s Department of Global Health, has been working in Malawi, India, and Pakistan to develop a low-cost thermal imaging system […]
New Tool to Diagnose Zika
BU researcher on team that created prototype for simple new test Dana Braff (ENG’17), one of the lead authors on a Cell paper that describes a prototype for a new Zika diagnostic (photo above). Zika grabbed the world’s attention in late 2015, when scientists in Brazil began to suspect a connection between the virus and […]
Zika: The Next Pandemic
SPH professor concerned about virus, but also “prepared to be alarmed” The Aedes aegypti mosquito, which spreads dengue, chikungunya, and zika. On February 1, 2016, Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), declared Zika virus “a public health emergency of international concern.” Chan’s statement said the 2016 outbreak is an “extraordinary event” and […]