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Program Overview |
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Graduate Research Fellowships (M.S. or Ph.D.) Sponsored
by the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention and the Tulane School
of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Research areas include a variety
of topics in arthropod vector ecology, arbovirus ecology and molecular
biology, malaria ecology, cell and molecular biology, epidemiology, integrated
vector control and pathogen diagnostics. M.S. applicants should have a
B.S. in biology, entomology or related field. Ph.D. applicants should
have a M.S. in a biological science or related public health field. Preference
will be given to applicants with excellent academic credentials, strong
letters of reference and research or practice experience. Fellowships
provide tuition and competitive stipends plus health insurance. Tulane
University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and minorities are
encouraged to apply. For additional information contact:
Resources, facilities, and professional personnel involved in the VBID training program. Most training will
take place in southeastern Louisiana in the New Orleans area. This locale
is host to a number of vector-borne diseases, and so there is great potential
for a field component to research projects. West Nile virus, St. Louis
encephalitis virus, Eastern Equine encephalitis virus, La Crosse encephalitis
virus, Ehrlichia spp., Trypanosoma cruzi, Dirofilaria
immitis and possibly Borrelia bergdorferi are all endemic to
this area. In addition, all have been the object of study by Tulane faculty
at one time or another. In addition to the potential for field studies,
Tulane has the facilities to maintain these pathogens in culture for laboratory
studies. We also have a very strong Geographic Information Systems group
with experience in vector-borne disease research. In addition, excellent
linkages exist with vector-borne disease professionals in the state. As
a result, we can offer training in operational vector control and disease
surveillance, arbovirus diagnostics, and onsite training with epidemiologists
at the state Office of Public Health. Although we expect most training
to occur here on the mainland US, training opportunities are available
to work on dengue in San Juan, Puerto Rico and on a variety of vector-borne
diseases in CIDEIM's modern facility in Cali, Colombia. Training opportunities
also exist in Africa through other existing Tulane linkages.
Partial List of Professional Personnel Involved in the Training Program
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