Dr. Melvin Awarded $10,000 Sea Grant

Richard Melvin, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the UMN Medical School, Duluth Campus was recently awarded $10,000 from the Sea Grant to support a summer internship that will provide a student with practical field, laboratory and informatics experience in waterborne infectious disease monitoring. The intern will conduct a public beach monitoring program under the direction of University of Minnesota Medical School and Minnesota Sea Grant scientists. Read more about Dr. Melvin's previous projects monitoring public beaches here.

Congratulations Dr. Melvin!