Virus/Microbe Emergence and Zoonosis

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UMIID researcher activities include:

  • Building a broad species/virus infection atlas of mammalian susceptibility to RNA viruses and defining zoonotic potential for human infection.
  • Isolating and characterizing new virus, bacteria, and fungi strains of human concern.
  • Developing and evaluating infection models.
  • Defining virus and microbe genetic diversity in linkage with disease.
  • Conducting high-throughput multiomic analysis of virus/microbe infection.
  • UMIID is actively involved with the CREID program to investigate and respond to emerging infectious diseases with our partners at multiple sites throughout the world. 
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Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Meggan Craft
Associate Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
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Head, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
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Professor and Director of PreClinical Research Center
William R. Harcombe
Associate Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
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Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Population Medicine
Cari Vanderpool
Department Head, CBS Plant and Microbial Biology