Participating graduate programs associated with the NIH-supported Parasitology and Vector Biology (PVB) Training Grant announce the availability of predoctoral fellowships in the areas of parasitology, virology and host vectors. The PVB training program offers a variety of courses and seminars in advanced parasitology, arvbovirology and vector biology, as well as exciting opportunities for research training exploring the molecular biology, immunology, biochemistry, neurobiology, and physiology of parasitic/viral diseases and their mechanisms of transmission. Additional opportunities are available through participation in the UW Global Health seminar program and field research in tropical diseases associated with selected trainer programs.
Graduate Departments/Programs
Lyric Bartholomay Immunobiology of arthropod vectors and arthropod-pathogen interactions; vector control
Kerri Coon Ecology and evolution of host-associated microbes, insect microbiomes, mosquito-gut microbiota interactions, vector-borne disease and vector biology
Thomas C. Friedrich Innate and adaptive immune responses to viral infections and the mechanisms viruses have evolved to subvert them
Tony L. Goldberg Ecology & evolution of infectious diseases with an emphasis on zoonosis & emerging pathogens, including molecular identification & epidemiology of parasitic disease
Jennifer Golden Synthetic medicinal chemistry; anti-parasitic drug design and discovery
Jessica Hite Pathogen ecology and evolution
Laura Knoll Program Director, Molecular genetics of developmental regulation and virulence in the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii
Mark J. Mandel Understanding the molecular basis by which animals and their natural microbiota form specific, reproducible interactions
Andrew Mehle Virus-host interactions involved in controlling activity of the viral replication machinery; host-vector interactions in bunya viruses
Phil Newmark Germ cell development and regeneration in planarians; developmental biology of schistosome blood flukes
David H. O’Connor Interactions between host genetics, cellular immunity, and infectious disease pathogenesis, with emphases on HIV/AIDS and Zika virus
Claire O’Leary Mucosal immunology, Tritrichomonas muris activation in small intestine, gut microbiome
Adela Oliva Chavez (Joining Faculty January 2024) Ticks and tick-borne pathogens; extracellular vesicles; wound healing responses and skin immunity; epigenetics; vaccine development
Jorge Osorio Virology; Dengue virus- host interactions and transmission; vaccine development
Susan M. Paskewitz Biology and eco- epidemiology of tick- and mosquito/pathogen interactions; integrated vector control; public health and medical entomology
Mostafa Zamanian Drug targets and drug resistance mechanisms in vector-borne parasitic nematodes; host-parasite interactions; parasite genomics
Contact Information
For further information contact:
Laura Knoll, Director, Parasitology and Vector Biology Training Program
ROFESSOR OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY & IMMUNOLOGY
University of Wisconsin-Madison
3303 Microbial Sciences Building
Madison, WI 53706
Email: ljknoll@wisc.edu
Applicants must be a US citizen or permanent resident, and applications from women and minorities are especially welcome.