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UGA Precision One Health Symposium
FeaturedUGA Center for Continuing Education and Hotel 1197 South Lumpkin Street, Athens, GA, United StatesRegister Today Join us on Friday, November 7th, 2025, for Converge, a one-day symposium exploring the dynamic intersection of Precision One Health (POH), artificial intelligence, and data-driven approaches to medicine, public health, and disease ecology. This symposium highlights collaborative research across UGA’s colleges, emphasizing interdisciplinary discovery. Sessions will feature work from […]

Seminar: Emily E. Rosowski
S175 Coverdell CenterThis event is part of the department’s seminar series for graduate students. "Illuminating Innate Immunity to Aspergillus fungi" Dr. Emily Rosowski is an Associate Professor at the Clemson University, College of Science, School of Health Research, Department of Biological Sciences. She earned her PhD in Biology from the Massachusetts Institute […]

Defense: Kayla Adcock
Wildlife Health Building Room 101 589 D. W. Brooks Drive, Athens, GA, United States"Pathogen Surveillance, Diagnostics, and Disease Characterization in Free-Ranging Avian Wildlife" Dissertation defense: Kayla Adock Major professor: Nicole Nemeth Contact Jessi Moss ([email protected]) for Zoom information.

Defense: Grace Woods Vick
S175 Coverdell Center"Biogenesis of unique membranous organelles in Plasmodium falciparum" Dissertation defense: Grace Woods Vick Major professor: Vasant Muralidharan Contact Jessi Moss ([email protected]) for Zoom information.

Seminar: Richard Bucala
S175 Coverdell CenterThis event is part of the department’s seminar series for graduate students. "A Most Interesting Factor" Dr. Richard Bucala is the Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine and Professor of Pathology and of Epidemiology at the Yale School of Medicine. Additionally, he is the Rheumatologist in Chief in the Rheumatology […]

Seminar: Ania Majewska
S175 Coverdell CenterThis event is part of the department's seminar series for graduate students. Dr. Ania Majewska is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Health and the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Georgia. She earned her PhD in Ecology at the University […]

Career in Focus: Nicole Acuff
VirtualJoin us for a Career in Focus webinar with Dr. Nicole Acuff, Associate Director of Immunology at Janux Therapeutics. Dr. Acuff is a 2016 alumn of the Department of Infectious Diseases. Learn about life as a scientist at a small biotech company, how Dr. Acuff found her position, what her […]

Seminar: Katherine Hummels
S175 Coverdell CenterThis event is part of the department’s seminar series for graduate students. "Regulation of cell envelope biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa" Dr. Katherine Hummels is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Georgia. She earned her PhD in Microbiology in 2019 from Indiana University and completed […]

Defense: Mark Phillips
S175 Coverdell Center"Studies of Paramyxovirus Replication and Paramyxoviral Vectors" Doctoral defense: Mark Phillips Major professor: Dr. Biao He Contact Jessi Moss ([email protected]) for Zoom information.

Seminar: Jorge Eugenio Vidal
S175 Coverdell CenterThis event is part of the department's seminar series for graduate students. "Oxidative Metabolism at the Core of Pneumococcal Virulence: Mechanisms and Translational Potential: Dr. Jorge Vidal is a Professor in the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology and the Center for Immunology and Microbial Research at the University of […]






