infectious diseases

How One Graduate Launched a Career in Infectious Disease Amid a Pandemic

Monday, May 10th, 2021

At Cummings School, Brooke Howland, VG20, developed her passion for infectious disease diagnostics and landed a dream job in research

Brooke Howland posing for a picture outdoors

A Push to Prevent the Next Pandemic

Wednesday, October 7th, 2020

Cummings School expertise is key to a global program headed by the university that aims to stop new viruses from becoming a widespread danger to humans.

USAID personnel work on Ebola recovery in Liberia in 2015. Tufts will head a program that will work with 10 countries in Africa and Asia to halt the spread of emerging viruses that cause diseases like Ebola and COVID-19.

COVID-19 from Humans to Animals ‘Highly Unlikely’, Study at Tufts Finding

Wednesday, May 20th, 2020

Postdoctoral scholar Kaitlin Sawatzki talked to The Grafton News about the latest data from Cummings School’s ongoing study on COVID-19 in pets and livestock

Postdoctoral scholar and animal surveillance coordinator Kaitlin Sawatzki tests samples for the CoVERS study at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University.

On Public Health and Rat Risks

Friday, May 15th, 2020

Research assistant professor Marieke Rosenbaum says COVID-19 can teach us how to encourage other behavioral changes for health—and plans to test urban rodents.

Marieke Rosenbaum testing a hitech trap outside

How Many People Have Been Infected?

Friday, May 15th, 2020

Associate professor Abhineet Sheoran explains why widespread antibody testing is so critical to moving forward in a COVID-19 world.

Dr. Abhineet Sheoran working with two students in the lab who are enrolled in the MS in Infectious Disease and Global Health Program

Biosecurity Must Include Measures for Epidemic Disease

Friday, May 15th, 2020

Professor Sam Telford says the U.S. was caught unprepared to fight COVID-19—and asks how we will learn from this experience and invest differently going forward.

Exterior of Regional Biosafety Laboratory Building

What Is Behind COVID-19 Spillover Events?

Friday, May 15th, 2020

Professor Jonathan Runstadler discusses his lab’s work to investigate genetic mutations and other factors that enable the SARS-CoV-2 virus to jump species.

Black dog being swabbed in nasal cavity for COVID-19 testing

Are Threatened Wildlife Species Safe from COVID-19?

Friday, May 15th, 2020

Research assistant professor Chris Whittier says the pandemic raises many questions around the relationships among human, animal, and environmental health.