UF/IFAS Researchers To Train Workforce Preventing Mosquito-Borne Disease Transmission

Three faculty members at the UF/IFAS Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory (FMEL) recently received $8.5 million from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) to manage mosquito-borne disease transmission. Increasingly prevalent diseases in the Southeast include West Nile fever and Zika, among others. New diseases are also likely to emerge in the future.

UF Inventor, Dr. Burkett-Cadena (pictured above), Dr. Eva Buckner, and Dr. Derrick Mathias plan to address this growing public health threat by developing a disease prevention and control workforce. Education and training will equip professionals in public health and other fields to better manage the species of concern and the diseases they spread.

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