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Awards at University of California - Berkeley

Lee W. Riley, M.D.
University of California - Berkeley
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Latency and Reactivation Tuberculosis
2002 Senior Scholar Award in Global Infectious Disease

After AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) is the most common infectious cause of death in adults worldwide. One-third of the world’s population is infected with the organism Mycobacterium tuberculosis that causes TB. One can develop TB shortly after an infection, but most new TB cases in the world arise from those who are chronically... (more)

Eva Harris, Ph.D.
University of California - Berkeley
Development of a Mouse Model for Dengue Virus Infection and Disease
2002 Infrastructure Award in Global Infectious Disease

The Ellison Medical Foundation has pledged support of up to $750,000 over a period of three years to support the Development of a Mouse Model for Dengue Virus Infection and Disease to elucidate the molecular mechanism of this disease, to better characterize the immune response, and to serve for pre-clinical vaccine testing and evaluating antiviral therapies.

Wayne M. Gez, Ph.D.
University of California - Berkeley
Epidemiological Modeling and Analysis
2003 Conferences, Workshops & Education Award in Global Infectious Disease

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help support a short course on Epidemiological Modeling and Analysis held at the Workshop on HIV-AIDS at the University’s Berkeley Campus South African Centre in Cape Town, South Africa on December 1-5, 2003.

Daniel A. Portnoy, Ph.D.
University of California - Berkeley
Production of Muramyl Dipeptides and Induction of Type I Interferon by Listeria monocytogenes and Mycobacterium tuberculosis
2004 Senior Scholar Award in Global Infectious Disease

The global burden of disease caused by intracellular pathogens is one of the largest challenges facing the international biomedical community. Mycobacterium tuberculosis, for example, infects about one-third of the world’s population resulting in... (more)

Daniel A. Portnoy, Ph.D.
University of California - Berkeley
Microbial Toxins and Pathogenesis
2004 Conferences, Workshops & Education Award in Global Infectious Disease

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $7,500 to support a session on Persistent Infections held at the Gordon Research Conference on Microbial Toxins and Pathogenesis July 18-23, 2004 in Andover, New Hampshire.