 | Marc Lipsitch, D.Phil.
Harvard School of Public Health | | Antibiotic Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae: Transmission Dynamics and Consequences for Public Health
2002 New Scholar Award in Global Infectious Disease
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of otitis media (middle ear infections), bacteremia (blood infection),
pneumonia, and meningitis in both developed and developing countries. Extensive use of antibiotics has led to
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 | Dan Hartl, Ph.D.
Harvard University |
| John Mekalanos, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School |
 | Dyann Wirth, Ph.D.
Harvard School of Public Health | | Program in Career Development, Research and Training in Global Infectious Diseases at Harvard University
2002 Training Award in Global Infectious Disease
The Ellison Medical Foundation has awarded $1,100,000 for the first year of a five-year
award pledged to Harvard University to train a cohort of scientists, including pre-doctoral, post-doctoral, and advanced research /junior faculty trainees from both the United States and from disease... (more) |
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 | Laurie H. Glimcher, M.D.
Harvard School of Public Health | | Arming the Immune System against Pathogens with Selective Biologics: The Next Generation of Vaccines
2002 Senior Scholar Award in Global Infectious Disease
An effective immune response against infectious agents must be both of appropriate magnitude and type. Type 1 immunity relies on a type of T lymphocyte that induces both inflammatory and cytotoxic responses essential for destruction of intracellular pathogens such as tuberculosis. Generation of Type... (more) |
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 | Ali A. Sultan, M.D., Ph.D.
Harvard School of Public Health | | Molecular Mechanisms of Plasmodium Sporozoite Pathogenicity
2003 New Scholar Award in Global Infectious Disease
Malaria infection is initiated when Plasmodium sporozoites, which are injected by Anopheles mosquitoes, invade hepatocytes of the vertebrate host. The speed and selectivity of hepatocyte invasion indicate the involvement of specific parasite-encoded surface protein(s) and host molecule(s). In addition, Plasmodium... (more) |
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Megan B. Murray, M.D.
Harvard School of Public Health | | Comparative Genomics and the Molecular Epidemiology of Tuberculosis
2004 Senior Scholar Award in Global Infectious Disease
Tuberculosis remains one of the leading causes of death in the world and is rivaled only by HIV as the single leading cause of death from an infectious agent. Although it had been in decline in Europe and the United States for much of the 20th century, TB has remained widely prevalent through much of the developing world, with a... (more) |
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| Dyann Wirth, Ph.D.
Harvard School of Public Health | | Diversifying Selection in Plasmodium falciparum
2004 Senior Scholar Award in Global Infectious Disease
Malaria is truly a global health concern of great significance. Forty percent of the world’s total population is at risk for malaria today in over 90 countries. Even areas where malaria was thought to be eliminated, including the United States, are not immune: up to 1500 cases each year are reported to the Centers for Disease Control. ... (more) |
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