Master’s Program in Vector-Borne Diseases Tackles Need for Medical Entomologists
With the growing occurrence and range of diseases spread by insects and arthropods, the U.S. has been in serious need of more trained medical entomologists. A CDC-supported master's degree program in vector-borne disease biology at Cornell University is one effort to address this shortage directly.
Public Health Entomology Interns, Fellows Gain Interdisciplinary Experience in 2023
The Public Health Entomology for All program fosters a new generation of public health entomologists with backgrounds in a variety of scientific fields. Meet four participants in the 2023 program, who have learned through hands-on experience at CDC labs and mosquito-control districts across the United States.
How a Life-Long Interest in Wildlife Brought One Entomologist to Vector-Borne Disease Ecology
Meet Heather Kopsco, Ph.D., a vector-borne disease ecologist and research scientist at Columbia University and subject of the next installment of our "Standout Early Career Professionals" series.
Even at the Zoo, Mosquitoes Favor Local Wild Birds for Meals
In a study of mosquitoes in and around the Nashville Zoo, northern cardinals were found to be the most common source of the mosquitoes' blood meals, despite more than 300 species of animals on exhibit. None the less, the study suggests zoos are a valuable resource for monitoring mosquito species diversity, biology, and pathogen presence.