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Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Penn State. Infectious disease biologists working across multiple scales of complexity to improve health.
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Dr. Cobey presenting on immune memory and vaccination.
November 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Dr. Pedra presenting on tick-borne diseases and AI.
November 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Dr. Metcalf presenting on infection dynamics and vaccination.
October 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Ryan Smith presents on how mosquito biology influences pathogen transmission. 🦟
A person stands at a podium in a conference room, presenting to an audience. The presentation slide projected on the screen reads 'Impacts of mosquito-borne disease' and features an image of a book titled 'The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator' by Timothy C. Winegard. Several people are seated and facing the presenter, listening attentively.
September 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Read the paper by Shaw and Kennedy published in PLoS Biology.

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Early epidemiological characteristics explain the chance of population-level virus persistence following spillover events
Virus spillover into new host species can lead to outcomes ranging from dead-end infections to sustained epidemics. This study uses a nematode-virus model to show that early spillover traits, especial...
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September 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM