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CTEGD is an interdisciplinary center at UGA established to foster research, education & service rela

The Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases (CTEGD) of the University of Georgia (UGA) is a university-wide, interdisciplinary center established in 1998 to foster research, education and service related to tropical and emerging infectious diseases. Based on a strong foundation of parasitology, immunology, cellular and molecular biology, biochemistry and genetics, CTEGD's 20 faculty are f

rom 8 Departments in 4 Colleges. CTEGD also benefits from the participation of adjunct faculty from the Division of Parasitic Diseases of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and its linkages to the Emory Vaccine Center, both in nearby Atlanta, as well as its relationships with UGA's Faculty of Infectious Diseases, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and other related programs at UGA. The Center is made up of a wide range of research programs that focus largely on protozoan and metazoan parasites, their hosts and their vectors. Many of these programs have major international, on-site components for both research and training, where the faculty and trainees deal with these global infections and the populations that harbor them. CTEGD's investigators and their laboratories have made major contributions to our understanding of the diseases they study, such as malaria, Chagas disease, toxoplasmosis, cryptosporidiosis, lymphatic filariasis, African sleeping sickness, leishmaniasis and schistosomiasis -diseases of poverty that contribute enormously to global death and disability.

06/15/2026

Where did you read today? I took a road trip to the North Georgia mountains and read on top of Mount Yonah.

📚 Road Trip by Mary Kay Andrews

04/20/2026

Do you want to give a presentation at our upcoming symposium? Abstracts are due on Friday, April 24!

A day-long interactive conference on parasites and host/parasite interactions held at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA.

04/09/2026

The 35th Molecular Parasitology & Vector Biology Symposium is just over a month away on May 11. I hope you are making plans to join us. We have limited space this year for talks and poster presentations. Please register early if you wish to give a presentation.

What: 35th Molecular Parasitology & Vector Biology Symposium
When: Monday, May 11, 9:00 am - 5 pm
Where: Georgia Center for Continuing Education, Athens, Georgia
Abstract deadline: Friday, April 24
Registration deadline: Friday, May 1
Cost: FREE!
More info: https://ctegd.uga.edu/events/symposium/

*As a reminder, this is an in-person only event. There will not be a virtual option.

03/25/2026

Registration is now open for the 35th Molecular Parasitology & Vector Biology Symposium hosted by the Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases at the University of Georgia. It will be held on Monday, May 11, 2026, at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education in Athens, GA.

This day-long regional conference on parasites and host/parasite interaction draws more than 200 attendees from many departments at UGA and colleagues from other institutions throughout the United States. Please register by Friday, May 1.

The day will feature two invited speakers:
Robyn Kent, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology in the College of Medicine at The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Learn more about her research interests: https://basicsciences.ouhsc.edu/mi/Faculty-and-Staff/Primary-Faculty/robyn-kent-phd

David Horn, FRSE, FMedSci is the Chair of Parasite Molecular Biology, Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, School of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee. Learn more about his research interests: https://www.dundee.ac.uk/people/david-horn

Graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and other researchers are invited to present their research in either an oral or poster presentation. Abstracts for these presentations are due by Friday, April 24.

There is no cost to attend the Symposium, but registration is required by Friday, May 1.

For more information, please visit https://ctegd.uga.edu/events/symposium/

03/13/2026

We're hiring! Research Tech position in a moderate sized, highly dynamic, and productive research lab working in immunity to human parasitic infections using primarily mouse models.

Apply➡️ https://www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/472630

03/09/2026

Congratulations, Aylla von Ermland!

UGA Franklin College of Arts and Sciences

 Infectious Disease | March 5, 2026March 6, 2026 | 2 MIN READ Cellular biology graduate student receives American Heart Association fellowship By Donna Huber Growing up in Brazil, Aylla von Ermland learned about Chagas disease at an early age. Now, with the help of an American Heart Association f...

02/27/2026

Dr. Sam Kurup started his career at UGA as a graduate student and now he is an associate professor in the Department of Cellular Biology. Learn more about his journey from mentee to mentor in The Red & Black

The University of Georgia is home to thousands of international students from more than 100 countries. While the unique transition that international students face can be difficult, some go on

12/08/2025

It's time for reindeer games! Can you solve this holiday riddle? Put your guess in the comments. Answer will be revealed at the Holiday Hot Cocoa and Coffee party on Dec 11.

10/31/2025

And the winners are... Gonzalo & Sierra with their Chicken and Gnocchi and Laura & Andre with their Maqueca.

The One Pot Wonder Cook Off was a lot fun with so many good entries. We can't wait until next year!

10/08/2025

For over 20 years, the center’s researchers have used an interdisciplinary approach to advance the fight against neglected parasitic infections that threaten populations worldwide.

UGA Research

UGA’s Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases is searching for cures to some of the world's most neglected diseases and parasites.

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