Press and outreach
A collection of our media coverage and outreach efforts
2022
In the Galápagos, training community scientists to monitor water quality
Both dense human populations and a plethora of wildlife can pose a challenge to marine and public health in the Galápagos Islands. With portable, user-friendly PCR technology, Penn faculty and students are training local scientists and school children to perform water quality research.
Into the wild: Scientists strive to stop animal diseases from igniting the next pandemic
COVID-19 spotlights the growing threat of zoonotic outbreaks and boosts support for surveillance of pathogens in animals. Can science curtail a phenomenon fueled by human behavior?
2021
Institute for Infectious and Zoonotic Diseases (IIZD)
Article announcing the launch of our new Institute for Infectious and Zoonotic Diseases (IIZD), for which our group leads the technology and outreach activities.
2019
These overlooked global diseases take a turn under the microscope
Faculty at the School of Veterinary Medicine target neglected tropical diseases with advanced science, cross-disciplinary collaborations, and work in the lab and the field.
Predicting treatment outcome for leishmaniasis
Nice write-up of our collaborative work on leishmaniasis.
The diet-microbiome connection in inflammatory bowel disease
A nice feature of our canine IBD study.
Demystifying genomic technology for veterinary researchers
The 5 year anniversary of CHMI.
Knowledge@Wharton on SiriusXM Radio
Interviewed with Max Perelman (Biomeme) on the future of veterinary diagnostics. 30min on air with 600,000 weekly listeners.
2018
Data From Largest Global Diarrheal Disease Study Available to Scientists on Public Sites
A feature that highlights new enteric disease datasets released on microbiomeDB.
2016
Penn Vet launches new platform to accelerate microbiome research
An article talking about the debut of our MicrobiomeDB project.
Can clinical trials on dogs and cats help people?
Science article that makes a shout out to our canine IBD study.
TEDx talk on the microbiome.
The Peddie School in Heightstown, NJ.
2015
Seed grants to support microbiome research
A feature on our efforts to support PennVet research through pilot grants
PennVet OneHealth Interview.
A video on ‘one-health’ produced by PennVet. Discusses some of our work in this area.
2014
Penn symposium to tackle microbes in health and disease
Announcing our annual microbiome symposium jointly hosted with PennVet, PennMed and CHOP
NBC10 interview on infectious diseases.
Live TV interview on NBC10 during the height of the 2014 Ebola outbreak. 7 minutes on air with 54,000 viewers.
