A third of all humans carry the parasite that causes toxoplasmosis — a disease commonly associated with cats, HIV-AIDS patients and pregnant women — with scientists long believing healthy immune systems control the parasite and prevent the disease from emerging.
2015 HSRI Research Week event
The main objective of this day is to identify and promote creative and leading-edge concepts based on behavioral, bench, technological and/or environmental multidisciplinary health and medical research.
Details to follow soon!
To participate as a presenter please register online
Registration is required for participation in the HSRI Research Week presentation competition. The theme of this year's event is Translating Health Innovations: Bench to Bedside to the World and the event will take place in the Kolligian Library, Room KL232 (Chancellor's Conference Room) from 10:00am. Lunch will be provided.
In late August 2014 Professor Almeida was awarded the Best Published Article Award from the American Sociological Association (ASA) section on the Political Economy of the World System (PEWS) for his paper “Subnational Opposition to Globalization” published in the journal Social Forces. He was given the award during the ASA national meetings in San Francisco.
By Madeleine Thomas, The Atlantic
Barragan’s extensive exposure to the soil as a farmworker puts him at a higher risk of developing valley fever, but Ramos says they had never heard of the disease before.
By Ana B. Ibarra - Merced Sun Star
Valley Fever Seminar Series presents:
Leslie Wilson, PhD
"The Costs Behind California’s Rising Silent Epidemic"
Valley Fever Seminar Series presents:
Erin Gaab, Ph.D.
Children with San Joaquin Valley Fever: Perceptions, Reflections and Preliminary Findings
