4 cities identified as hubs for 2009 USA influenza pandemic
New research from Stephen Kissler and Julia Gog identifies 4 small cities as hubs for spreading influenza during the 2009 US pandemic.
CID holds its 2018 Meeting of Minds
26 Nov 2018 - CID’s Annual Meeting of Minds conference took place on the 16th November, bringing together over 130 researchers interested in infectious diseases from across the University of Cambridge and affiliated institutions.
University of Cambridge researcher selected for the first ever national PhD Training Programme in Antimicrobial Resistance by the Medical Research Foundation
14 Nov 2018 - Daniel Buhl has been selected for the first ever national PhD Training Programme in Antimicrobial Resistance which was launched by the Medical Research Foundation this autumn.
Genetic study of parasitic worms could lead to new treatments
09 Nov 2018 - New research into the genomes of roundworms and flatworms has paved the way for the development of new treatments for parasitic worm infections.
ETHICOBOTS offers support to the Ethiopian Government with ambitious plans to clean Government herds of Bovine TB
20 Oct 2018 - On the second October, Ethiopia Control of Bovine Tuberculosis Strategies (ETHICOBOTS) met with the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Resources and its State Minister Dr Gebre Egziabher to discuss Bovine TB control strategies.
Viral Surveillance Capacity Building in Indonesia
11 Oct 2018 - Dr Sam Stubbs (Department of Veterinary Medicine) recently travelled to Jakarta, as part of a capacity building project between the University of Cambridge and the Eijkman Institute, jointly funded by the MRC and DiPi.
Deadly Rift Valley fever: new insight, and hope for the future
07 Sep 2018 - Health control measures alone could be ineffective in the long term fight against the deadly Rift Valley fever which affects both humans and animals, a new study involving CID member Prof James Wood reports.
Four Cambridge Infectious Diseases Early Career Interdisciplinary Research (IDR) Collaboration Awards made.
01 Sep 2018 - The aim of this seed fund is to provide opportunities to empower early career researchers to incorporate interdisciplinary approaches into their work by exploring new ideas for collaboration and forging new connections with researchers outside their own disciplines or host departments.
Professor Julia Gog awarded University of Cambridge Vice Chancellor Impact Award
10 July 2018 - CID member Prof. Julia Gog (DAMTP) received a University of Cambridge Vice Chancellors Impact Award for her work to produce mathematical modelling that helps predict how UK populations move and interact, and consequently how and where a virus would spread.
Dr Andrew Grant Joins Quadram Institute on Food Safety
25 Jun2018 - Dr Andrew Grant, from the Department of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Cambridge, is part of the Quadram Institute’s strategic research programme Microbes in the Food Chain.
Cambridge researchers put on a blooming good show
20 Jun 2018 - Cambridge researchers studying the HIV virus have helped create a garden at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show to highlight the plight of young people living with the condition, and winning a Silver Gilt Medal.
Professor Lalita Ramakrishnan elected Fellow of The Royal Society
10 May 2018 - CID member Professor Lalita Ramakrishnan has been elected a Fellow of The Royal Society (2018). She studies tuberculosis disease pathogenesis in the zebrafish.
Oldest Genetic evidence of Hepatitis B virus found in ancient DNA from 4,500 year-old skeletons
09 May 2018 - An extinct strain of the human Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has been discovered in Bronze Age human skeletons found in burial sites across Europe and Asia.
Major Funding for Cambridge to transform health through data science
07 February 2018 - Major Funding for Cambridge to transform health through data science. Making game-changing improvements in people’s health by harnessing data science at scale across the UK.
Excising Infection in the Surgical Environment [ExISE]
20 Jan 2018 - An interdisciplinary project led by CID member Professor Alan Short (Department of Architecture) is re-examining surgical operating theatre design with superbugs in mind.
Engineering better care: a systems approach to health and care design and continuous improvement
10 Dec 2017 - Professor John Clarkson (UoC Department of Engineering/CIDIRC) is first author of the report “Engineering better care: a systems approach to health and care design and continuous improvement".
International consortium awarded $1.65 million NSF grant for One Health study on bat-human interactions.
12 Sep 2017 - The USA National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $1.65 million to a One Health bat research project on which co-investigator Dr. Olivier Restiff (UoC/CIDIRC) will explore disease in relation to landscape change.
Study clears important hurdle towards developing an HIV vaccine
Study clears important hurdle towards developing an HIV vaccine
2017 Big Data in Medicine - Tools, Transformation and Translation Meeting.
Big Data in Medicine - Tools, Transformation and Translation 2017 meeting was coordinated by Cambridge Infectious Diseases and Big Data on 4 July at Homerton College, Cambridge. Posted: 9 July 2017
One Health for a changing world: zoonoses, ecosystems and human well-being
Professor James Wood's issue on One Health free to access here: http://bit.ly/PTB1725 Posted: 29 June 2017