MS in Infectious Disease and Global Health
Virtual Open House - January 6, 2022
Join us to learn more about the Master of Science in Infectious Disease and Global Health (MS IDGH) Program, a one-year graduate program focusing on infectious agents and the diseases they inflict on human and animal populations across the globe.
Virtual Open House Schedule for January 6, 2022
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12:00 - 1:00 pm
MS-IDGH Program Overview
Dr. Abhineet Sheoran, Program Director -
1:00 - 1:30 pm
MS-IDGH Faculty Introductions including research
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1:30 - 2:30 pm
Meet Current Students and Alumni
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Schedule Subject to Change
Individual one-on-one meeting with program faculty will be scheduled upon on a later date. Contact msidgh@tufts.edu to schedule.
MS-IDGH Class of 2021
Research Assignment Topics for Poster Presentations
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Research Assignment Topic |
| Crystal Curcio | Development of an Effective Whole-Spore Vaccine to Protect Against the Microsporidian Encephalitozoon cuniculi |
| Emma Buck | Identifying the structure of Ct plasmid proteins and improving upon siRNA treatments |
| Hannah Buss | Characterization of specific ASFV MAbs and developing a SNAP assay to diagnose AFSV rapidly and accurately in the field |
| Hunter Kellogg | Efficacy of Interferon-alpha as a Treatment for Lassa Virus Infection in the Guinea Pig Model |
| Joycelynn Acheampong | Investigating Risk Factors for Ebola Virus Relapse and
Correlations with Prolonged Viral Persistence |
| Juliana Barrett | Identification and Therapeutic Evaluation of Critical Host Cellular Trafficking Proteins in DENV Nucleocapsid Disassembly |
| Maggie-Elizabeth Hathaway | Protective Role of IgA and Mucosal Immunity to Nipah Virus |
| Morgan Candon | Using Quorum Quenching, a novel therapy treatment of multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumanii infection |
| Sarah Miller | Upregulation of SAMHD1 during acute Chikungunya Virus infection may contribute to severe post-infectious arthralgia |
| Shaila Patel | Efficacy of biosorption and phytoremediation for heavy metals arsenic, lead, and cadmium ions in freshwater and saltwater sources using A. niger |
Don't forget to check out our other master's programs that also have their virtual Open Houses on the same weekend!
MS-IDGH Class of 2020 Research Assignment Topics for Poster Presentation
| Name | Research Assignment Topics |
| Ian Pelto | Examining the Immune Priming Mechanism of Microsporidia MB in Preventing Plasmodium falciparum Development in Anopheles arabiensis Mosquitoes
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| Mirjam Keochakian | Evaluation of the effect of Human Cytomegalovirus US28 gene absence on neurodegeneration post transplacental transmission in NOD-scid IL2Rγ(c) (null)-humanized mice
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| Natalia Cid-Hernandez | In-vitro and In-vivo assessment of individual and combined recombinant PmpA and PmpH antigens as a potential vaccine for chickens against Chlamydia psittac
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| Julie Arnold | The Genetic Alteration of B Cell Receptors as a Mechanism for Immunological Amnesia Induced by Measles Virus
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| Nitika Sansgiry | Development of Novel Animal Model for Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus
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| Aaron Olk | Examining the immunoregulatory effect of γδ T cells on CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes during primary
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| Brooke Howland | Entry of equine herpesvirus 1 into CD4+ T lymphocytenovel equine cell line
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| Jessica DiStefano | Development of a novel Factor H-IgM fusion protein to treat infections caused by serum resistant strains of Neisseria gonorrhea
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| Janine Simmons | Cellular Tropism and Neurological Sequelae of Vertically Transmitted Chikungunya Virus Exhibited in Neonates of Pregnant Rhesus Macaques and C57BL/6 mice
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| Kandi-Anne Ali | Roles of Campylobacter jejuni MutS2 and MutY genes in altering antimicrobial resistance
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| Daniel Gomez | Schistosoma mansoni soluble egg antigens as a therapeutic treatment for Type 1 Diabetes in the Biobreeding rat model
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