Archive: Department of Biology
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Georgetown Alumna and Pandemic Policy Researcher Wins 2023 Rhodes Scholarship
Isabella Turilli, a member of the GU Biology research community who is working to transform global health diplomacy, has won the 2023 Rhodes Scholarship — the oldest and most…
November 13, 2022
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New Study Exonerates Urban Pests Like Rats as One-of-a-Kind Disease Reservoirs
An international research team led by scientists at Georgetown University has found that city wildlife might pose less of a threat for future pandemics than once.…
May 2, 2022
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Researchers Find Humans Have Given Wild Animals Their Diseases Nearly 100 Times
An international research team led by scientists at Georgetown University has found that humans might give viruses back to animals more often than previously.…
March 22, 2022
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Bansal Lab Finds COVID-19 Transmission, Variant Risk Higher in Clusters of Unvaccinated U.S. Counties
A team of alumni, student and faculty researchers in the Bansal Lab is tracking COVID-19 vaccination in the United States, identifying five clusters of southeastern U.S. counties…
July 15, 2021