Our annual ASTMH accredited DTM course started this week. Expert BCM_TropMed faculty including school Dean Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD provide didactic lectures and lab experience in-person and via zoom to accommodate global learners. Check our website for info: bcm.edu/education/nati…

Today starts the BCM_TropMed 1-week, hands-on laboratory course run by DrKathrynJonesDVMPhD , Theresa Sepulveda and Dr Cameron Brown! Our students are given clinical samples (fixed) and learn to diagnose different pathogens using limited resources. ASTMH ASTMH Clinical Group

Ready to head out to the Yucatán Peninsula to continue our one health studies on the impact of environmental parasites on animal and human health. BCM_TropMed Dr. Vladimir Cruz Liliana Villanueva, PhD Follow our adventures!

⁩Please support our ⁦Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, developing new low cost global health vaccines for the world poorest countries. Our Covid vaccine reached 100 million people and now a new human hookworm anemia vaccine give.texaschildrens.org/site/Donation2…

Anyone have any lambda red E.coli (e.g. DY380) or know where I can purchase some? Ideally in the DH10B background.

BCM_TropMed Dr. Vladimir Cruz Universidad UADY ashish Liliana Villanueva, PhD Prelim study on using our flotation and filtration DNA extraction with qPCR testing of parasites in vegetables.

We are giving away 25 copies of the Medical Handbook for Limited Resource Settings V2. Send us a message on how the manual would help you in the field along with your mailing address. We will ship worldwide. Knowledge is power 📕

Exciting times! Congratulations, Dr. Yifan Wu! #NancyChangSymposium #BCMpostdoc BCM_TropMed

Also on this #WorldHealthDay2024 our National School of Tropical Medicine BCM_TropMed explores how climate change converges with urbanization, poverty, human and animal migrations to drive new pandemics

Are there parasites in the Southern USA? We delve into detecting soil parasites with our highly sensitive/specific molecular tests, associating poverty with parasites detected in the Southern USA. Epilogue by Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD BCM_TropMed youtu.be/Bz8mAwtkKCI?si…

On this #worldmalariaday 100 years ago malaria was endemic in the Southern US especially South Texas and Florida, now our National School of Tropical Medicine ⁦BCM_TropMed⁩ in the ⁦Texas Medical Center⁩ is tracking its return due to climate change and social determinants

Yes the TXDCFAR support was pivotal to continue our work on how parasites impact people living with HIV. Thank you for the support! Our preliminary work was presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2023. ASTMH

Thank you for leading a great one health study! Besides the high prevalence of intestinal parasites, this is the first time we detected Ancylostoma ceylanicum in Colombia, a hookworm that impacts both animals and humans. BCM_TropMed

Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi presents the progress made in the development of the next #Chagas #vaccine in the XI Reunión Plenaria de la Plataforma #Chagas. BCMHouston Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD BCM_TropMed

Dr. R Mejia Rojelio Mejia, MD comments on the need for staying alert and taking precautions against #mosquitoes. BCMHouston BCM_TropMed Houston Chronicle

🚨Manuscript alert 🚨 Extremely happy and proud of our now published study of Parasites in the Southern USA. Many thanks to the coauthors, and people who live in these impoverished communities for being part of the study. Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD Maria Elena Bottazzi David McCormick

Students in our BCM_TropMed summer research internship program presented their projects today. My lab worked with Pravi an undergrad student Baylor University who investigated the mechanisms of Trichuris hatching! She found that E. coli co-culture aids in Trichurs hatching! Dr. Jennifer Spencer Clinton, PhD

Interested in tropical medicine? Our Diploma of Tropical Medicine Course is now accepting applications BCM_TropMed. We use a hybrid learning platform to allow virtual attendance from all over the world as well as an in person option in Houston TX 1/2

1/n On this #worldmosquitoday World Mosquito Day the faculty and students at our National School of Tropical Medicine ⁦BCM_TropMed⁩ are studying the vector borne illness arising from a confluence of climate change, urbanization, poverty, esp in Texas/US Gulf Coast region

Additionally we now offer an on-line platform for our DTM course to increase accessibility to students worldwide. For more information about our DTM program please see bcm.edu/education/nati… 2/2 Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD Maria Elena Bottazzi Megan Duffey, MD