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Adventures in Infectious Disease: A World Tour

Dr. Michael Norris will present a colloquium talk titled Adventures in Infectious Disease: A World Tour.

Speaker: Dr. Michael Norris
Assistant Research Professor
Department of Geography
University of Florida

Thursday, January 13, 2022
2:50-3:50 PM (Period 8)

Livestreamed on YouTube

Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom
University of Florida

Biography:
Michael Norris is an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Geography and the Emerging Pathogens Institute. He has spent 15 years managing and working in high-containment laboratories with bacterial pathogens of public health concern. Since the global pandemic began, he has researched COVID19 therapies and mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Several project vignettes will present the breadth of research topics including work in Africa, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Texas.

All are welcome to attend.

For more information, email Dr. Jane Southworth at jsouthwo@ufl.edu