Infectious Disease

Prof. Bourouiba describes importance of fundamental mechanistic understanding in epidemiology at Beyond 2016: MIT’s Frontiers of the Future

April 25, 2016 | 2016 News in Brief | ceemit

On April 12, Professor Bourouiba spoke at MIT’s forward-looking symposium, Frontiers of the Future. She told the audience that among the problems the world faces is the emergence — and sometimes the re-emergence — of deadly […]

Elfatih Eltahir on environmental management to combat Zika

February 29, 2016 | 2016 News in Brief | ceemit

Associate Department Head Elfatih Eltahir has long been interested in the Aedes aegypti mosquito — responsible for the devastating virus, Dengue, and now Zika. In a Q&A with the MIT School of Engineering, Eltahir explains how his work […]