Awards at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health

Ronald Germain, M.D., Ph.D. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health	Dendritic Cells at the Host Pathogen Interface 2002 Conferences, Workshops & Education Award in Global Infectious Disease The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $10,000 to help fund the Dendritic Cells at the Host Pathogen Interface Conference held in Airlie, Virginia May 4-7,2002.
B. Joseph Hinnebusch, Ph.D. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health	Mechanisms of Yersinia pestis transmission and pathogenicity 2002 New Scholar Award in Global Infectious Disease Yersinia pestis, the cause of bubonic and pneumonic plague in humans, is transmitted primarily by fleas and has been responsible for devastating pandemics throughout history, including the Black Death of fourteenth century Europe. Plague reemerged in India and Africa during the 1990s and remains an international public health... (more)