Link: Keck Futures Initiative announces grant recipients.
EXPLORING THE EMERGING ROLE OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN INTEGRATING GENOMICS INTO THE CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES – $75,000
Blower, Breban, and Vardavas will collaborate with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to investigate the "superbug" methicillin-resistant STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (MRSA). These researchers will decide how genetic data can be used to characterize outbreaks, and predict the size and frequency; and design effective control strategies for MRSA at the state and the national level.
