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Microbiology Students Receive a Prestigious and Highly Competitive EID (CDC) Fellowship

Please congratulate Samantha Wirth (Defending her Master’s Thesis July 11, Pam Small’s lab) and Jenish Patel (just graduated with BS from Thandi Onami’s lab) who have been notified of receiving a prestigious and highly competitive EID (CDC) Fellowship.

The Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) Laboratory Fellowship Program, sponsored by Association of Public Health Laboratories and Centers for Disease Control (CDC), trains and prepares scientists for careers in public health laboratories and supports public health initiatives related to infectious disease research. The EID Advanced Laboratory Training Fellowship is a one-year program designed for bachelor’s or master’s level scientists, with emphasis on the practical application of technologies, methodologies and practices related to emerging infectious diseases.