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About the Division Column Content Left The divisions of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health merged into the Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health effective August 1, 2017. Dr. Davey Smith leads the team as Chief of the division. Along with Dr. Smith, the Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health will be led by Dr. Constance Benson as the Vice Chief of Education, Dr. Annie Cowell as the Vice Chief of Clinical Affairs, Dr. Jamila K. Stockman as the Vice Chief of Global Public Health, Dr. Sanjay Mehta as Chief of the VA Infectious Diseases Section, Dr. John Ayers as the Vice Chief of Innovation, and Dr. Laura Bamford as the Director of the Owen Clinic. Newsletters Sign up here to receive the AVRC Newsletter! Opportunities JPF03864: Infectious Diseases Translational Research​ JPF03777: Clinical Infectious Diseases JPF03557: Physician-Scientist Recruitment JPF03231: Project Scientist Recruitment Dube/Sauceda Lab: Postdoctoral Researcher Martin Lab: Postdoctoral Fellowship Last Gift: Postdoctoral Fellowships HOPE T32: Postdoctoral Recruitment 2VIDA! Postdoctoral Fellowship Follow us on Twitter! Follow @Darcy_ID_doc Follow @UCSDMycology Follow @UCSDAVRC Follow @DaveySmithMD Division in the News Column Content Center To view a list of ongoing research activities related to COVID-19, please click on this link to access the webpage. Resurgence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Highly Vaccinated Health System Workforce The New England Journal of Medicine, features Drs. Jocelyn Keehner , Lucy Horton , David Pride , Shira Abeles , and Francesca Torriani When a Virus Is the Cure The New Yorker, features IPATH COVID-19 creates new syndemic on US-Mexico border Fogarty International Center, features Drs. Steffanie Strathdee , Antoine Chaillon , Annick Borquez For In-Person College, Coronavirus Testing Will Be Key. But Is That Feasible? NPR, features Dr. Robert (Chip) Schooley ​ Six feet of distance may not be enough to prevent coronavirus transmission, experts say CNN, features Dr. Robert (Chip) Schooley Introducing the UC San Diego Return to Learn Program. UC San Diego News Center, features Dr. Natasha Martin and Dr. Robert (Chip) Schooley . Testing Falls Woefully Short as Trump Seeks an End to Stay-at-Home Orders. New York Times, features Dr. David Pride . Lessons From the HIV Epidemic for the COVID-19 Pandemic. Medscape, features Dr. Steffanie Strathdee . How Covid-19 immunity testing can help people get back to work. Vox, features Dr. David Pride . UC San Diego Health Launches Clinical Trial to Assess Antiviral Drug for COVID-19 UC San Diego News Center, features Dr. Constance Benson . Retired Docs, Nursing, Med Students: California Wants You KPBS, features Dr. Francesca Torriani . Commentary: An infectious disease expert says staying home is an act of ’love, solidarity, science’ Check out Dr. Rebecca Fielding-Miller’s Union Tribune commentary on the importance of self isolation. Announcements Column Content Right The Last Gift Project: http://lastgift.ucsd.edu The Last Gift tissue donation research study aims to understand the behavior of HIV in the human body – giving scientists the rare opportunity to learn where the virus hides in an individual and inspire medical advancements for generations to come. This video was produced as part of an Independent Study Project in the San Diego School of Medicine by Kushagra Mathur and Alex Kurland under the mentorship of Ryan Neisz, Sara Gianella Weibel and Nadir Weibel We wanted to share with you an article that was published on CNN today, which features Dr. Strathdee’s family story and IPATH’s work to advance phage therapy at UCSD. The link to the article is included below. Thank you! Click here for article . We would like to congratulate Dr. Darcy Wooten on being selected as IDSA Featured Educator for April 2022! The Medical Education Community of Practice seeks to highlight the innovative work of medical educators in infectious diseases. To read more about this great achievement, please visit this page . Congratulations on your amazing educational efforts. Congratulations to Dr. Laramie Smith on receiving the "Women of the district" from California’s 39th Senate District. The community nominated female leaders in the 39th Senate District. To read more about this great achievement, please visit this page . We would like to congratulate Dr. Lara Marquez on receiving the 2021 Chancellor’s Dissertation Medal. Dr. Lara Marquez is a newly graduated PhD student and current GPH T32 postdoc. Congratulations to Dr. Lara Marquez and kudos to her mentor, Dr. Natasha Martin ! We would like to highlight a rising star, Manar Alkuzweny! Manar is currently an undergraduate student, mentored by Dr. Sanjay Mehta . As an undergraduate, Manar already has two publications and a poster presentation that was presented at the COVID-19 Dynamics...