Infectious Diseases

Guillermo “Memo” V. Sanchez (‘13) may not wear a superhero costume with a “DD” on his chest, but he is about to transform into a public health hero: a Disease Detective.

Roberta DeBiasi, MD, professor of pediatrics and of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine, spoke to TIME about this year's flu season and flu-related deaths of children. This story was also covered by Romper.

Tiana Garrett, Ph.D., M.P.H., discussed Zika virus updates from an epidemiological perspective in a Sept. 12 lecture.

GW physicians discuss travel strategies for avoiding illnesses, like the Zika virus and malaria, at the June Frontiers in Medicine lecture.

Faculty members from the School of Medicine and Health Sciences explained what they know and what they don’t know about the virus at a Feb. 12 town hall.

Recently there has been significant news coverage about the Zika Virus, which is spread to people through mosquito bites.

GW SMHS alumni and faculty members travel to Monrovia, Liberia, to assist in Ebola treatments.

John Powers, M.D., associate clinical professor of medicine, was interviewed by NPR's Morning Edition and The New York Times about growing pressure to speed up the approval of new antibiotics to combat outbreaks of antibiotic-resistant “superbugs."

David Hyun, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics, was interviewed by WTOP-FM about mumps outbreaks at area college campuses.

Gary Simon, M.D., professor of medicine, was interviewed by CNN on a new strain of norovirus currently hitting the U.S. This interview was also broadcast on WITI (Fox), Milwaukee, WIVB (CBS), Buffalo, N.Y., and KUSI, San Diego.