Meghan May, PhD Related seminars and products: 3

Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences (Microbiology and Infectious Disease)

University of New England, College of Osteopathic Medicine

Dr. May joined the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of New England College of Medicine. She was appointed as a research assistant professor in the Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology at the University of Florida after working as a research fellow in the Department of Biological Sciences at Towson University. Dr. May received her degrees from the University of New Hampshire and the University of Connecticut. Her research focuses on the evolution of virulence, not only to determine how new diseases appear and where they come from, but also how to predict what new disease might arise next. She studiesbacteria, parasites, and viruses in order to explore this. She works up unusual clinical ID cases and tries to invent new diagnostic tests. She contributes pieces to local and national print media on infectious disease in her spare time. Dr. May is a Co-Principal Investigator on a research grant from the National Institutes of Health, the past chair of the American Society for Microbiology’s Division G, and an elected member of the International. She is a volunteer for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization and the American Society for Microbial Pathology. She is the author of 35 peer-reviewed publications and 10 invited book chapters.

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