In this new UNC School of Medicine Vital Signs series, graduate student Isabela Gerdes Gyuricza in the Parr lab is featured. Through her research at UNC, Gerdes Gyuricza has developed a clearer vision of how her work in genetic epidemiology can influence public health policies and make a difference in people’s lives.
Isabela Gerdes Gyuricza is a PhD student in the lab of Jonathan B. Parr, MD, MPH, who is an assistant professor of infectious disease at the UNC School of Medicine and a founding member of the Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Ecology Lab at the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases. In the lab, Gerdes Gyuricza uses computational tools and genomic analysis to investigate the ways malaria parasites evolve and develop resistance to drugs and diagnostic methods.
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