Amy Y Vittor, MD, PhD

Arboviral disease (eastern equine encephalitis, chikungunya fever, dengue fever, and others) Developing world diagnostics (Microscopically Observed Drug Susceptibility (MODS) Testing, Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Malaria Ecological associations with vector-borne disease Grants 2022 - Multigenerational prospective study: a hybrid cohort study to evaluate the transmission cycle and exposures to multiple emerging alphaviruses. Senacyt (Panama). Role: Co-investigator. 2021 - Biomarkers of neurological injury for the encephalitic alphaviruses. Navy Medical Research Center. Role: Site PI. 2019 - Examining how blood meals from different vertebrate species influence the midgut microbiome of the mosquito vector Aedes aegypti, and its susceptibility to arboviral infections. University of Florida Seed Fund. Role: Co-investigator. 2016 - Heterologus immunity and host susceptibility to emerging alphaviral infections. NIH 1K08AI116980-01A1. Role: PI. 2014 - University of Florida Seed Fund. Hydroelectric dams and health effects. Prinicipal Investigator: Denis Valle. Role: Co-investigator.