Graduate Student
University of Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Austin Tang, BS, is a Master's student at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) studying public health. He has experience in various research settings from working on public health program evaluation to studying the association of protein-protein interactions in neurodevelopmental disorders. Now, Austin is a Graduate Assistant at the UNLV School of Public Health Parasitology and Vector Biology Laboratory (PARAVEC Lab) working on various projects of global health concern. His current thesis lies in using next-generation sequencing to understand the genetic factors contributing to the rise of West Nile virus in Southern Nevada. He is also working on a multi-institution collaborative project designing and testing a serological test for Trypanosoma cruzi. Austin is passionate about leveraging novel molecular techniques to inform public health interventions.
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Wednesday, March 5, 2025
8:30 AM – 8:40 AM AST
279 - Elucidating the molecular epidemiology of West Nile Virus in Southern Nevada
Thursday, March 6, 2025
10:45 AM – 10:55 AM AST