UTHSC´s Amber Smith, PhD, Receives $1.9 Million Grant to Continue Developing Mathematical Models to Understand Influenza and Secondary Infections
(World News Science)

Amber Smith, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics and the Institute for the Study of Host - Pathogen Systems at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has received a $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue to develop mathematical models to understand influenza and bacterial co-infections. Influenza A virus is responsible for a significant number of deaths each year. What is often elusive in terms of therapy and research is the...