Environmental links studied for wasting disease

Published on October 13, 2009

To better understand how environmental events can affect risks of viral, parasitic, and bacterial diseases, Tom Hobbs (2004) is leading a study on chronic wasting disease, or CWD, in deer. His research to develop models to predict CWD transmission and behavior has been funded by a $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation. Read the Coloradoan news article.