Dr. Richard Plemper will present “Exacerbated disease after consecutive respiratory virus infections”. His research is directed at developing antiviral therapeutics against major respiratory RNA viruses such as influenza viruses, respiratory syncytial virus, and SARS-CoV-2. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Plemper co-developed molnupiravir, first demonstrating oral activity and pharmacological suppression of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in an animal model Welcome to join & learn more!
From 11am-2pm CST, visit our tables on the 2nd floor of the Health Sciences Library to enjoy a cup of herbal tea while you view examples of plants used in medicine from the Archives, plan your future garden at our seed exchange, and take home a Lithops.
Drs. Theodore Cory and Santosh Kumar are enrolling African American women for a research
project “Isolation of Blood from Healthy Control Donors”, to find out how the immune system
responds to infection with infectious diseases.
Subjects must be between the ages of 18-50, and generally healthy. Subjects must not be
heavy alcohol users, use illicit substances, have liver damage, have HIV, the human
papillomavirus (HPV), or be pregnant.
Subjects will be asked to provide 4 tablespoons of blood in one blood draw and will be
compensated $25.
Please contact Dr. Theodore Cory at tcory1@uthsc.edu, or 901-448-7216.
Are you a healthy adult male or female, African American or Caucasian, between the ages 18-65 who has normal blood sugars and no personal or family history of diabetes.
