December 5, 2024 Exploring the Ethical Challenges of Decentralized Clinical Trials

Brian Foy, presented on the challenges of conducting decentralized clinical trials in African villages at the 14th Annual CCTSI Research Ethics Conference.

November 20, 2024 Chemical & Engineering News: Coated seeds turn birds into mosquito-killing machines

To keep West Nile virus at bay, Brian Foy’s lab and collaborators are stocking birdfeeders with ivermectin-treated bird food

June 10, 2024 Three MIP Students Named 2024-25 VPR Graduate Fellows

Diana Lowe (Telling lab), Elena Lian (Jackson lab) and Jebrail Dempsey (Hemming-Schroeder & Foy labs), were each awarded a 2024-25 VPR Graduate fellowship.

May 6, 2024 Volunteers Needed for Field Study on West Nile Virus Transmission

Researchers at Colorado State University are conducting a field study that will test a new method to control the transmission of West Nile virus around households in Northern Colorado and are looking for households volunteering to participate.

March 19, 2024 CSU One Health Institute awards 2024 faculty pilot and Student One Health projects

CSU’s One Health Institute recently announced the selection of two CSU faculty One Health pilot projects and four students for the first Student One Health awards.

October 26, 2023 What can slow West Nile virus in Colorado? Maybe a bird vaccine.

CSU professors Brian Foy and Gregg Dean explore if a vaccine based on a bacterium found in yogurt could help slow the spread of West Nile virus after Colorado saw its worst West Nile season since the early-2000s.

August 23, 2023 Why does Larimer County always have higher levels of West Nile virus? Here’s what we found

Insect-borne disease researcher Brian Foy provides insights as to why West Nile virus appears to be more prevalent in Northern Colorado.

May 15, 2023 Celebrate Undergraduate Research and Creativity winners announced

Molly Ring of the Foy Lab wins Best in Show for her Oral Presentation on “The Role of Niemann-Pick Type C2 (NPC2) Genes During Ivermectin Blood Meal Response in Mosquito Plasmodium Vectors” at the CURC showcase.

December 15, 2021 Colorado Sun: No, there’s no evidence ivermectin can cure COVID. But can it fight West Nile virus in Colorado?

Brian Foy and his colleagues may have hit upon a way to dramatically reduce the spread of West Nile virus by using ivermectin to turn hungry birds into passive assassins.

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