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.

November 29, 2021 Study: Potential to reduce West Nile virus transmission in humans by mixing ivermectin into bird feed

Researchers at the University of California, Davis and Colorado State University have found evidence that adding ivermectin to backyard bird feeders has potential to reduce local transmission of West Nile virus in the U.S.

September 3, 2021 CSU Professor Brian Foy: ‘No doctor should be prescribing ivermectin for COVID’

Brian Foy has been studying ivermectin for nearly a decade, long before it became a hot topic in the United States.

July 7, 2021 Two CSU graduate students win prestigious P.E.O. Scholar Awards

Lyndsey Gray, an MIP PhD candidate, is one of two CSU graduate students to receive a prestigious PEO Scholar Award for their outstanding scholarship and contributions to mentoring.

August 3, 2020 ‘Zoonotic Spillover and Emerging Diseases’ Webinar

Brian Foy and Tony Schountz from the Center of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases discussed the science behind animal-to-human transmission of infectious diseases and how COVID-19 has played out thus far.