Dr. Mercedes Gonzalez-Juarerro was a part of a team that uncovered an intriguing link between the efficacy of the world’s only licensed tuberculosis vaccine, and the environmental pathogens that people all over the world live with every day.

Dr. Merecedes Gonzalez-Juarrero co-authored a journal article about the discovery of drugs used to treat malaria are also effective at treating a pulmonary disease similar to tuberculosis.

Dr. Mercedes Gonzalez-Juarrero was part of a team to find contact with armadillos could cause leprosy.