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Human and veterinary health

Improving health. Mosquitos transmit malaria, West Nile Virus, dengue and other serious human diseases. MSU entomologists are exploring multiple approaches to addressing these global problems including determining how mosquitos behave when confronted with different insecticides and repellents; understanding environmental factors associated with mosquito populations; and how bacteria affect mosquito development and survival. View a gallery of images.

Faculty working with human and veterinary health

  • M. Eric Benbow

    Professor
    Insect-microbe interactions in aquatic, disease and forensic ecological systems
    benbow@msu.edu
    517-410-9247

  • Ke Dong

    Professor Emeritus
    Mechanisms of action of neuroactive insecticides and insecticide resistance
    dongk@msu.edu
    517-899-6171

  • Wayne Jiang

    Associate Professor and Associate Director of IR-4 Laboratory
    Analytical chemistry, pesticide residue study, laboratory GLP training
    jiangwa@msu.edu
    517-336-4672

  • Jennifer Pechal

    Assistant Professor
    Host-microbiome interactions and decomposition ecology
    pechalje@msu.edu
    517-355-6514

  • Barry Pittendrigh

    Lab Director, Adjunct Professor
    Evolution and functional genomics of insecticide resistance
    pittendr@msu.edu
    517-432-6109

  • Edward Walker

    University Distinguished Professor
    Vector-borne diseases
    walker@msu.edu
    517-884-5389

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