Research group @UConn interested in emerging, zoonotic, and biodefense infectious diseases, including vaccines, diagnostics, and therapeutics

Joined March 2021
Dr. Verardi talks about “zombie" viruses thawing from the permafrost to the Washington Post. washingtonpost.com/climate-e…
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Bad news for CT: under laboratory conditions, the invasive Asian longhorned tick can transmit Powassan virus horizontally and vertically! frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
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Support The Dr. Louis van der Heide CVMDL (Connecticut Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory) during #UConnGives. The CVMDL offers hands-on training opportunities to undergraduate & graduate students, post-docs, and veterinary residents. givingday.uconn.edu/o/univer…
Thank you @RepJoeCourtney for visiting our lab today to learn about our recent @NIH award on vaccines for emerging tickborne viral diseases.
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Dr. Verardi talks about the Delta variant to Voice of America International Edition voanews.com/episode/internat…
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Join Dr. Verardi tonight at 7 PM EDT via Zoom through the Essex Library Association to discuss “COVID-19: Everything You Want To Know (And Ask) From A Virology And Vaccinology Expert” youressexlibrary.org/adult-s…
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Dr. Verardi talks about the origin of SARS-CoV-2 to Testigo Directo, a TV news magazine from Colombia youtube.com/watch?v=zknM6zoa…
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Dr. Verardi just gave a talk at the New England Science Boot Camp for Librarians: Climate Change and Sustainability (sites.google.com/view/nescib…) on "A Ticking Bomb: Climate, Health, and Development of Vaccines for Emerging Vector-Borne Diseases"
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TOMORROW! Come join @Thing_two7 and I for a virtual Town Hall to get your questions about COVID vaccines answered!
Got questions about COVID vaccines? We've got answers! @VerardiLab and @Thing_two7 (UConn Alum) will be co-hosting a Vaccine Education Town Hall on May 25 @ 7 PM EDT, sponsored by @AmerSocVirol & @ASMicrobiology. Please RT & share! Register here: asv.org/vaccine-townhall/
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Got questions about COVID vaccines? We've got answers! @VerardiLab and @Thing_two7 (UConn Alum) will be co-hosting a Vaccine Education Town Hall on May 25 @ 7 PM EDT, sponsored by @AmerSocVirol & @ASMicrobiology. Please RT & share! Register here: asv.org/vaccine-townhall/
Dr. Verardi talks about the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in the International Edition of Voice of America voanews.com/episode/group-se…
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Dr. Verardi talks live @BBCWorld about the coronavirus surge in India and Nepal
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