About the Petersen Laboratory
Dr. Petersen is the Director of the Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEID) at the University of Iowa housed within the Department of Epidemiology. The focus of this center is to bring together trans-disciplinary research teams to lessen the burden of emerging zoonotic infectious diseases across health settings.
The Petersen Laboratory studies the immunopathology of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and tick-borne diseases, including Borreliosis (LD) in a canine natural disease model.
People
Learn more about the Researchers and Students that make up the Petersen Lab!
Diagnostic Testing
Learn more about Diagnostic Testing available for Leishmaniasis.
2024 GPEID Conference
The 13th Annual Great Plains Emerging Infectious Diseases Conference was held April 4th, 2024!
As in previous years, this conference served to bring together public health professionals, researchers, faculty, and students in microbiology, infectious diseases and related fields working in the Great Plains and Midwestern states. The GPEID Conference highlighted basic, applied, epidemiological and translational research in biomedical and veterinary disciplines.
Learn More About The GpeiD Conference
Dare to Discover, 2024!
Dr. Danielle Pessoa-Pereira and her research is honored in a banner in Downtown Iowa City!
Kayla Duxbury, MS
Congratulations to Kayla Duxbury for successfully defending your MS thesis!