UGA CTEGD works on neglected diseases around the world
The Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases at the University of Georgia has gained over $135 million in funding and has recruited over 25 faculty from many departments and colleges over its 20-year existence. BSHI affiliate and Head of the Department of Cellular Biology at UGA, Dr. Kojo Mensa-Wilmot, says that there is little incentive for pharmaceutical companies to invest in drug discovery for prevalent diseases in underdeveloped parts of the world. This is where the CTEGD comes in. Currently they are working on malaria and other prominent tropical diseases.
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