Congratulations to our graduate student Sean Waugh for receiving an invitation to talk at the 2024 Biology of Spirochetes GRC and receiving three scholarships: the Ray Hadfield Scholarship, Dr. Julius F. Schleicher Graduate Scholarship, and David F. Strong Research Scholarship.

Link to CNN Article: https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/07/health/dire-increase-in-syphilis-infections-in-babies/index.html

Welcome back and congratulations to our graduate student Angela Mitchell!

Work on syphilis vaccine development presented by Cameron lab members, Alloysius Gomez and Simon Houston at the 2023 STI & HIV World Congress was featured in the NIAID article below.  NIAID-Supported Research is Advancing the Response to Surging Syphilis Rates: https://www.niaid.nih.gov/news-events/niaid-syphilis-research?utm_campaign=+57502051&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=

Our graduate student Sean Waugh was one of the winners for best oral presentation by early career scholars at the 2023 STI&HIV World Congress.

Congratulations to our graduate student Sean Waugh who received the Canada Graduate Scholarships – Doctoral (CGS D) award by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

CBC article and radio interview - https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/congenital-syphilis-babies-canada-1.6777406

Sean Waugh (Cameron lab) and Dominique Gatti (Reynolds lab) were the winners for the talks at the 2023 UVIC BCMB Graduate Research Symposium.