Cheers to Maria Diuk-Wasser for receiving a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to spearhead a Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases. This is a collaborative effort including institutions such as Cornell, Columbia, Fordham and the NY and CT Health Departments. Dr. Diuk-Wasser will serve as the PI at Columbia. For more information regarding the CDC’s efforts to fight vector-borne disease click here