Medical Parasitology and Zoology

Biography

Amy savage completed her PhD from the University of Yale .she completed her B.S from the University of Connecticut, with a double major in Pathobiology and Animal Science.Then She Completed her M.S. from the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, where her research Focused on vector-borne parasites of birds. Amy has investigated the impact of parasitism on Bacteria l symbionts residing in the fly as well as on the tsetse host transcriptome. Finally, recent work Examined the role of fly tissues in bacterial and parasitic pathogen invasion of tsetse. At Bard since 2012.

Research Interest

parasites and parasitology