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Elizabeth Perez ’06 Selected as Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratory Training Fellow

(New York, NY) Marymount Manhattan is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Perez ’06 has been selected as an Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratory Training Fellow for 2007-2008. The Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) Laboratory Fellowship Program trains and prepares scientists for careers in public health laboratories and supports public health initiatives related to infectious disease research.

Perez graduated from MMC with a B.S. in Biology and a minor in Mathematics. She was chosen to be one of about 25 training fellows after a three-day interview process. Perez and Leslie Burton ’07 were two MMC Biology graduates chosen as finalists from a pool of 250 applicants.

The EID Advanced Laboratory Training Fellowship is a one-year program designed for bachelor’s or master’s level scientists, with emphasis on the practical application of technologies, methodologies and practices related to emerging infectious diseases. Perez will be conducting research at one of the Centers for Disease Control laboratories in Atlanta, Georgia. The EID is sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and the Association of Public Health Laboratories.

During her time at Marymount Manhattan, Perez was an involved member of the Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and the College community. She was a researcher in a laboratory with Ann Aguanno, associate professor of Biology, for three years. She also tutored mathematics for the MMC community.

Published: September 20, 2007

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