Conferences
Ana L. Cavazos presenting at the Undergraduate Research Conference at UTPA in 2013. Ana was a key person in developing models for Ixodes scapularis tick in Texas and northern Mexico. This tick carries Lyme disease. This paper was published in 2014 (see cover of the paper on the next page) and has been cited already in at least 16 other publications and has been rated as a highly accessed paper in the journal Parasites and Vectors. Ana also collaborated on different projects in the lab and traveled to a variety of scientific conferences such as those sponsored by the Ecological Society of America. She also participated in international research funded by Conabio, in Mexico.
Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students. From left to right, Luis, Ramiro, Rodrigo, Dr. Dearth (Director of Engaged Scholarship and Learning and PI of the NIH-RISE Program) and Teresa Patricia Feria.