Dr. Susan Paskewitz

Position title: Co-Director, MCEVBD

Email: smpaskew@wisc.edu

Website: Dr. Susan Paskewitz's website

Phone: 608-262-1269

Susan Paskewitz is professor and past chair in the Department of Entomology. She co-directs the Midwest Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Disease with Prof. Lyric Bartholomay, funded by a $10M grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  Paskewitz is also the faculty Director of Undergraduate Programs in Global Health, encompassing 1100 undergraduates enrolled in the Global Health major or certificate. Paskewitz’s research program centers on ticks and mosquitoes and the human diseases they transmit. Her current projects seek to reduce the incidence of Lyme disease and West Nile virus infections through innovative control methods and public/private partnerships.