Dr. Rhoel Dinglasan

Rhoel Dinglasan, Ph.D., M.P.H., a professor of infectious diseases in the college’s Department of infectious diseases and Immunology, has received a UF Research Foundation professorship. The recognition goes to faculty who have a distinguished current record of research and a strong research agenda that is likely to lead to continuing distinction in their fields.

“Dr. Dinglasan’s scholarly contributions clearly identify him as a preeminent innovator and leader in his discipline, vector-borne diseases, with a focus on malaria and arboviruses,” said his department chair, Julie Moore, Ph.D.

Recruited to UF in 2016 through the university’s preeminence initiative, Dinglasan leads an innovative and dynamic research program that focuses predominantly on developing new tools to combat malaria and arboviruses, which are transmitted by mosquitoes. Arboviruses, including dengue, Zika and West Vile, are increasingly a threat in Florida, and outbreaks of malaria, such as the one that occurred last year, are a persistent public health threat for Floridians.