Vanderbilt researcher wins grant to develop wearable repellent device
478 views · Published 8 June 2015 · 3:12 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: Vanderbilt University · 2015 · Education
Vanderbilt University is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Laurence J. Zwiebel, the Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Molecular Biology and Professor of Biological Sciences and Pharmacology, will pursue an innovative global health and development research project, titled “New Approaches for Addressing Outdoor/Residual Malaria Transmission.” Zwiebel’s bold idea is to develop a wearable insect-repellent device that creates a personal “no fly zone” that protects people when they are outside against mosquitoes, tsetse flies and other biting insects that spread deadly and debilitating diseases. “In the past, research has focused on methods, like bed nets, to reduce the bites people receive while sleeping,” said Zwiebel. “However, the realization is growing that a lot of people get infected when bitten outdoors.” For more information on the grant visit: http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2015/06/vanderbilt-receives-gates-foundation-grant-to-develop-wristband-mosquito-repellent-device/ Follow Vanderbilt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vanderbiltu, on Instagram: http://instagram.com/vanderbiltu and on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vanderbilt. See all Vanderbilt social media at http://social.vanderbilt.edu.
