Dr. Viveka Vadyvaloo

Dr. Viveka Vadyvaloo hopes her research in the Paul G. Allen School for Global Health will lead to unraveling how fleas transmit the bacterial agent of the bubonic plague, which still occurs throughout the world, including in the western areas of the United States.

Figuring out how to keep fleas from throwing up their food could be a key to stopping the transmission of deadly diseases such as the bubonic plague.