My groups work focuses on better understanding the transmission of vector borne diseases between insects, people and domestic animals. We have multiple NIH funded projects working on tick-borne and parasitic diseases working in India, Brazil and Ethiopia. I am also a member of a European group called Leishvet that helps provide the guidelines for prevention and treatment of the zoonotic parasite Leishmania in animals, particulalry pets, that kills 20,000 people annually.