Texas State University to study Chagas disease threat to military

The U.S. Department of Defense has tapped Texas State University to conduct a study assessing the threat of Chagas disease to military bases.

Assistant professor in the School of Health Administration Paula Stigler Granados has been awarded a two-year, $700,000 grant to study Chagas disease in the southwestern United States.

The project, “Chagas Disease Surveillance and Readiness Along U.S. Mexico Border and Ports of Entry,” was funded by the DoD through the Global Health Engagement Research Initiative.