Dr. Dawn Wesson is an associate professor in the department of Global and Community Health and the department of Tropical Medicine at Tulane University. Her research interests include ecology of arbovirus transmission, host-pathogen coevolution, development of novel vector control strategies, and the effect of arbovirus infection on human pregnancy outcome. She is a member of various organizations including the New Orleans Mosquito Control Board and the St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Control Advisory Board.