The Emerging and Re-Emerging Pathogens Program (EREPP) in the Division of Infectious Diseases at FSM strives to foster research aimed at better understanding new infectious threats. Congratulations to these investigators, who were awarded grants as part of the first EREPP Call for Proposals: Pablo Penaloza-MacMaster, PhD (Department of Microbiology-Immunology) and Judd Hultquist, PhD (Department