Reanna Bourgeois | Undergraduate Research Assistant

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Reanna Bourgeois

Reanna Bourgeois, a Microbiology major at Northern Arizona University focuses her research on two tick-borne disease projects.

Reanna’s research evaluates Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks in southern Arizona. Secondly, she tracks the movement of cattle fever ticks (Rh. microplus and Rh. annulatus) in southern Texas while assessing their acaricide (insecticide) resistance.

Reanna is passionate about infectious disease research feeding into prevention and control as she aims to make meaningful contributions to public health. Her goal is to further advance her experience as a scientist through translational infectious disease research.

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