Peter Rogers

Dr. Peter Rogers grew up milking cows and building barns. This provided him the transferable skills necessary for a smooth transition into academic research. Three years of genetics research led to six years of immunology research, which led to a PhD from Auburn University. That led to three and half years of instructional design research at Tufts University School of Medicine.

His expertise includes biomedical sciences & technology, social determinants of health, bovine birthing, training & development, and cognitive psychology. He’s taught dozens of university courses, ranging from Principles of Biology to Advanced Medical Immunology. He is currently co-writing a book with his father, George Rogers, called How to Correctly Hold a Flashlight: A Disagreement in Academic and Agricultural Perspectives.

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Health

At long last, we might have an HIV vaccine

HIV mutates rapidly, which has made the development of a vaccine an enormous challenge for decades. Finally, we might have one.

Peter Rogers

The Past

Medieval friars were possessed by parasites

Roundworms at the monastery.

Peter Rogers

Health

Century-old mystery solved: Elusive fever-generating neurons have been found

When we feel sick, it's not just the pathogen to blame. Our brain cranks up the temperature, and the neurons responsible finally have been found.

Peter Rogers

Health

Researchers may have created a universal coronavirus vaccine

The antibodies elicited by the "S2 vaccine" not only neutralize COVID's multiple strains but also coronaviruses that cause the common cold.

Peter Rogers

Neuropsych

To our brains, people of other races really do look alike

A clever neuroscience experiment shows that the "other-race effect" is likely due to a lack of experience and perceptual expertise rather than racism.

Peter Rogers