Parasites Without Borders Announces Release of 8th Edition of Textbook
Parasites Without Borders’ newest medical resource, ‘Despommier’s Parasitic Diseases, Eighth Edition,’ is now available as a free PDF download and for purchase as a paperback or Amazon Kindle digital book.
Parasites Without Borders Releases Lecture Slides to Accompany Video Series
Dr. Daniel Griffin and the late Dr. Dickson Despommier hosted a 45-part video lecture series that explores the biology and pathogenesis of eukaryotic parasites. Parasites Without Borders has recently released complementary lecture slides as an additional free resource.
Fundraiser Kickoff for the Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children
From May 1 to July 31, 2025, all donations made to PWB will be matched and donated to FIMRC, and no matter how many donations are received, PWB pledges a minimum donation of $10,000 and a total gift of up to $20,000.
Global Health Nonprofit Puts Boots to the Ground With Floating Doctors
For nearly a decade, Parasites Without Borders has worked with Floating Doctors, a global nonprofit dedicated
to reducing the burden of disease in the developing world and promoting improvements in healthcare delivery
worldwide.
PWB Mourns Loss of Founder Dickson D. Despommier
Despommier spent 38 years as a professor of microbiology and public health in environmental health
sciences at Columbia University, where he won the Best Teacher Award six times.
Free Resources on Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
Parasites Without Borders is on a mission to make educational to provide free science education to all in an effort to eliminate human suffering from parasitic infections around the world.