She serves as team lead for all laboratory projects focused on chikungunya virus, a reemerging arbovirus that has recently caused explosive epidemics of febrile arthritis throughout many parts of the world. Dr. Silva’s research interests are focused on virus-host interactions that dictate chikungunya virus entry, tropism, replication compartment formation, and pathogenesis. Dr. Silva also serves as the BSL3 facility manager for the A-BSL3 laboratory at Rangos Research Center.