Through a collaboration between Marc Orbach (Plant Sciences) and Lisa Shubitz (ACBS), a vaccine with potential to prevent valley fever has been developed. Read about it in the Arizona Daily Star:
http://tucson.com/news/science/health-med-fit/vaccine-developed-at-ua-could-prevent-valley-fever/article_8e652a2f-484d-54d3-b5a1-77a490b288ed.html