Measles Re-Emergence Amid Declining Vaccination in the United States

Nathan Lo, MD PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases and a physician-scientist at Stanford University. His research group studies the transmission of infectious diseases and impact of public health interventions to inform policy aimed at controlling and eliminating these diseases. Nathan’s interest spans across multiple infectious diseases, both domestically and internationally, with a focus on vaccine-preventable infections (such as measles and COVID-19) and neglected global infectious diseases (such as schistosomiasis and typhoid fever). His research blends diverse computational methodologies, including tools from infectious disease epidemiology and mathematical modeling. Nathan frequently collaborates with public health agencies, such as the California Department of Public Health and the World Health Organization, and his work has a track record of being used to inform public health policy. He served as the lead writer for the WHO guidelines on control of schistosomiasis (2022) and strongyloidiasis (2024). He received a BS in Bioengineering from Rice University, an MD/PhD from Stanford, and completed clinical training in internal medicine and infectious diseases at UCSF. Nathan launched his independent research group at UCSF as a Faculty Fellow in 2021 and joined the Stanford faculty in 2023. His work has been recognized with an NIH New Innovator (DP2) Award.