Elizabeth (Lizzy) Hastie, M.D., is a fellow with the UC San Diego ID Department interested in pursuing a career in HIV medicine. She studied physics at the University of Colorado Boulder and attended medical school at Emory University. She completed her internal medicine residency at UC San Diego and stayed for an additional year as … Read more
Bill Miller, MD, PhD, is an infectious diseases epidemiologist and member of the Institute with a focus on the intersection of HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and substance use. Also trained as an infectious diseases physician, he has worked globally and domestically to prevent transmission of HIV and STIs, and improve the care of people with … Read more
Becky White, MD, MPH, is Associate Professor of Medicine and Co-Director of HIV Services, North Carolina Department of Corrections. Her work is focused on treatment and prevention of HIV/STDs in incarcerated persons and African-Americans.
Hematology Fellow Dr. Luke Eastburg will be the featured speaker for this Global Health Forum, sponsored by the Office of Global Health and Education. This is a hybrid event. The forum will take place in Roper Hall, Room 4302. If attending in person, please RSVP by 12 noon on Thursday, Sept. 19 to reserve a … Read more
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Myron S. Cohen, MD, is the Yeargan-Bate Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Epidemiology. He is Associate Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs and Global Health Director of the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases. His multidisciplinary research group has worked over many years to characterize the ability of different classes of antiretroviral agents to block HIV … Read more
Neil Ferguson is Professor of Mathematical Biology and Head of Department for the London Center for Neglected Tropical Disease Research at the Imperial College London. His research aims to improve understanding of the epidemiological factors and population processes shaping infectious disease spread in human and animal populations. A key practical focus is the analysis and optimisation of intervention … Read more
Jessica Lin, MD, MSCR, is a member of the Institute, an NIH-funded physician-scientist and principal investigator in the Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Ecology Lab (IDEEL). Her research lies at the interface of clinical and molecular studies on malaria. Earlier in her career, she studied multi-drug resistant malaria and relapses due to vivax malaria in Southeast Asia. … Read more
ID Week 2024 will take place in Los Angeles, California, Oct. 16-20.
Emily W. Gower, PhD, is Associate Professor of Opthamalogy and Epidemiology, working in global health and ocular epidemiology. Her primary area of research interest is in improving trichiasis surgery outcomes for individuals with trachoma, which is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. She has led multiple clinical trials in Africa, and an ongoing clinical … Read more
This Global Health Forum is sponsored by the Office of Global Health Education. Speaker TBA.
Yonatan H. Grad, MD, PhD, is the Melvin J. and Geraldine L. Glimcher Associate Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Grad’s work uses interdisciplinary methods, including basic microbiology, mathematical modeling, and epidemiology, to study how pathogens evolve and spread through populations, with publications in Science, … Read more
This Global Health Forum is sponsored by the Office of Global Health Education. Speaker TBA.
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Mark Sherlock, Health Sciences Manager with Médecins Sans Frontières, will be guest lecturer.
