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Friday Conference: Back in North Carolina; What Have I Been Up To?

Bioinformatics Bioinformatics-1131, 130 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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

Friday Conference: Structural Racism and Biomedical Research

Bioinformatics Bioinformatics-1131, 130 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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.  

Friday Conference: Neil Ferguson

Bioinformatics Bioinformatics-1131, 130 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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

Friday Conference: Malaria Transmission In Tanzania

Bioinformatics Bioinformatics-1131, 130 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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

Friday Conference: Vision Impairment in the US and Abroad, and Its Impact on Daily Life

Hybrid Hybrid Event

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

Friday Conference: Yonatan Grad, MD, PhD

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

World AIDS Day Conference

Bioinformatics Bioinformatics-1131, 130 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Friday Conference: Noma, a Neglected Tropical Disease

Bioinformatics Bioinformatics-1131, 130 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Mark Sherlock, Health Sciences Manager with Médecins Sans Frontières, will be guest lecturer.

Friday Conference (New Time)

Bioinformatics Bioinformatics-1131, 130 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Speaker to be announced.

Friday Conference: Ann Dennis

Bioinformatics Bioinformatics-1131, 130 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Friday Conference (New Time)

Bioinformatics Bioinformatics-1131, 130 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Speaker TBA