Erika Samoff, MPH, PhD, is the HIV/STD/Hepatitis Lead Epidemiologist with the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. Taylor Swankie, MPH, is a data analyst/epidemiologist with the N.C. Department of Public Health.
Matthew Painschab, MD, Assistant Professor Medicine and Director of Adult Oncology Research at UNC Project Malawi, bridges two worlds as a clinician and researcher, treating patients with hematologic malignancies in Chapel Hill and Malawi. His primary research interest is in HIV-associated cancers, especially virally mediated cancers including multicentric Castleman disease, lymphoma and Kaposi sarcoma.
Jessica Howard-Anderson, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine and the Associate Hospital Epidemiologist at Emory University Hospital Midtown. Dr. Howard-Anderson's research focuses on: the epidemiology of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative organisms, using novel methodologies such as DOOR (desirability of outcome ranking) to better understand clinical outcomes, and employing diagnostic stewardship to improve … Read more
Anne Piantadosi, MD, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. Her research focuses on the emergence, evolution, and pathogenesis of viruses of clinical and public health importance, with a particular interest in arboviruses. Her projects combine clinical/translational, laboratory, and computational approaches. Current projects … Read more
Emmanuel Singogo, MSc, PhD, and Sharon Weir, PhD, MPH, Carolina Population Center Emeritus Fellow, retired from the Department of Epidemiology will present the Friday Conference lecture. Dr. Singogo is an experienced researcher and medical statistician, with 15yrs+ of experience managing large research portfolios at national-level, and managing multidisciplinary research teams in Malawi. Over the decade, he … Read more
Scott Smith, PhD, MD, is Associate Professor of Medicine and Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. His research is focused on the dengue virus, vaccines, immunology and viral pathogenesis.
Cristina Lanzas, DVM, PhD, is Professor of Infectious Disease in the Department of Population Health and Pathobiology and Associate Director for the Emerging and Infectious Diseases research area at the Comparative Medicine Institute at NCSU. Her lab focuses on infectious disease epidemiology and modeling of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens. She leads one of the interdisciplinary teams within … Read more
Cristina Lanzas, DVM, PhD, is Professor of Infectious Disease in the Department of Population Health and Pathobiology and Associate Director for the Emerging and Infectious Diseases research area at the Comparative Medicine Institute at NCSU. Her lab focuses on infectious disease epidemiology and modeling of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens. She leads one of the interdisciplinary teams within … Read more
Audrey Pettifor, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Epidemiology, a fellow in the Carolina Population Center and an honorary professor of Public Health at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. She is currently the associate chair and program lead for the infectious diseases epidemiology concentration at the UNC Department of Epidemiology. … Read more
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Yuri Fedoriw, MD, Labcorp Distinguished Professor, Vice Chair for Clinical Research and Academic Affairs, Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, Co-Director of UNC Project-Malawi Cancer Program, and Global Cancer Pathology Director, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases. Dr. Fedoriw's research interests focus on the immunologic and genetic mechanisms of lymphomagenesis, particularly in the setting … Read more
Sinead Delany-Moretlwe, MBBCh, PhD, DTM&H, is Research Professor and Director of Research at the Reproductive Health and HIV Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Her research interests span the intersections between sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and infectious diseases, particularly in adolescent girls and young women (AGYW). She has worked on several … Read more
The Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunist Infections (CROI) 2024 will take place in Denver, Colorado, March 3-6.
Brian Conlon, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. His research focuses on antibiotic tolerance and resistance in the infection microenvironment. Here, nutrient availability, interactions between the pathogen and the host, as well as co-infecting or commensal microorganisms can have a major impact on antibiotic tolerance and the evolution of … Read more
Courtney Yuen, PhD, Assistant Professor, Global Health and Social Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Yuen has been involved in important research on the global epidemiology of childhood drug-resistant tuberculosis, contributing to estimates of the global burden of childhood multidrug-resistant and isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis and the risk of disease among children who … Read more
Noah Fongwen, MD, MPH, heads International Diagnostics for the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Africa Innovation Hub at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Penny Gordon-Larsen, PhD, Vice Chancellor for Research, is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor in the Department of Nutrition, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and School of Medicine.
David Aronoff, MD, is the John B. Hickham Professor of Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine, and chair of the department of medicine. Dr. Aronoff established his independent career as a physician-scientist in the division of infectious diseases at the University of Michigan where he held faculty appointments in both Internal Medicine and Microbiology … Read more
The following STI/HIV T-32 trainees will present their projects during Friday Conference. Cynthia Thomas: "Determining vaccine antigens that promote protection from Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection." Cynthia is a PhD candidate in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Born in Haiti, she emigrated to the United States when she was very young. She attended the University of … Read more
The following fellows in the Training in Infectious Disease Technology (TIDE) T-32 Program will present their projects during the Friday Conference Series. Diana Zychowski, MD, PhD, is an Infectious Disease Fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her primary research focus is on the intersection of tick-borne infections, public health surveillance, and population … Read more
