IDWeek 2023 will be held in Boston, MA, Oct. 11-15 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. IDWeek 2023 will be a hybrid conference. Many IGHID faculty members and researchers will contribute to this annual event. Find a list of fellows and co-author presenters from the Institute, here.
Tessa M. Andermann, MD, MPH, is focus on how intestinal microbiome-host interactions impact infectious complications and other outcomes in patients with hematologic malignancies. Her goal is to develop microbiome-targeted therapies for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases in these and other immunocompromised patient populations.
Jonathan Parr, MD, MPH, is an assistant professor of medicine who studies the molecular epidemiology of infectious diseases. He is broadly interested in applying cutting-edge molecular and genomic tools to solve problems faced by marginalized populations across the globe. His work has focused on malaria in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other sites, … Read more
Vance Garrison Fowler, MD, MHS, Florence McAlister Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute.
Rafael Felipe Da Costa Vieira, PhD, is an assistant professor of One Health in the Department of Public Health Sciences and CIPHER at UNC-Charlotte. Dr. Vieira's research focuses on the ecoepidemiology of ticks and tick-borne diseases (TBD), genetic diversity of TBD pathogens, tick microbiome, pathogen discovery, and One Health. Over the last 12 years, his … Read more
Richard Reithinger, PhD, MSc, a distinguished fellow with the Research Triangle Institute, is a practical, innovative leader and extensively published author in the field of malaria and other vector-borne disease epidemiology, case management, prevention, and control. He is an epidemiologist with extensive field-based experience managing infectious disease programs in Africa, Central Asia, and Latin America, … Read more
Rajeev K. Bais, MD, is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. He is the founder and director of the Carolina Survivor Clinic, providing comprehensive care to refugees who are survivors of torture. Dr. Bais is developing a Global Health and Human Rights Initiative in the Division of Infectious … Read more
Join the Institute and Center for Aids Research (CFAR) for a special program on World AIDS Day 2023, celebrating the strength, resilience and diversity of the HIV community, and the advances of many UNC investigators who are working at the forefront of AIDS research.
Robert Bonomo, MD, is Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology, and Molecular Biology and Microbiology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Among the major problems faced in medicine, resistance to antibiotics is regarded as a singular challenge. The primary focus of Dr. Bonomo's laboratory is to understand the genetic and amino acid sequence determinants of the … Read more
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
Learn more and find the symposium agenda posted here.
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
