Presentations by T32 trainees Clara Gyorke, Rebecca Hershow, PhD, MSPH; and Michael Sciaudone, MD Join us via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/583776373 Meeting ID: 583 776 373
Two presentations by T32 Trainees: Harnessing HIV and Syphilis Networks to Reduce HIV Transmission in North Carolina, by Rachael Billock, MSPH The Changing Spatial Epidemiology of Malaria in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, by Molly Deutsch-Feldman, ScM Email us for the Zoom link
Presentations from Kate MacQueen, CFAR Developmental Core Director; Mackenzie Cottrell, CFAR Clinical Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Core Co-Director, and Michael Hudgens, CFAR Biostatistics Core Director. Moderated by Ron Swanstrom, CFAR Co-Director.
COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) Update: Focus on epidemiology, transmission, risk factors for severe illness, persistence of symptoms, and vaccine development David Weber, MD, MPH Associate Chief Medical Officer, UNC Health Medical Director, Hospital Epidemiology
Aravinda De Silva, PhD, MPH Professor of Microbiology and Epidemiology, UNC School of Medicine Prem Lakshmanane, PhD Research Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Epidemiology, UNC School of Medicine
Myron Cohen, MD Director, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases https://globalhealth.unc.edu/2020/07/nih-awards-cohen-fhi-9-2-million-for-development-of-covid-prevention-studies/
Mina Hosseinipour, MD Scientific Director, UNC Project-Malawi
Luther Bartelt, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases Heather Root, MD Infectious Diseases Alena Markmann, MS, MD, PhD Clinical fellow, Division of Infectious Diseases
Edward Browne, PhD Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases Browne holds a master's of science from the University of Auckland and a doctorate from Princeton University. His research interest in in the replication and pathogenesis of HIV. He is focused specifically on understanding the nature of latent HIV reservoirs and in developing new tools to … Read more
Jessica Lin, MD, MSCR is an assistant professor of medicine in UNC's Division of Infectious Diseases. She trained in UNC's ID fellowship at UNC and joined the faculty in 2013. Before COVID, she was pursuing clinical and translational studies on drug-resistant malaria and malaria transmission in Cambodia and Tanzania. In April 2020 she launched Co-HOST, a … Read more
Heidi J. Larson, MA, PhD, is an anthropologist and director of The Vaccine Confidence Project; professor of anthropology, risk and decision science in the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; clinical professor in the Department of Global Health at University of Washington; and guest professor at the University of … Read more
Dan Wu, MBBS, MSc, PhD, is a Newton International Fellow and a research fellow at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, supported by The Academy of Medical Sciences and Newton Fund. Wu has a special research interest in using innovative strategies to promote public health. She has been intensively engaged in designing and implementing … Read more
Matthew R. Vogt is an assistant professor in pediatrics (infectious diseases) and microbiology & immunology at UNC. He earned his degrees at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. His thesis work in the laboratory of Michael Diamond, MD, PhD focused on the study of antibody modification of West Nile virus infection. He completed a … Read more
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Becky White, MD, MPH, is an associate professor of medicine in UNC's Division of Infectious Diseases and co-director of HIV Services for the North Carolina Department of Corrections. White's research focuses on the dynamic interface between public health and medicine. She was one of the leading physicians who described the association between the release … Read more
Nick Brazeau, Imperial College of London
Tim Sheahan, PhD, is a virologist working at the host-pathogen interface to develop new methods of viral control. After earning a bachelor’s degree in microbiology from the University of New Hampshire in 1999, he moved to Boston to try to make a career in music but soon realized he enjoyed pipetting more than playing guitar. … Read more
Presented by Matt Collins, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine In Emory University's Division of Infectious Diseases
Chris Sellers, Michael McNeil, Chris Evans
Audrey Pettifor, PhD, is an epidemiologist whose research focuses on sexual behavior and determinants of HIV/STI infection in sub-Saharan Africa. Since spring 2020, she has been advising the UNC administration on various aspects of COVID-19 and the return to campus.
