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HIV Cure

Nancy Archin, PhD, Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases

The One Health Approach to AMR

Sid Thakur, BVSc, MVSc, PhD, Professor of Molecular Epidemiology, Director of Global Health, NC State College of Veterinary Medicine.

HIV Persistence

Mary F. Kearney, PhD, HIV Dynamics and Replication Program, NIH Cancer Center

Mechanisms of β-lactam Resistance

Robert Bonomo, MD, professor of medicine, pharmacology, molecular biology and microbiology, Case Western School of Medicine.

Host-Pathogen Dynamics

Nihal Altan-Bonn, PhD, Senior Investigator, NIH Laboratory of Host-Pathogen Dynamics

5th Annual Malawi Cancer Symposium

The 5th Annual Malawi Cancer Symposium is a collaboration between the UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. For more information, please contact ggomani@unclilongwe.org.

Q&A Session: Fogarty Global Health LAUNCH 

Whether you're just starting or further along in your academic journey, the Fogarty Global Health LAUNCH program could be your next big step in making a global impact. Don't miss this opportunity to get your questions answered and set yourself on a path towards meaningful global health research. Question & Answer Session: Date: October 5, … Read more

Translating Cabotegravir PrEP From Clinical Trials to the Field: Upcoming Malawi Plans

Mina Hosseinipour, MD, MPH, is a professor of medicine and the scientific director of UNC Project-Malawi. She focuses on the management of HIV disease in developing countries including prevention, interactions with endemic diseases, treatment of opportunistic infections including malignancies and monitoring strategies for antiretroviral therapy in this setting. The evaluation of the use of antiretroviral … Read more

Tracking the Gut Microbial Ecosystem in Cancer: My Adventures in Microbiome Science

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.

Emergence of Diagnostic-Resistant Malaria in Africa

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

Tickborne Illnesses

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

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

The Carolina Survivor Clinic: Using Primary Care to Treat Refugees who are Torture Survivors

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