Joseph D. Tucker, MD, PhD, AM
Director of UNC Project-China
Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Areas of Interest
Open science, crowdsourcing, participatory research, syphilis, HIV, hepatitis, China
About
Dr. Tucker is an infectious diseases physician and Professor at UNC Chapel Hill with a special interest in crowdsourcing. Crowdsourcing has a group of individuals solve a problem and then share solutions with the public. He has contributed to several World Health Organization guidelines and serves as a member of the TDR Global Working Group. He has a special interest in China and has worked on collaborative research there for the past twenty years. Dr. Tucker has a strong commitment to mentorship and works in partnership with undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral, and early career researchers. Dr. Tucker has published 566 manuscripts and leads as PI or MPI US NIH grants totaling 29M USD.
In the news
Joseph Tucker, MD, PhD, MA, a member of the UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases and associate professor in the division of infectious diseases, encourages HIV testing through his work in the US, China and South Africa. He also promotes youth-friendly HIV prevention and self-testing services. In early April, Dr. Tucker participated in … Read more Visiting scholars make important contributions to the UNC community enriching the research and educational experience for everyone. On April 13, the UNC Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases (IGHID) and Carolina Asia Center (CAC) hosted scholars from the Southern Medical University in Guangzhou, China, and the Hanoi Medical University in Hanoi, Vietnam. “The Global Health … Read more Michael Sciaudone, MD, an infectious diseases specialist at UNC, has won a 2021 postdoctoral fellowship in tropical infectious diseases from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund-American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (ASTMH). Three of the coveted fellowships are awarded nationally each year, funding research focused on low and low-middle income countries. Sciaudone will use the two-year … Read more
Youth-Focused Intervention Activity Focuses On Solutions For Promoting PrEP Awareness
IGHID, CAC Host Visiting Scholars from China and Vietnam
Sciaudone awarded BWF-ASTMH postdoctoral fellowship to continue diagnostics research in Peru
Education
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Undergraduate
Swarthmore College
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Medical School
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Residency
University of California San Francisco
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Fellowship
Massachusetts General Hospital / Brigham and Women's Hospital
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PhD
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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AM
Harvard University