IDASTP Training Faculty

Name	Rank	Primary Department or Program	Research Interest
Cervantes-Barragan, Luisa	Ast. Prof.	Microbiology and Immunology	Modulation of the immune system by the microbiota and microbiota-derived metabolites and its influence during homeostasis, bacterial and viral infections.
Civitello, Dave	Ast. Prof.	Biology	Research aims to build new theory for disease outbreaks that can explain parasite transmission and reproduction in heterogeneous populations and dynamic environments. We combine field surveys, experiments, and mathematical modeling to improve predictions and control of disease outbreaks that are relevant for biodiversity conservation and human health
Clasen, Thomas F.	Prof.	Environmental Health	Health impact evaluations of water, sanitation and household air pollution interventions in low-income countries
Day, Cheryl L.	Asc. Prof.	Microbiology and Immunology	Cellular immunity and mechanisms of immune regulation in human Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.
de Roode, Jacobus C.	Prof.	Biology	Parasite virulence evolution, animal self-medication and evolution of drug resistance.
Dean, Natalie	Ast. Prof.	Biostatistics and Bioinformatics; Epidemiology	Research focus is on methods to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions targeting emerging infectious diseases, especially vaccines. This includes the use of flexible and model-informed trial frameworks tailored to the outbreak setting, as well as observational study designs such as the test negative design. Prior and ongoing work is in HIV, Ebola, Zika, chikungunya, dengue, and COVID-19. I am co-director of the Emory Alliance for Vaccine Epidemiology (EAVE).
Freeman, Matthew	Asc. Prof.	Environmental Health, Epidemiology and Global Health	Enteric infectious diseases, impact evaluation, implementation science related to water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions in low-income settings
Gerardo, Nicole M.	Prof.	Biology	Investigates the evolutionary ecology of host-microbe interactions using insect systems
Gillespie, Thomas R.	Asc. Prof.	Environmental Sciences	Interactions in anthropogenic environmental change: biodiversity, ecology and emergence of pathogens of people, wildlife, and domestic animals.
Goldberg, Joanna B.	Prof.	Pediatrics (Pulmonology, Allergy/Immunology, Cystic Fibrosis and Sleep/Apnea)	Synthesis and regulation of surface polysaccharides and other adhesins, to develop rational strategies to disrupt pathogenesis.
Hunter, Eric	Prof.	Pathology and Laboratory Medicine	Genetic, virologic, and immunologic studies of HIV-1 to elucidate virus-host interactions, pathogenesis, and ultimately facilitate vaccine design.
Kitron, Uriel D.	Goodrich C. White Prof.	Environmental Sciences	Ecology and epidemiology of malaria, Chagas disease, dengue, Zika, polyparasitism, West Nile virus and Lyme disease in the US and around the world.
Koelle, Katia	Asc. Prof.	Biology	I use quantitative approaches to study the ecological, evolutionary, and within-host dynamics of RNA viruses affecting humans.
Kulpa, Deanna	Asc. Prof.	Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Emory University School of Medicine	Research focues on defining the mechanisms that promote HIV persistence in people living with HIV. Dr. Kulpa's laboratory employs novel in vitro, ex vivo and OMICS approaches to identify pathways and mechanisms that improve the understanding of HIV latency establishment and maintenance. The goal of Dr. Kulpa's research program is to identify and evaluate therapeutic strategies to counteract these mechanisms, which will constitute the basis for the design of pre-clinical and clinical studies aimed at eradicating HIV
Lau, Max	Ast. Prof.	Biostatistics and Bioinformatics; Epidemiology	Disease ecology and infectious disease dynamics.
Leon, Juan S.	Asc. Prof.	Global Health	The immune response of vulnerable individuals and populations in the Americas to parasitic and enteric viral pathogens, especially those involved in foodborne and waterborne disease.
Logan, Latania	Prof.	Pediatrics	Research focuses on the clinical and molecular epidemiology of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections among children, young adults and healthy populations, and Dr. Logan's translational research laboratory seeks to identify and characterize community reservoirs and environmental origins of multidrug-resistant Gammaproteobacteria, as infections with these organisms have continued to increase despite aggressive antibiotic stewardship and infection prevention campaigns in healthcare settings.
Lopman, Benjamin A.	Prof.	Epidemiology	I study the epidemiology and ecology of enteric viruses -- major causes of global illness and death -- in order to build an evidence base for their control.
Lowen, Anice C.	Asc. Prof.	Microbiology and Immunology	Our research aims to reveal features of influenza A virus biology that support the rapid evolution of this pathogen.
McQuade, Elizabeth Rogawski	Ast. Prof.	Epidemiology	Rersearch focuses on the complex interactions between early childhood diarrhea, enteric infections, environmental enteropathy, antibiotic use, and their effects on child health and development. She is also interested in better understanding the impact of vaccines and other interventions for enteric diseases.
Moe, Christine L.	Gangarosa Prof.	Global Health	Four key interrelated areas: waterborne transmission of infectious agents, foodborne transmission of infectious agents, viral gastroenteritis and ecological sanitation.
Nadimpalli, Maya	Ast. Prof.	Environmental Health	Research focuses on antibiotic resistance, one of the top threats facing humanity. Broadly, Dr. Nadimpalli uses genomic and epidemiological approaches to understand how exposures to food, animals, and the environment can impact human colonization and infection with antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Piantadosi, Anne	Ast. Prof.	Pathology & Laboratory Medicine	Emergence, evolution, and pathogenesis of viruses of clinical and public health importance, with a particular interest in arboviruses. Projects combine clinical/translational, laboratory, and computational approaches.
Read, Timothy D.	Prof.	Medicine (Infectious Diseases)	Using genomics to improve detection of infectious disease pathogens and understand evolution of virulence and antibiotic resistance
Rengarajan, Jyothi	Asc. Prof.	Medicine (Infectious Diseases)	Understanding how Mycobacterium tuberculosis evades host immunity in animal models and humans with the goal of designing new anti-tuberculosis therapeutics and vaccines
Silvestri, Guido	Prof.	Pathology and Laboratory Medicine	Pathogenesis of HIV infection and AIDS using the comparative non-human primate model of SIV infection in rhesus macaques and sooty mangabeys.
Sullivan, Patrick S.	Prof.	Epidemiology	HIV/AIDS and Prevention Science
Suthar, Mehul	Asc. Prof.	Pediatiric Infectious Disease	Research focuses on understanding how the RIG-I like receptors detect, respond, and regulate immunity to viral infection. The RIG‑I-like receptors, which include RIG-I, MDA5, and LGP2, are expressed basally in nearly all cell types in the body and are induced to increased levels during viral infection and in response to type I IFNs.
Tirouvanziam, Rabin	Ast. Prof.	Pediatric Infectious Diseases	With a combined background in Embryology and Engineering, Dr. Tirouvanziam's laboratory focuses on mechanisms of innate immunity in humans and their relations to chronic human disease, with emphasis on target identification for the development of novel therapies.
Vazquez-Prokopec, Gonzalo M.	Asc. Prof.	Environmental Sciences	To understand the major determinants in the occurrence, transmission and local propagation of major vector-borne and parasitic diseases.
Vega, Nic M.	Ast. Prof.	Biology	Host-microbe biology in C. elegans; antibiotic response in bacterial communities and in host-associated bacterial populations; community dynamics modeling
Waller, Lance A.	Prof.	Biostatistics and Bioinformatics	Development of statistical methodology for the analysis of spatially referenced public health data.

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