EPI Experts

Are you searching for an infectious disease expert to answer questions regarding a particular emerging pathogen? The Emerging Pathogens Institute has many principal investigators who serve as experts in their fields, ranging from research topics like Covid-19, monkeypox, tuberculosis, malaria and influenza. This page provides a handful of experts who cover significant public health problems and common diseases. Other supplemental resources include the EPI Membership Directory and the UF Experts List.

Covid-19, SARS-CoV-2, Coronavirus

Epidemiology

	Name	Title	Email
	J. Glenn Morris	Professor; EPI Associate Director of Research Initiatives	jgmorris@epi.ufl.edu	View profile
	Ira M Longini	Professor	ilongini@ufl.edu	View profile
	Cindy A Prins	Clinical Associate Professor Of Epidemiology	capfive@ufl.edu	View profile

Virology

	Name	Title	Email
	John Lednicky	Research Professor	jlednicky@phhp.ufl.edu	View profile
	Marco Salemi	Emerging Pathogens Institute Interim Director; Holloway Professor In Experimental Pathology	salemi@pathology.ufl.edu	View profile

Serological Response

	Name	Title	Email
	Derek A Cummings	Professor; EPI Associate Director for Education and Graduate Programs	datc@ufl.edu	View profile
	Maureen T Long	Professor (Emeritus); EPI Associate Director For Research Resources	longm@ufl.edu	View profile

Mathematical Modeling

	Name	Title	Email
	Ira M Longini	Professor	ilongini@ufl.edu	View profile
	Matt Hitchings	Assistant Professor; EPI Associate Director for Biostatistics Consulting Core	mhitchings@ufl.edu	View profile

Diarrheal Diseases

	Name	Title	Email
	Afsar Ali	Research Associate Professor	aali@epi.ufl.edu	View profile
	Arie Havelaar	PROF	ariehavelaar@ufl.edu	View profile
	Kwangcheol C Jeong	PROF	kcjeong@ufl.edu	View profile
	Stephanie Karst	Professor	skarst@ufl.edu	View profile
	Anthony T Maurelli	Professor	amaurelli@phhp.ufl.edu	View profile
	J. Glenn Morris	Professor; EPI Associate Director of Research Initiatives	jgmorris@epi.ufl.edu	View profile
	Eric J Nelson	Associate Professor (tenured)	eric.nelson@ufl.edu	View profile

Influenza

	Name	Title	Email
	John Lednicky	Research Professor	jlednicky@phhp.ufl.edu	View profile
	Derek A Cummings	Professor; EPI Associate Director for Education and Graduate Programs	datc@ufl.edu	View profile

HIV/AIDS

	Name	Title	Email
	Robert L Cook	Professor	cookrl@ufl.edu	View profile
	Marco Salemi	Emerging Pathogens Institute Interim Director; Holloway Professor In Experimental Pathology	salemi@pathology.ufl.edu	View profile

Malaria

	Name	Title	Email
	Rhoel Dinglasan	Professor	rdinglasan@epi.ufl.edu	View profile
	Sadie J Ryan	Professor of Medical Geography	sjryan@ufl.edu	View profile
	Amy Y Vittor	Associate Professor	amy.vittor@medicine.ufl.edu	View profile

Monkeypox

	Name	Title	Email
	Benjamin Anderson	Assistant Professor and MHS Program Director	ander88@ufl.edu	View profile
	Nicole M Iovine	Clinical Professor, Hospital Epidemiologist and Interim Chief of Hematology/Oncology	nicole.iovine@medicine.ufl.edu	View profile
	John Lednicky	Research Professor	jlednicky@phhp.ufl.edu	View profile

Non-HIV STIs

	Name	Title	Email
	Robert L Cook	Professor	cookrl@ufl.edu	View profile
	Jennifer W Janelle	Clinical Associate Professor	jennifer.janelle@medicine.ufl.edu	View profile
	Anthony T Maurelli	Professor	amaurelli@phhp.ufl.edu	View profile
	Drew A Westmoreland	Assistant Professor	westmorelanddrew@ufl.edu	View profile

Plant Pathology

	Name	Title	Email
	Karen Garrett	PROF	karengarrett@ufl.edu	View profile
	Erica M Goss	Professor	emgoss@ufl.edu	View profile

Tuberculosis

	Name	Title	Email
	Michael Lauzardo	Professor; EPI Associate Director of Clinical Research	mike.lauzardo@medicine.ufl.edu	View profile
	Marie N Séraphin	Assistant Professor	nancy.seraphin@medicine.ufl.edu	View profile

Wastewater-based Epidemiology

	Name	Title	Email
	Joseph H Bisesi	Associate Chair; Associate Professor & PhD Program Director	jbisesi@phhp.ufl.edu	View profile
	Anthony T Maurelli	Professor	amaurelli@phhp.ufl.edu	View profile
	Tara Sabo-Attwood	Professor and Chair	sabo@phhp.ufl.edu	View profile

Zika

	Name	Title	Email
	John Lednicky	Research Professor	jlednicky@phhp.ufl.edu	View profile
	J. Glenn Morris	Professor; EPI Associate Director of Research Initiatives	jgmorris@epi.ufl.edu	View profile
	Sadie J Ryan	Professor of Medical Geography	sjryan@ufl.edu	View profile

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