EPI Seminar Series

MCD Global Health

Guillermo A. García, M.S., MBA

Originally from Caracas, Venezuela, Guillermo A. García, M.S., MBA, began his MCD career as an intern while studying at Middlebury College in 2005. In 2009, he joined the Bioko Island Malaria Control Project in Equatorial Guinea as an operations assistant. During his time on Bioko Island, he developed a spatial decision support system that has driven malaria control operations on Bioko Island for over a decade. Guillermo was able to build lasting community connections, taking on activities like coaching the national swimming team. Since February 2025, García, has served as director of MCD Global Health's International Programs, bringing his experience in program implementation and management and his technical expertise to guide MCD's international health initiatives.

Baylor College of Medicine

Sarah Gunter, Ph.D

Sarah Gunter, M.P.H., Ph.D., is an experienced researcher with a demonstrated history of working in higher education. An assistant professor of pediatrics in tropical medicine, at the Baylor College of Medicine, she is skilled in epidemiologic investigation of vector-borne disease, geospatial epidemiology and laboratory methods for molecular detection of infectious disease.

University of Florida

Samantha M. Wisely, Ph.D.

Trained as a conservation geneticist, Samantha Wisely, Ph.D., researches how human impacts on the landscape alter ecosystem function. As an associate professor of wildlife ecology and conservation and the director of the Cervidae Health Research Initiative, her interests have evolved to incorporate how landscape context influences movement patterns and disease dynamics of terrestrial vertebrates. Using a combination of field and laboratory techniques, the Wisely Lab seeks to understand how host populations maintain reservoirs of pathogens in a changing landscape.

University of Florida

Nian Wang, Ph.D.

Nian Wang, Ph.D. is the Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Graves Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair and a professor of Microbiology and Cell Science at the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Citrus Research and Education Center. He specializes in plant–bacteria interactions and the genetic improvement of citrus using CRISPR/Cas genome editing to combat devastating diseases like citrus greening and canker.