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The Emerging Pathogens Institutes has members that span among 11 different colleges and units at the University of Florida. With more than 250 distinguished faculty members, EPI supports the best minds. Biologists, epidemiologists, geographers, biostatisticians, mathematicians, physicians, veterinarians and other scientists create the strong collaborative spirit of EPI.

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Marco Salemi, PhD

Professor and EPI Associate Director for Research Initiatives

Pathology Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine

  • Virus evolution
  • Phylogenetic analysis
  • Artificial intelligence

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Keith Schneider, PhD

Professor

Food Science and Human Nutrition, College of Agriculture

  • Food safety microbiology

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Marie Séraphin, PhD

Assistant Professor

Medicine, College of Medicine

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Genomic epidemiology
  • Global health

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Jerne Shapiro, MPH

Lecturer

Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Health Professions

  • Outbreak investigations
  • COVID
  • Infectious diseases
  • Surveillance

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Burton Singer, PhD

Adjunct Professor

Mathematics, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

  • Infectious disease epidemiology
  • Clinical medicine
  • Plant pathology

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Jason Smith, PhD

Professor

School of Forest, Fisheries and Geomatics Sciences, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

  • One health
  • Forest health
  • Fungal disease
  • Mycology
  • Environmental microbiology

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Luis Sordo Vieira, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Medicine, College of Medicine

  • Fungal infections
  • Respiratory infections
  • Host defense
  • Mathematical modeling

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Frederick Southwick, MD

Professor of Medicine

Medicine, College of Medicine

  • Medical errors
  • Leadership
  • Change management
  • Medical teamwork
  • Toyota production system

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Megan Stanifer, PhD

Assistant Professor

Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, College of Medicine

  • Mucosal immune response
  • Enteric pathogens
  • Respiratory pathogens
  • Interferons
  • Organoids

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Kuttichantran Subramaniam, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Infectious Diseases and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine

  • Genomics
  • Phylogenomics
  • Diagnostics
  • Next-generation Sequencing
  • Viruses