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Biologists. Epidemiologists. Geographers. Biostatisticians. Mathematicians. Physicians. Veterinarians. The Emerging Pathogens Institute could not be the same leader of infectious disease research without its varied membership, which spans 13 different colleges and seven units across the University of Florida campus. With over 300 distinguished faculty members, the EPI embodies a collaborative spirit.
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Matthew Thomas, PhD
Professor and Director of the Invasion Science Research Institute
Entomology & Nematology, IFAS
- Vector-borne disease
- Ecology
- Invasive species
- Climate change
- Vector control
Panpim Thongsripong, PhD
Assistant Professor
Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Department of Entomology and Nematology, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
- Mosquito biology
- Disease ecology
- Human-mosquito contact
- Virology
- Community health
Eric Triplett, PhD
Professor and Chair
Microbiology and Cell Science, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
- Drivers of microbial diversity
Apichai Tuanyok, PhD
Associate Professor
Infectious Diseases and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine
- Melioidosis
- Glanders
- Burkholderia
- Phage
- SARS-CoV-2
Nirma Khatri Vadlamudi, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, College of Pharmacy
- Respiratory infections
- Vaccine
- Pneumococcal
- RSV
- Influenza
- Plant pathology
- Disease management
- Epidemiology
- Microbial ecology
- Plant-microbe interactions
Denis Valle, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Forest, Fisheries and Geomatics Sciences, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
- Bayesian statistics
- Tropical forests
- Land-use land-cover
- Malaria epidemiology
- Modeling
Ariena Van Bruggen, PhD
Emeritus Professor
Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Microbial ecology
- Epidemiology
- Organic agriculture
- One health
- Risk modeling
- Arbovirology
- Planetary Health
- Alphaviruses
Caroline Waddell, PhD
Assistant Professor
Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions
- Arboviruses
- Vectors
- Social determinants of health
- Epidemiology
- Molecular diagnostics