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The Emerging Pathogens Institutes has members that span among 13 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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Jim Wellehan, DVM, PhD

Professor

Comparative, Diagnostic, and Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine

  • Pathogen discovery
  • Pathogen ecology and evolution
  • Wildlife diseases

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Drew Westmoreland, MSPH, PhD

Assistant Professor

Epidemiology, College of Pubic Health and Health Professions; College of Medicine

  • HIV/STIs
  • Sexual health
  • LGBTQIA+ health disparities
  • Behavioral epidemiology
  • Alcohol and substance use

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Samantha Wisely, PhD

Professor and Director

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, IFAS

  • Disease ecology
  • Wildlife management
  • Zoonotic pathogen surveillance
  • Agroecology
  • Livestock wildlife interface

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Chun Nin Wong, PhD

Assistant Professor

Entomology and Nematology, IFAS

  • Behavior
  • Microbiome
  • Host-microbe interactions
  • Omics

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Luiz Fernando Wurdig Roesch, PhD

Associate Professor

Microbiology and Cell Science, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

  • Microbiome
  • Inflammation
  • Bioinformatics

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Janet Yamamoto, PhD

Professor

Comparative, Diagnostic and Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine

  • Vaccine
  • Retroviruses
  • Coronaviruses
  • T-cell immunity
  • Immune-based diagnostics

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Boce Zhang, PhD

Assistant Professor

Food Science and Human Nutrition, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

  • Genomics
  • Transcriptomics
  • Machine learning
  • Biointerface
  • Nanotechnology

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Shouan Zhang, PhD

Professor

Plant Pathology/Tropical REC-Homestead, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences/IFAS

  • Plant pathology
  • Emerging plant disease
  • Invasive plant pathogen detection and identification
  • Plant disease epidemiology
  • Integrated disease management

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Liang Zhou, MD, PhD

Professor

Infectious Diseases and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine

  • Mucosal ommunology
  • Gene regulation in lymphocytes
  • Immunometabolism
  • Host-microbiome interactions