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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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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
Heather Walden, MS, PhD
Associate Professor
Comparative, Diagnostic and Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine
- Parasitology
- Zoonotic parasites
- Rat lungworm
- Invasive parasites
- Clostridioides difficile infection
- Fecal microbiota transplant
- HIV drug resistance
- HCV drug resistance
- Gut microbiome
Shifeng Wang, PHD
Research Associate Professor
Department of Infectious Diseases & Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine
- Infectious Diseases
- Vaccine
- Immunity
- Poultry
- Cancer
Yiquan Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine
- Influenza virus
- Antibody design
- Machine learning
- Artificial intelligence
- High-throughput screening
- Ecology & evolution of infectious disease
- Virus evolution
- Global health
- Climate change and infectious disease
Jim Wellehan, DVM, PhD
Professor
Comparative, Diagnostic, and Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine
- Pathogen discovery
- Pathogen ecology and evolution
- Wildlife diseases
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