membership directory WORKING TOGETHER TO FIGHT INFECTIOUS DISEASES
The Emerging Pathogens Institutes has members that span among 11 different colleges and units at the University of Florida. With more than 200 distinguished faculty members, EPI supports the best minds. Biologists, epidemiologists, geographers, biostatician, mathematicians, physicians, veterinarians and other scientists create the strong collaborative spirit of EPI.
Jeff Bloomquist, Ph.D.
Professor
Entomology and Nematology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Insecticide and repellent chemistry
- Toxicology
- Design
- Insect-pathogen interactions
- Insect viruses
- Bacteria derived pesticidal proteins
- Insect gut physiology
- Biotechnology
- Enteric viruses and their pathogenesis
- Interferons and cytokines
- Polarized intestinal epithelial cells and organoids
- Single cell omics to host/pathogen interactions
- Bioengineering and organ on chips
Daniel R. Brown, PhD
Associate Professor
Infectious Diseases and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine
- Cellular microbiology
- Veterinary medicine
- Mycoplasma
- Systematic and evolutionary microbiology
Robert Cook, MD, MPH
Professor and Center Director
Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Health Professions
- HIV
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Infectious disease epidemiology
- Alcohol and drug use
- Diverse populations
Cynda Crawford, DVM, PhD
Fredrica Saltzman Endowed Professorship Chair in Shelter Medicine
Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine
- Pathogenesis and epidemiology of canine respiratory pathogens in shelters
- Development and validation of diagnostic assays for canine respiratory and gastrointestinal pathogens
- Epidemiology
- Disease transmission
- Arboviruses
- Viral infections
- Respiratory infections
Michelle Danyluk, PhD
Professor
Food Science and Human Nutrition, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
- Food safety
- Produce
- Salmonella
- E. coli
- L. monocytogenes
Michael Dark, DVM, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor / Executive Director
Comparative, Diagnostic, and Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine
- Pathology
- Bacteriology
- Genomics
- Informatics
- Oncology
- Natural products
- Synthetic biology
- Antibiotics
- New target
- Drug resistance