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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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Nicole Iovine, MD, PhD

Chief Hospital Epidemiologist

Medicine, College of Medicine

  • Emerging infections
  • Multi-drug resistant bacteria
  • Influenza
  • COVID-19
  • Clinical trials

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Ramiro Isaza, DVM, MPH

Professor of Zoological Medicine

Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine

  • Elephant diseases, management and physiology
  • Zoonotic diseases of non-domestic species
  • Epidemiology in captive animal populations
  • Public health pertaining to non-domestic species

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Jennifer Janelle, MD

Associate Professor

Medicine, College of Medicine

  • HIV
  • Sexually transmitted infections

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Kwangcheol (KC) Jeong, PhD

Associate Professor

Animal Sciences, IFAS

  • Antimicrobial resistance
  • Bacterial pathogenesis
  • Food safety
  • Nanotechnology
  • Probiotics

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Melissa Jones, PhD

Assistant Professor

Microbiology and Cell Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

  • Noroviruses
  • Bacterial extracellular vesicles
  • Mucosal immunology
  • Microbiome
  • Host-pathogen interaction

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Andy Kane, PhD, MS

Director, Aquatic Pathobiology Laboratory

Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions

  • Environmental and public health issues
  • Pathology and toxicology of aquatic biota
  • Occupational health and safety
  • Extant coastal oyster habitat
  • Scientific communications

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Subhashinie Kariyawasam, BVSc, PhD

Professor and Chair

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

  • Antimicrobial resistance
  • Foodborne bacteria
  • Vaccines
  • Diagnostic tests

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Stephanie Karst, PhD

Professor

Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, College of Medicine

  • Norovirus pathogenesis
  • Virus-microbiota interactions
  • Neonatal immunity to viruses
  • Microbial metabolite control of virus infections

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Carl Nick Keiser, PhD

Assistant Professor

Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

  • Behavioral disease ecology

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Peter Kima, MSPH, PhD

Associate Professor

Microbiology & Cell Science, College of Agriculture and Life Science

  • Leishmania pathogenesis
  • Extracellular vesicle biology
  • PI3K/AKT signaling
  • Cell biology of infection