Jennifer Gardy
Canada Research Chair in Public Health Genomics | Science Television Host · University of British Columbia | BC Centre for Disease Control | CBC Television
Sequencing DNA to track infectious diseases, and occasionally appearing on your favourite science TV shows
Genomics Bioinformatics Public Health Tuberculosis Science Communication
Susan Desaulniers
Senior Director, Cardiovascular & Metabolism · Biogen
Susan Desaulniers is an expert in developing leading global clinical programs that protect people from infectious diseases.
Drug Discovery Regulatory Compliance Global Pharmaceutical and Clinical Development Programs Project Management Quality Assurance
Richard Oberhelman, MD
Chair of the Department of Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences and adjunct professor of pediatrics. · Tulane University
Dr. Oberhelman is an expert in impact, prevention and control of enteric infections/diarrheal diseases in children and COVID-19.
Coronavirus Impact prevention and control of enteric infections/diarrheal diseases in children International research training Impact, prevention and control of tuberculosis in children COVID-19
Marci Lynn Drees, M.D., MS
Chief Infection Prevention Officer and Hospital Epidemiologist · ChristianaCare
Marci Drees, M.D., MS, FACP, DTMH, is highly sought after national expert on infectious disease and vaccines.
COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Influenza (Flu) Healthcare-associated Infections Vaccines Mass Vaccination
David B. Peden, M.D.
Faculty · UNC-Chapel Hill
Nationally recognized as a leader in pediatric allergy and immunology, with particular interest in inflammatory processes of the body.
Coronavirus Lung Biology Environmental Sciences Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Allergy and Immunology
Stephen Rich
Professor of Microbiology · University of Massachusetts Amherst
Stephen Rich studies zoonotic diseases, with a focus on tick-borne diseases and human malaria. He is the director TickReport.
Alpha-gal Zoonotic Diseases Malaria Research Parasitic diseases Ticks and Tick Borne Diseases
Andrew Noymer
Associate Professor of Public Health · UC Irvine
Andrew Noymer is an epidemiologist and demographer with an expertise in pandemics and post-pandemic social recovery.
Mathematical Sociology 1918 Influenza Pandemic Pandemic response Health and Mortality Demography
Pere Santamaria
Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Infectious Diseases · Diabetes Canada
Looking at the immunogenetics and immunopathogenesis of autoimmune disorders, with a particular focus on type 1 diabetes.
Therapeutic Intervention Autoimmune Diseases Type 1 Diabetes Immunogenetics
Pramod Srivastava, M.D.
Director of the UConn Health Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center · University of Connecticut
Immunology expert, specializing in the development of vaccinations for difficult-to-treat ovarian cancer
Vaccination for Ovarian Cancer Novel Cancer Immunotherapy
Dawn Wesson
Associate Professor · Tulane University
Professor Wesson is a national expert in vector-borne diseases spread by mosquitoes.
Zika Virus Chagas Disease Mosquito-Borne Viruses West Nile Virus Medical Entomology
Jay Rappaport
Director · Tulane University
Rappaport is an expert in HIV/AIDS and nonhuman primate models of diseases in biomedical research.
COVID-19 Hiv/Aids Neuroscience Coronavirus
Dra. María Eugenia Jiménez Corona
Deputy General Director of Epidemiology · Directorate General of Epidemiology (DGE)
Dra. María Eugenia Jiménez Corona serves as Deputy General Director of Epidemiology, Secretary of Health.
Vaccination COVID-19 Organization Analysis Fund Raising Immunology
Arni Rao
Professor · Augusta University
A respected leader in mathematical modeling for tracing the spread of infectious diseases, including COVID-19.
Complex Dynamics, Mathematical Analyses Infectious Disease Mathematical Modeling and Simulation
Gonçalo Sousa Pinto
Lead for Practice Development and Transformation · International Pharmaceutical Federation
Gonçalo Sousa Pinto leads the area of Development and Transformation of the Profession at the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP).
Vector-Borne Diseases Pharmacy-based Vaccination Public Health Medicines Use Optimisation Non-Communicable Diseases
Cheryl Hertz
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology · Loyola Marymount University
Seaver College of Science and Engineering
Genetics Biology Immunology Microbiology Infectious Disases
Dr. E. David G. McIntosh
Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer · Imperial College
Dr E. David G. McIntosh is an Australian paediatrician, Vaccinologist and Infectious Disease Specialist.
Vaccination COVID-19 Pharmacology Vaccines Adult Vaccination
Gerry Brunk
Managing Director · Lumira Ventures
Gerry Brunk is a venture capital investor with expertise in biotechnology, medical devices, start-ups and corporate strategy.
Business Strategy Medical Devices Pharmaceutical Industry Drug Development Commercialization
Shan-Lu Liu
Professor I Department of Veterinary Biosciences · The Ohio State University
Professor Liu studies virus-host interactions, in particular how RNA viruses enter host cells and cause pathogenesis in humans and animals.
Viral Infections HIV Ebola Lung Cancer Cancer Biology
Clay C.C. Wang, PhD
Chair & Professor of the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences · USC School of Pharmacy
An expert in natural products drug discovery, gene regulation of fungal secondary metabolism, metabolic engineering, and space biology.
Space Biology Gene Regulation of Fungal Secondary Metabolism Pharmacology Fungal and Bacterial Genomes Natural Products Drug Discovery
Dr. John Schieffelin
Assistant Professor of Medicine & Pediatrics, Sections of Pediatric & Adult Infectious Diseases · Tulane University
His research focuses on the natural history, clinical care and immunology of viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs)
COVID-19 Clinical Infectious Disease Infections in Transplant Recipients Virology and Immunology Tuberculosis