Center for Global Communicable and Emerging Infectious Diseases
Below is a list of all Global Communicable and Emerging Infectious Diseases members. View individual profiles of our faculty members — with publication and contact information, research and clinical specialties and more — via the links below.
Hirschhorn, Lisa R
Professor of Medical Social Sciences (Implementation Science) and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Bio
Starting as a public health and researcher and HIV clinician in the 1980’s, my research has focused on understanding the causes and developing feasible and effective solutions to the implementation ga... [more]
Hope, Thomas J
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Obstetrics and Gynecology and McCormick School of Engineering
Hou, Lifang
Professor of Preventive Medicine (Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention) and Pediatrics
Bio
Lifang Hou, MD, MS, PhD is a Professor of Preventive Medicine. With a multidisciplinary background in medicine, basic science, and epidemiology, Dr. Hou’s research interest lies in integrating traditi... [more]
Isakova, Tamara
Professor of Medicine (Nephrology and Hypertension)
Bio
Dr. Isakova is a clinical nephrologist with experience in patient-oriented and epidemiological research of disordered mineral metabolism in chronic kidney disease. Dr. Isakova provides clinical care f... [more]
Jhaveri, Ravi R
Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases)
Bio
After having served on the faculty at both Duke and UNC, Dr. Jhaveri joined the faculty at Lurie/FSM in October 2018. He currently serves as Associate Division Head for Pediatric Infectious Diseases. ... [more]
Kim, Kwang-Youn A
Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics)
Bio
Dr. Kim's research interests involve statistical problems that arise in genetics and genomics research. He is particularly interested in developing statistical methods and computational tools to ident... [more]
Kirby, Rebecca
Research Assistant Professor and Lecturer in Kellogg’s Sustainability and Social Impact Program
Kociolek, Larry K
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases)
Bio
My research interests are in the areas of healthcare epidemiology and infection prevention and control, particularly Clostridium difficile infections. I am exploring various aspects of C. difficile in... [more]
Koralnik, Igor J
Professor of Neurology (Neuro-infectious Disease and Global Neurology)
Lorenzo Redondo, Ramon
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Bio
My work focuses on viral evolution and the interaction between viruses and the host during infection. My main interests are RNA viruses, specially HIV-1, evolutionary biology, and genomics. The ultima... [more]