United States, Phone: 984-974-7198 101 Manning Drive Dr. Meshnick worked with the Thai MOPH to develop studies of the use of active case detection for malaria in Thailand that integrated molecular techniques developed in his laboratory. Vaccination can be used effectively to control the disease, but unless the marker vaccine is used vaccinated herds cannot become accredited. ... Area: Epidemiology Certifications. She serves on the editorial boards of  AIDS and Behavior and the Journal STD. He has published widely in the subfield of disease ecology, mostly of infectious diseases of the developing world. Infectious Diseases Procedures and Research Hospital epidemiology and infection control, antimicrobial therapy, tuberculosis, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), occupational health, bioterrorism, Zika, and exotic infections. Requisites: Prerequisite, EPID 600. Division of Infectious Diseases. Dr. Michael Emch is a professor and chair, Department of Geography, professor of epidemiology, and fellow at the Carolina Population Center. He also attends on the infectious disease inpatient services at UNC Medical Center and, in response to the pandemic, co-directs the UNC division of infectious diseases’ inpatient COVID-19 services. There are two NIH training grants that support students. Graduate student Lauren Levitz takes part in a study visit at Dr. Meshnick's study of malaria transmission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 20. After graduation, Dr. Boyce was commissioned as an Infantry Officer in the United States Army, eventually rising to the rank of Captain. 52 epidemiology of infectious disease nationally, and contribute to the global public health 53 effort against the threat of AMR.1-3 54 In the UK, the AMR Strategy (2013-2018) defined as a key action, better access to 55 and use of surveillance data, and recognised that current information on the impact of 1-919-966-2537 Her focus is HIV surveillance and monitoring and evaluation of HIV prevention programs in developing countries for most at risk populations. United States, © 2020 Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Ecology Lab. Epidemiology and control of selected infectious diseases prevalent in developing countries. The topics are varied and appeal to professionals in infectious disease, epidemiology, public health, microbiology, biostatistics and other … Members of the UNC-Kinshasa School of Public Health study team performing a cross-sectional malaria survey (active surveillance) at a rural study site in Kinshasa Province. The Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Ecology Lab (IDEEL) was officially formed in 2015 by a group of principal investigators who shared a vision for improving the health of the world’s poorest populations by improving our understanding of the infectious diseases that impact them most. Drs. Dr. Kimberly Powers*, assistant professor of epidemiology, uses epidemiological, statistical, and mathematical modeling methods to study HIV transmission, with the overarching goal of informing HIV prevention strategies. Carolina Pointe I. Suite 102. The professional Certificate in Infectious Disease Epidemiology (CIDE) offers instruction on the concepts, methods, and application of epidemiological principles related to infectious diseases. For herds where the disease is present there is a control and eradication programme to remove the disease from the herd. Jonathan Parr and Alexandra Wilcox at World Health Organization headquarters in Switzerland. Internal Medicine, Board Certified, 2013. Alex served as an intern in the WHO Global Malaria Program throughout the summer of 2016. Dr. Allison Aiello is a professor of epidemiology and leads the social epidemiology program. Investigators come from a wide-breadth of backgrounds including infectious disease physicians, epidemiologists, molecular parasitologists, cell biologists, geneticists and geographers. He is a native of Clemmons, North Carolina, having graduated Magna Cum Laude from Davidson College with Honors in Chemistry. She earned a doctorate degree  from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Juliano and his collaborator, Dr. Jeffrey Bailey, visit a field site assisting their research on antimalarial drug resistance in Africa. However, the investigators embrace other diseases that affect these populations and have conducted a range of work on other pathogens including Trypanosoma cruzi (the agent of Chagas disease), hepatitis B and C viruses, syphilis, and illnesses transmitted by ticks (e.g. Dr. Lola Stamm, associate professor, is an expert on emerging and re-emerging bacterial pathogens. She is a mentor for the Cancer Control Education Program and also for the Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholar program, an associate editor of Sexually Transmitted Infections and on the editorial board of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. The work being done by IDEEL will directly impact the health and well being of millions of individuals around the globe. 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