Director
Aubree Gordon, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Department: Epidemiology
School/College: School of Public Health
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Executive Committee
Aaron King, PhD, MA
Nelson G. Hairston Collegiate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Complex Systems and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Department: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
School/College: College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
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James Moon, PhD
John G. Searle Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Department: Pharmaceutical Science
School/College: College of Pharmacy
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Janet Smith, PhD
Martha Ludwig Distinguished University Professor of Biological Chemistry, Rita Willis Professor of the Life Sciences, Associate Director, Life Sciences Institute
Department: Life Sciences Institute
School/College: College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
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Adam Lauring, MD, PhD
Professor
Department: Division of Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine
School/College: Department of Microbiology and Immunology
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Nicholas Lukacs, PhD
Godfrey Dorr Stobbe Professor of Research, Assistant Dean of Research Faculty
Department: Pathology Department
School/College: Medical School
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Lonnie Shea, PhD
Steven A. Goldstein Collegiate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, William and Valerie Hall Department Chair of Biomedical Engineering, Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department: Biomedical Engineering
School/College: College of Engineering
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Center Team
Brad Carlson, MPH
Program Management
Kelsey Wiora
Center Administrative Assistant
Jamie Fry
Marketing and Media Assistant
External Advisory Board
Cecile Viboud, PhD
An epidemiologist and global health leader at the Fogarty International Center with infectious disease
Richard Webby, PhD
A world leader in influenza virus research and PI of the longest running Center for Influenza Research and Response who has expertise in animal surveillance for zoonotic pathogens, high-risk pathogen research, and pandemic preparedness
Scott Weaver, PhD, MS
A virologist and vector biologist who studies arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses), their transmission by mosquitoes, develops vaccines to control the diseases that they cause, and is also PI of the CDC-funded Western Gulf Center of Excellence for Vector-borne Diseases and the NIH-funded World Reference Center for Emerging Viruses and Arboviruses.