Membership
We are excited to announce that IIZD is now offering membership opportunities for anyone interested in infectious and zoonotic diseases. Membership is open to all who wish to join our growing community of scientists and clinicians.
Membership Benefits:
- Eligibility for pilot grants and fellowships (Penn and affiliates).
- Notification of IIZD events, such as symposia, seminars, and workshops.
- Invitation to our annual research retreat (space limited).
- Opportunities to develop new initiatives, working groups, seminar series, etc.
- Access to a large and diverse network of infectious disease researchers.
- Gary Althouse, DVM, PhD, DACT
Interests: microbial interactions, germplasm, assisted reproductive technologies - Montserrat Anguera, PhD
Interests: sex differences with immune responses, epigenetics, sex differences with pathogen infections - Charles-Antoine Assenmacher, DVM, DACVP
Interests: comparative pathology, mouse models, digital pathology - Ashley Boyle, DVM, DACVIM
Interests: horses, strangles, strep equi - Stephen Cole, VMD, DACVM
Interests: diagnostic bacteriology, antimicrobial resistance, molecular epidemiology - Julie Engiles, VMD, DACVP
Interests: pathology, orthopedics, gastrointestinal - Roderick Gagne, PhD
Interests: disease ecology, viral evolution, zoonosis - Michael Hogan, PhD
Interests: vaccines, T cells, influenza - Emmelyn Hsieh, DVM, DACVIM
Interests: antimicrobial stewardship, small animal infectious diseases - Louise Moncla, PhD
Interests: influenza, virology, phylodynamics - Katie Mulka, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Interests: respiratory pathology, comparative pathology of respiratory infections, diagnostic pathology - Oyebola Oyesola, DVM, PhD
Interests: immune priming, parasite immunology, mucosal immunology - Brianna Parsons, VMD, MSED
Interests: agricultural sustainability, social entrepreneurship, food systems - Martina Piviani, DVM, DACVP
Interests: vector-borne disease diagnosis and prognosis, markers of sepsis - Laurel Redding, VMD, PhD, DACVPM
Interests: antimicrobial resistance, microbiome, zoonoses - Paolo Silvestrini, DVM, PhD, DECVIM
Interests: vector-borne diseases, leishmaniosis, dogs & cats - Joy Tomlinson, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (LAIM)
Interests: viral hepatitis, equine medicine, immunology
- George Anesi, MD, MSCE, FCCM, ATSF
Interests: hospital preparedness, emerging pathogens, healthcare capacity strain - Medini Annavajhala, PhD
Interests: antimicrobial resistance, environmental microbiology, environmental pathogen surveillance - Ricardo Castillo, DVM, PhD, MSPH
Interests: zoonosis, one health, epidemiology - Yi-Wei Chang, PhD
Interests: structural biology, host-pathogen interaction, cryo-electron tomography - Rebecca Harris, MD, MSc
Intestes: laboratory-developed tests, pediatric infectious diseases, clinical test optimization - Michael Levy, PhD
Interests: Chagas disease, vector control, disease ecology - Giacomo Maria Paganotti, PhD
Interests: emerging zoonotic viruses, vectors, transmission dynamics, pathogen drug resistance, host pharmacogenetics - Ranawaka Perera, PhD, BDS(Hons), PDipMDPath, FRCPath
Interests: virus-host interactions, zoonosis, viral immunology - Susan Weiss, PhD
Interests: coronaviruses, viral pathogenesis, interferon antagonists - Drew Weissman, MD, PhD
Interests: mRNA-LNP, vaccine, therapeutic
- Mohamad-Gabriel Alameh, PhD
Interests: nucleic acid delivery systems, mRNA vaccines, engineering - Hamid Bassiri, MD, PhD
Interests: infectious diseases - Lou Bell, MD
Interests: epidemiology of pediatric infectious diseases - Laurence Eisenlohr, VMD, PhD
Interests: antigen processing and presentation, T cell responses and memory, viral immunity - Ross England, MD, PhD
Interests: vaccine immunology, viral immunology, maternal-fetal immunology - Scott Gordon, MD, PhD
Interests: congenital viral infections - Juan Matute, MD
Interests: early life mucosal immunology - Christina Osborne, MD, MSCS
Interests: infectious diseases - Paul Planet, MD, PhD
Interests: microbial evolution, infectious diseases, pathogenesis, microbiome - Lakshmi Srinivasan, MD, FAAP
Interests: neonatal infection, infection prevention, infection prediction - Andrew Steenhoff, MBBCh, DCH, FAAP
Interests: global health infections
- Amy Greene, PhD
Haverford College
Interests: trypanosomes, biochemistry education, biochemistry