Scientific Advisory Board
Douglas E. Norris, PhD. (chair)
Dr. Norris is a Professor in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology. His research is primarily focused on genetic diversity within, and the genetic structuring of, arthropod and arthropod-borne pathogen populations. This research helps identify which arthropod populations may be important for disease transmission and which pathogen populations may be responsible for causing disease.
John Nathaniel Aucott, M.D.
Dr. Aucott is an associate professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is also the Director of the Johns Hopkins Lyme Disease Clinical Research Center. His research has focused on the crippling effects of Lyme disease, he has published studies focusing on characteristics of early Lyme disease differences in males and females with an emphasis on prospects for prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
Arturo Casadevall
Dr. Casadevall is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor and the Alfred & Jill Sommer Professor and Chair of the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology. His research focuses on host defense mechanisms, how fungi cause disease, and the development of antibody-based therapies for infectious diseases.
Frank C. Curriero, PhD
Dr. Curriero is a Professor in the Department of Epidemiology. His work focuses on developing and advancing the use of spatial science methods (spatial data, GIS, spatial statistics) across the broad spectrum of public health. He and his team developed the Lyme and Tickborne Diseases Dashboard to help advance understanding of the geography of tickborne diseases, improve awareness across multiple stakeholders, and motivate and support future research collaborations and communication.
Kimberly M Davis, PhD
Dr. Davis is an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology. She studies how members of a bacterial population change during infection, to identify strategies to more effectively combat infections.
Diane Griffin, PhD, MD
Dr. Griffin is a Professor in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology. She studies how viruses cause disease and how immunity leads to both recovery and protection from re-infection.