Emory University - Population Biology, Ecology, & Evolution

PBEE Faculty

PBEE faculty members are drawn from the Emory College Departments of Anthropology, Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Studies, The Emory School of Medicine, the Rollins School of Public Health, the Yerkes National Regional Primate Center, the Emory National Vaccine Center, the Carter Center and the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). Below you will find names, affiliations, research interests and contact information for current

Rustom Antia

The dynamics of immune responses; population biology and evolution of pathogens

Professor of Biology
Emory University
1107 Rollins Research Center
1510 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
rantia@emory.edu
http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~rantia
*PBEE Executive Committee

George Armelagos

Evolution of disease, paleopathology, diet and role of disease in prehistoric human populations

Goodrich C. White Professor of Anthropology, Chair of Anthropology Dept.
Emory University
111 Anthropology Bldg
1557 Dickey Drive
Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
antga@learnlink.emory.edu
http://www.emory.edu/COLLEGE/ANTHROPOLOGY/FACULTY/ANTGA

Chris Beck

Behavioral ecology, physiological ecology, and life history evolution

Senior Lecturer, Department of Biology
Emory University
1105 Rollins Research Center
1510 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
christopher.beck@emory.edu
http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~cbeck/

Greg Dasch

Evolution, ecology, and microbiology of rickettsial agents and Bartonella

Rickettsial Section Chief
Director, CDC/WHO Collaborating Reference Center for Rickettsia and Bartonella-Associated Diseases
Viral and Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch
Bldg 17B Room 3211
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road, MS G13
Atlanta, GA 30333 USA
ged4@cdc.gov
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/branch/vrzb.htm

Nicole Gerardo
Gerardo
Evolutionary ecology of host-parasite interactions, insect-microbe symbioses, coevolution

Assistant Professor of Biology
Emory University
1111 Rollins Research Center
1510 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
nicole.gerardo@emory.edu
http://www.biology.emory.edu/research/Gerardo/Gerardohome.html

John Gimnig
Gimnig
Ecology of mosquitoes in relation to the transmission and control of malaria

Research Biologist
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Division of Parasitic Diseases
4770 Buford Highway, MS F42
Atlanta, GA 30341 USA
jgimnig@cdc.gov

John Glasser

Mathematical modeling of vaccine preventable diseases to design, evaluate and improve public policy

Mathematical Epidemiologist
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road, MS E61
Atlanta, GA 30333 USA
jglasser@cdc.gov

William Hawley

Population ecology of malaria

Research Biologist
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Division of Parasitic Diseases
4770 Buford Highway, MS F22
Atlanta, GA 30341 USA
byh0@cdc.gov

Uriel Kitron
Kitron
Eco-epidemiology of infectious diseases, with an emphasis on tropical and emerging diseases and environmental risk factors

Professor of Environmental Studies
Emory University
400 Dowman Drive
Math and Science Center, Suite E510
Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
ukitron@emory.edu
http://www.envs.emory.edu/

Keith Klugman

Global spread of antimicrobial resistance, acute respiratory infections, bacterial vaccines, typhoid fever

Professor of International Health
Rollins School of Public Health
1518 Clifton Road, Room 720
Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
keith.klugman@emory.edu
http://www.sph.emory.edu/ih/kklugman.html

Bruce Levin

Population biology and evolution of bacteria; evolution and control of infectious disease

Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Biology
Emory University
1109 Rollins Research Center
1510 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
blevin@emory.edu
http://www.eclf.net
*PBEE Executive Committee

John Lucchesi

Regulation of transcription; functional architecture of chromatin

Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Biology
Emory University
1011 Rollins Research Center
1510 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
lucchesi@biology.emory.edu
http://www.emory.edu/BIOLOGY/JCL/main.htm
*PBEE Executive Committee

David Lynn

Forces that enable supramolecular self-assembly, storage and translation of chemical information, and harnessing forces of evolution

Candler Professor of Chemistry and Biology
Emory University
407 Emerson Hall
1515 Dickey Drive
Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
david.lynn@emory.edu
http://www.chemistry.emory.edu/faculty/lynn/index.html

John E. McGowan

Infectious disease epidemiology; epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance; antimicrobial use and resistance

Professor of Epidemiology
Rollins School of Public Health
442 Grace C. Rollins Bldg.
1518 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
jmcgowa@sph.emory.edu

James Mills

Rodent-borne hemorrhagic fevers: ecology and dynamics of infection in the reservoir hosts

Chief, Medical Ecology Unit, Special Pathogens Branch
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road, MS G14
Atlanta, GA 30333 USA
jmills@cdc.gov

Leslie Real

Interaction of genetic structure of populations and the ecological dynamics of infectious diseases; molecular evolution in rabies viruses

PBEE Program Director

Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Biology
Emory University
1001 Rollins Research Center
1510 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
lreal@emory.edu
*PBEE Executive Committee

Jaap de Roode
deRoode
Evolution of pathogen virulence; within-host dynamics of malaria; ecology and evolution of monarch butterfly parasites

Assistant Professor of Biology
1113 Rollins Research Center
Emory University
1510 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
jaapderoode@hotmail.com
http://www.biology.emory.edu/research/deRoode/

Charles Rupprecht

Applied epidemiology; diagnosis, pathogenesis, prevention and control of rabies and related lyssaviruses

Chief, Rabies Section
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road, MS G33
Atlanta, GA 30333 USA
cyr5@cdc.gov
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/branch/vrzb.htm

Todd Schlenke

Evolutionary genetics of the Drosophila immune system; host-parasite interactions

PBEE Program Director of Recruiting

Assistant Professor of Biology
Emory University
1017 Rollins Research Center
1510 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
todd.schlenke@emory.edu
*PBEE Executive Committee

Stephanie Sherman

Genetic epidemiology of complex human disorders including chromosome nondisjunction and Fragile X Syndrome

Professor of Human Genetics
School of Medicine, Emory University
615 Michael Street, Suite 301
Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
ssherman@genetics.emory.edu
http://www.genetics.emory.edu/FACULTY/faculty_bio_sherman.php
*PBEE Executive Committee

David Stephens

Genetic basis and regulation of bacterial virulence components

Stephen W. Schwarzmann Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Executive Associate Dean for Research, Emory University School of Medicine
1440 Clifton Road, NE, Suite 313
Atlanta, GA 30322
dstep01@emory.edu
http://medicine.emory.edu/id/index.cfm

Yun Tao
Yun Tao
Genetics of speciation in Drosophila; molecular biology of speciation genes; genetics of intragenomic conflicts

Assistant Professor of Biology
Emory University
1015 Rollins Research Center
1510 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
Ytao3@emory.edu
*PBEE Executive Committee

Robert Tauxe

Epidemiology of enteric infections, including emergence and spread of pathogens, and the animal/human interface

Chief, Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch
Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road, MS A38
Atlanta, GA 30333 USA
rtauxe@cdc.gov
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/foodborne/index.htm

Fred Tenover

Modes and mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance

Associate Director for Laboratory Science
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road, MS G08
Atlanta, GA 30333 USA
fnt1@cdc.gov

James Thomas

Comparative genome mapping and evolution

PBEE Program Director of Graduate Studies

Assistant Professor of Human Genetics
Emory University
305N Whitehead Research Bldg.
615 Michael Street, Suite 301
Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
jthomas@genetics.emory.edu
http://www.genetics.emory.edu/FACULTY/faculty_bio_thomas.php
*PBEE Executive Committee

V. Udhayakumar

Genetic polymorphisms in malaria parasites and its impact on immune responses, anti-malarial drug resistance, host genes and malaria, malaria vaccines and immunity.

Chief, Genetics and Immunology Laboratory, Malaria Branch
Division of Parasitic Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
4770 Buford Highway, MS F12
Atlanta, GA 30341 USA
vxu0@cdc.gov

Irwin Waldman

Classification, causes, and development of childhood behavior problems; latent variable modeling; quantitative genetics

Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychology
Emory University
317 Psychology Bldg.
532 N. Kilgo Circle
Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
psyiw@emory.edu
http://www.psychology.emory.edu/clinical/waldman/index.html

Lance Waller

Development of statistical methodology for the analysis of spatially referenced public health data

Professor of Rollins School of Public Health
Biostatistics: Rollins School of Public Health
1518 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
lwaller@sph.emory.edu
http://www.sph.emory.edu/~lwaller/
*PBEE Executive Committee

Carol Worthman

Developmental psychobiology of vulnerability and resilience to stress; qualitative ethnographic analysis in epidemiological research; human ecology of infectious disease risk

Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Anthropology
Director, Laboratory for Comparative Human Biology
Emory University
307 Anthropology Bldg.
1557 Dickey Drive
Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
worthman@emory.edu
http://www.emory.edu/COLLEGE/ANTHROPOLOGY/CHB/index.html

Michael Zwick

Genomics-based experimental frameworks to characterize genetic variation underlying phenotypic variation

PBEE Program Director of Graduate Studies

Assistant Professor
Department of Human Genetics
Emory University School of Medicine
615 Michael Street, Suite 301
Atlanta, GA 30322
mzwick@genetics.emory.edu
http://www.genetics.emory.edu/labs/zwick/zwick_lab_index.php
*PBEE Executive Committee