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Maryam Ahmed, PhD
Professor, Chair, College of Arts & Sciences
ahmedm@ohio.edu
740.593.2401
Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
Expertise: Oncolytic Viruses, Virus-Host Interactions, Natural Products
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Felipe Aros-Vera, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
aros@ohio.edu
740-593-0415
Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
Athens
Stocker Center 277

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Jane Balbo
Jane Balbo, DO
Assistant Clinical Professor
balbo@ohio.edu
740.597.9068
Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
Primary Care
Athens
Heritage Hall
Expertise: Gender-affirming healthcare, Contraception, Sexually Transmitted Infections
Benjamin Bates
Benjamin Bates, PhD
Barbara Geralds Schoonover Professor of Health Communication, School of Communication Studies
batesb@ohio.edu
740-593-9163
Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
Athens
Schoonover Center

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Ronan Carroll, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
carrolr3@ohio.edu
740.593.2201
Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
Athens
Life Science Building
Sharon Casapulla
Sharon Casapulla, EdD, MPH
Director, Education and Research; Clinical Adjunct Assistant Professor, Family Medicine
casapull@ohio.edu
740.593.2257
Diabetes Institute
Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
Primary Care
Rural and Underserved Programs
Athens
Heritage Hall
Expertise: Education, Educational research, Health literacy, Asset-based community development, Place-based learning, Qualitative r
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Ilana Chertok, PhD, MSN
Professor, Associate Director of Nursing Research and Scholarship, Nursing
chertok@ohio.edu
740-593-4492
Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
Athens
Grover Center
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Rebekah Crawford, PhD
Visiting Professor, Department of Social and Public Health
rc378112@ohio.edu
Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
Athens
Grover Center W344

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David Drozek 2022
David Drozek, DO
Associate Professor, Lifestyle Medicine
drozek@ohio.edu
678.447.2509
Diabetes Institute
Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
Specialty Medicine
Athens
Expertise: Lifestyle medicine
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Janet Duerr, PhD
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
duerr@ohio.edu
740-597-1921
Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
Athens
Life Sciences Building 221

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Mario Grijalva
Mario Grijalva, PhD
Director, Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute; Professor, Microbiology
grijalva@ohio.edu
740.593.2192
Biomedical Sciences
Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
Athens
Irvine Hall
Expertise: Tropical Diseases, Parasitology, Blood Bank Safety, International Research, Research Capacity Development

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Zelalem Haile 2022
Zelalem Haile, PhD
Associate Professor, Epidemiology
haile@ohio.edu
614.793.5591
Diabetes Institute
Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
Social Medicine
Dublin
Medical Education Building 1
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Tarig B. Higazi, PhD
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Zanesville Campus
higazi@ohio.edu
740-588-1533
Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
Zanesville
Elson 249, Zanesville Campus

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Gillian Ice
Gillian Ice, PhD, MPH
Professor, Social Medicine; Director, Global Health; Interim Associate Provost of Global Affairs
iceg@ohio.edu
740.593.2128
Biomedical Sciences
Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
Medical Education Office
Social Medicine
Athens
Heritage Hall
Expertise: Aging, global health, public health, stress, nutrition

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Kelly Johnson, PhD
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
johnsonk3@ohio.edu
740-593-0276
Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
Athens
Wilson 101
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Brad D. Jokisch, PhD
Associate Professor, Geography Department
jokisch@ohio.edu
740-593-1143
Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
Athens
Clippinger 114

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Laeeq Khan, PhD
Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Studies Scripps College of Communication
khanm1@ohio.edu
740-593-4803
Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
Athens
Schoonover Center 307
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Caroline Kingori, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Social and Public Health
kingori@ohio.edu
740-593-4680
Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
Athens
Grover Center W347

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Kat Marriott
Kat Marriott, PhD
Interim Director of Operations
marriott@ohio.edu
740.837.0533
Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
Medical Education Center, Athens Campus
Graciela Muniz-Terrera 2022
Graciela Muniz-Terrera, PhD
Professor, Social Medicine; Osteopathic Heritage Foundation Ralph S. Licklider, D.O. Endowed Professor in Health and Aging
muniz@ohio.edu
Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
Social Medicine
Athens
Irvine Hall
Expertise: Aging, brain health, epidemiology, biostatistics
Erin Murphy
Erin Murphy, PhD
Chair, Biomedical Sciences; Professor of Bacteriology
murphye@ohio.edu
740.597.3061
Biomedical Sciences
Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
Athens
Life Sciences Building
Expertise: Bacteriology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Bacterial Infection, Gene Regulation, RNA

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Saumya Pant, PhD
Professor of Instruction, Media Arts and Studies Scripps College of Communication
pant@ohio.edu
740-597-9009
Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
Athens
Schoonover Center

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Michael Reece, PhD, MPH
Lecturer in Community and Public Health, Department of Social and Public Health
mr554119@ohio.edu
Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
Athens
Grover Center W324

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Nancy Stevens, PhD
Professor, Functional Morphology & Vertebrate Paleontology
stevensn@ohio.edu
740.597.2785
Biomedical Sciences
Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
Athens
Life Sciences Building
Expertise: Functional Morphology, Paleobiology, Environmental Change, Extinction, Conservation, One Health

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Shaohua Wang 2022
Shaohua Wang Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Medical Microbiology
wangs4@ohio.edu
740.593.2355
Biomedical Sciences
Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
Athens
Life Science Building
Nathan Weyand
Nathan Weyand, PhD
Associate Professor & Director of Molecular & Cellular Biology
weyand@ohio.edu
740.593.0191
Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
Athens
Life Science Building

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Todd Young, PhD
Professor, Mathematics
youngt@ohio.edu
740-593-1277
Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
Athens
Morton 547