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William Moss

William Moss, MD, MPH

Executive Director

Research Interests: Infectious diseases; vaccine-preventable diseases; infectious disease epidemiology; child health; pediatrics; measles; HIV; malaria; complex emergencies; Africa; India

Daniel Ali

Daniel Ali, MBBS, PhD, MPH, MIAD

Assistant Research Scientist
 
Research Interests: Routine Immunization, Polio Eradication, Measles, Meningitis, Yellow fever, Tetanus Toxoid, COVID-19 vaccination campaigns
Michele Anderson

Michele Anderson, M.S.

Senior Financial Analyst
Anurima Baidya

Anurima Baidya, MBBS, MPH

Research Associate
 
Research Interests: COVID-19 vaccines, tuberculosis vaccines, data visualization, and epidemiology
Latia Brinkley

Latia Brinkley

Sr. Grants & Contracts Analyst
Andrea Carcelén

Andrea Carcelén, PhD, MPH

Assistant Research Scientist
 
Research Interests: Infectious diseases; vaccine-preventable diseases; child health; immunization programs; vaccine hesitancy; serological surveillance
Tania Chatterjee

Tania Chatterjee, MPH

Communications & Marketing Manager
 
Research Interests: HIV, reproductive and sexual health, communications, and India
Victoria Chou

Victoria Chou, PhD, MS

Epidemiologist
 
Research Interests: Maternal, neonatal, and child health; Modeling; Program and impact evaluation; Clinical research; HIV/AIDS; Vaccine policy, advocacy, and communications; Technical advocacy
Svea Closser

Svea Closser, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor
 
Research Interests: medical anthropology; ethnographic methods; comparative ethnography; health systems; Primary Health Care; community health workers; disease eradication; vaccination; polio; COVID; vaccine hesitancy; human resources for health; Pakistan; India; Nepal; Ethiopia; Baltimore
Gatien De Broucker

Gatien De Broucker, MA, MHS

Health Economist
 
Research Interests: Economics, policy-making, health literacy, universal health coverage, health care, and vaccines
Baldeep Dhaliwal

Baldeep Dhaliwal, MSPH

Associate
 
Research Interests: India, PCV, vaccines, and health policy
Berhaun Fesshaye

Berhaun Fesshaye, MSPH

Research Associate
 
Research Interests: Maternal immunization, vaccines, vaccine hesistancy, and epidemiology
Onimitein Georgewill

Onimitein Georgewill, MSPH

Research Scientist
 
Research Interests: Tuberculosis vaccines, social and behavioral health, vaccine coverage equity, and immunization programs
Amelia Gerste

Amelia Gerste, MSPH

Sr. Program Coordinator
 
Research Interests: Vaccines, Rotavirus, advocacy, South Africa, TB, HIV, and India
Laura Hammitt

Laura Hammitt, MD

 
Research Interests: Epidemiology, pediatric infectious diseases, RSV, treptococcus pneumoniae, and Haemophilus influenzae
Alvira Hasan

Alvira Hasan, MSPH

Research Associate
 
Research Interests: Serosurveillance; Vaccination; Measles; India; Rubella; and project management
Melissa Higdon

Melissa Higdon, MPH

Research Associate
 
Research Interests: pneumonia, PCV, COVID-19 effectiveness, epidemiology,
Jasmine Huber

Jasmine Huber, M.Sc

Advocacy & Communications Officer
 
Research Interests: PCV, advocacy, sexual and reproductive health, nutrition, and infectious diseases
Marley Jurgensmeyer

Marley Jurgensmeyer, MPH

Research Associate

Research Interests: infectious diseases; vaccine-preventable diseases; child health; global health; vaccine data visualization

Maria Knoll

Maria Knoll, PhD

Director of Epidemiology
 
Research Interests: vaccines; international health; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; S. Pneumoniae; H. influenzae; RSV; meningococcus; HPV; pertussis; pneumonia; meningitis; vaccine preventable diseases; epidemiology; clinical trials; meta-analysis; pneumonia etiology; disease burden; vaccine impact; pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
Andrew Lahn

Andrew Lahn, MPH

Communications Specialist
 
Research Interests: Communications, infectious disease, vaccines, digital media, and social media
Rupali Limaye

Rupali Limaye, PhD, MPH, MA

Associate Professor
 
Research Interests: vaccine demand; vaccine hesitancy; vaccine acceptance; misinformation; risk communication; health behavior change; infectious diseases
Sara Loo

Sara Loo, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
 
Research Interests: Applied mathematics, evolutionary dynamics, infectious diseases, modeling, genetics, evolutionary biology, and anthropology
Kayur Mehta

Kayur Mehta, MD, MSc.

Assistant Research Scientist
 
Research Interests: Infectious disease, epidemiology, maternal and child health, PCV, and childhood vacciation
Alexandra Michel

Alexandra Michel, MPH

Research Associate
 
Research Interests: Science communication, advocacy, health promotion, epidemiology, and data visualization
Emily Miller

Emily Miller, MGH

Research Associate
 
Research Interests: Education, workforce capacity, vaccine acceptance, curriculum design, experiential learning, and qualitative methods, and human-centered design
Sheri Morgan

Sheri Morgan, MPH

Research Associate
 
Research Interests: Epidemiology, infectious disease, mental health, social determinants of health, and project management
Kirthini Muralidharan

Kirthini Muralidharan, MPH

Research Associate
 
Research Interests: Vaccination coverage, impact data, data visualization, and vaccine introduction
Simon Mutembo

Simon Mutembo, MBCHB, PhD, MPH

Assistant Research Scientist
 
Research Interests: Serosurveillance, epidemiology, HIV, immunization programs, Zambia, TB, and child health
Bryan Patenaude

Bryan Patenaude, ScD

Health Economist
 
Research Interests: Economic Evaluation; Equity; Equity Measurement; Social Return-on-Investment; Sustainable Health Financing; Health Systems Strengthening; Vaccines; Infectious Disease; Economic Modeling; Econometrics; Distributional Analysis; Machine Learning; Microsimulation; Agent-Based Models; Behavioral Economics; Public Health Externalities; Causal Inference; HIV/AIDS; Health Workforce Incentive Design; Impact Evaluation; Social Welfare Models
Lois Privor-Dumm

Lois Privor-Dumm, MBA

Director, Adult Vaccines | Senior Advisor, Policy, Advocacy & Communications
 
Research Interests: vaccines; immunization policy; advocacy;  value of vaccines; vaccine hesitancy; India; low & middle income countries; adult vaccination; COVID-19; equity; global; Baltimore City; COVID-19 vaccination
Christine Prosperi

Christine Prosperi, ScM

Research Associate & Project Coordinator
 
Research Interests: Serosurveillance, pneumonia, study coordination, data management, data analysis, epidemiology, vaccines
Greg Rosen

Greg Rosen, PhD, MSPH

Assistant Research Scientist
 
Research Interests: Health systems; health interventions; HIV; Sexual health; immunization services; Africa; and HPV vaccines
Siddhaparna Sannigrahi

Siddhaparna Sannigrahi, MSPH

Research Scientist
 
Research Interests: HIV, India, community engagement, social and behavioral health interventions
Mathu Santosham

Mathu Santosham, MD, MPH

Senior Advisor
 
Research Interests: International Health; Epidemiologic studies of enteric infections; improved oral rehydration therapy; field testing of vaccines; h. influenzae tybe b; pneumococcal; neonatal health; Zinc supplementation; rotavirus
Koji Sato

Koji Sato, PhD

Senior Software Engineer

Research Interests: Software platforms for mathematical models of infectious disease dynamics; wireless Sensor networks applications

Jessica L. Schue

Jessica L. Schue, PhD, MPSH

Assistant Scientist
 
Research Interests: Infectious disease epidemiology, vaccine development, maternal vaccines, malaria, HIV, health disparities
Anita Shet

Anita Shet, MD, PhD

Director, Child Health
 
Research Interests: Child health; Vaccines; Childhood pneumonia; Dengue; Pediatric HIV; Pediatric infectious diseases
Prachi Singh

Prachi Singh

Research Program Coordinator
 
Research Interests: Vaccines, measles, zero-dose children, COVID-19 vaccination, and maternal health
Salin Sriudomporn

Salin Sriudomporn, MHS

Research Associate
 
Research Interests: Economic models of costing, financing, and funding gap for immunization programs
Charlice Thompson

Charlice Thompson

Budget Specialist
Shaun Truelove

Shaun Truelove, PhD, MPH

Assistant Research Scientist
 
Research Interests: infectious disease dynamics and modeling; infectious disease epidemiology; vaccination; humanitarian and refugee health
Azim Abdul Wahid

Azim Abdul Wahid, MSPH

Research Data Analyst

Research Interests: Vaccine equity (getting vaccines to under-vaccinated populations); HIV and STI prevention and treatment; and neglected tropical diseases, specifically dengue virus

 

Brian Wahl

Brian Wahl, PhD

Epidemiologist
 
Research Interests: Infectious disease epidemiology; Health systems; India
Rose Weeks

Rose Weeks, MPH

Research Associate
 
Research Interests: Qualitative research, vaccine confidence, social media, chatbots, and communications
Natalie Wertz

Natalie Wertz, BS

Grants and Contracts Analyst
Amy Wesolowshi

Amy Wesolowski, PhD

Assistant Professor
 
Research Interests: Epidemiology; infectious disease dynamics; vaccine-preventable diseases; modeling; and data analysis
Victoria Willens

Victoria Willens, MPH

Research Associate
 
Research Interests: Advocacy, communications, HPV, brain health, dementia, and journalism
Chizoba Wonodi

Chizoba Wonodi, Dr.PH, MBBS, MPH

Associate Research Scientist
 
Research Interests: Nigeria, immunization service delivery, vaccine uptake, advocacy, vaccine access, sustainable financing, and health systems
Megan Wysong

Megan Wysong, MPH

Senior Research Associate
 
Research Interests: HPV; PCV; Cancer screening; and advocacy
Jade Yangyupei Yang

Jade Yangyupei Yang, MHS

Research Analyst
 
Research Interests: Epidemiology; Data analysis; infectious diseases; and vaccination