Research Scientists
Ed Goldstein, PhD
Senior Research Scientist, ID-Epi/CCDD
Research interests: Mathematical modeling and statistical analysis of infectious disease dynamics and related control measures, drug resistance, and strain co-existence.
Office: Kresge Suite 506i, Phone: 617-432-7208 Supervisor: Marc Lipsitch
Kunjal Patel, SD
Research Scientist, Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study, ID-Epi
Research interests: Impact of Highly-Active Anti-retroviral Therapy Among Children and Adolescents Infected with HIV
Office: Kresge 817C Phone: 617-432-3174 Supervisor: George Seage
Julia W. Wu, ScD
Research Associate, ID-Epi
Office: Kresge 816, Phone: 617-432-1568 Supervisor: George Seage
Alethea McCormick, ScD
Research Associate, ID-Epi
Office: Kresge 816D, Phone: 617-432-5944 Supervisor: George Seage
Katherine Tassiopoulos, ScD
Research Scientist, Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study, Epidemiology
Office: Kresge 817B Phone: 617-432-3265 Supervisor: George Seage
Research interests: Predictors of metabolic disturbances in HIV-1 infected children; predictors of risky sexual behavior in men and women at high-risk for HIV in Botswana and Tanzania
Yuan Li, PhD
Research Associate, ID-Epi/CCDD
Office: Building 1, Room 902 Supervisor: Marc Lipsitch
Postdocs
Hsiao-Han Chang, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, ID-Epi/CCDD
Research interests: Population dynamics and evolution of the malaria parasites.
Office: Kresge Suite 506 Supervisor: Caroline Buckee & Marc Lipsitch
Lauren Childs, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, ID-Epi/CCDD
Research interests: The impact of diversity of the malaria parasite, including antigenic variation found in var genes, and variation in host immune responses on the dynamics and disease outcome of Plasmodium falciparum infections.
Office: Kresge Suite 506D Supervisor: Caroline Buckee
Yonatan Grad, MD, PhD
Research Fellow, ID-Epi/CCDD
Research Interests: Explores how pathogens evolve and spread, and includes projects looking at within-host viral evolution, whole-genome epidemiology of outbreaks, and the emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance.
Office: Kresge 506H Supervisor: Marc Lipsitch
Daniel Larremore, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, ID-Epi/CCDD
Research Interests: Applications of complex networks and nonlinear dynamics to highly recombinant immune evasion genes of the malaria parasite P. falciparum.
Office: Kresge 506D Supervisor: Caroline Buckee
Colin Worby, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, ID-Epi/CCDD
Research interests: Statistical inference for infectious disease dynamics and reconstruction of transmission networks using whole genome sequence data.
Office: Kresge Suite 506 Supervisor: William Hanage & Marc Lipsitch
Research Staff
Julie Alperen
Project Director, PHACS
Office: Kresge 817E, Phone: 617-432-6762
Brad Karalius
Research Analyst, PHACS
Office: Kresge 817A, Phone: 617-432-1635
Claudette Thompson
Laboratory Manager, Lipsitch Lab, ID-Epi
Office: Building 1, Room 902 Phone: 617-432-3269