Marc Lipsitch

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Biography

I am Professor of Epidemiology with primary appointment in the Department of Epidemiology and an affiliated appointment in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, where my wet lab is located. I direct the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, a center of excellence funded by the MIDAS program of NIH/NIGMS. I am also the Associate Director of the Interdisciplinary Concentration in Infectious Disease Epidemiology.

Education and Training

• B.A., Philosophy
  Yale University
• D.Phil, Zoology
  University of Oxford

Publications

• Characterizing antimicrobial selection pressure on resistance across four major causes of infections: Insights from the US Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, 2007-2021.

  Pham TM, Zhang Y, Nevers M, Li H, Khader K, Grad Y, Samore M, Lipsitch M. medRxiv 2025 May 03

  PMID: 40162274

• Kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 Shedding in Nursing Home Residents and Staff.

  Katz MJ, Reeves M, Harris TG, Duque J, Fridkin SK, Rebolledo PA, Furuno JP, Short EK, Canaday DH, Abul Y, Gravenstein S, Cosgrove SE, Mody L, Meddings J, Nace DA, Handler S, Crnich CJ, Meece J, Webby RJ, Fabrizio TP, Harcourt JL, Healy JM, Lipsitch M, Lutgring JD, Paul P, Zipfel CM, Hernandez-Romieu AC, Reddy SC, Slayton RB. J Am Geriatr Soc 2025 May 02

  PMID: 40317518

• Focusing a viral risk ranking tool on prediction.

  Budeski K, Lipsitch M. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2025 Apr 22

  PMID: 40244666

• The importance of playing the long game when it comes to pandemic surveillance.

  Shearer FM, Lipsitch M. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2025 Apr 15

  PMID: 40203044

• Erratum: Comparison of the Test-negative Design and Cohort Design With Explicit Target Trial Emulation for Evaluating COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness.

  Li G, Gerlovin H, Figueroa Muñiz MJ, Wise JK, Madenci AL, Robins JM, Aslan M, Cho K, Gaziano JM, Lipsitch M, Casas JP, Hernán MA, Dickerman BA. Epidemiology 2025 05 01

  PMID: 40173425