Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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.
B.A., 1991, Philosophy
Yale University
D.Phil, 1995, Zoology
University of Oxford
Regev-Yochay G, Amit S, Bergwerk M, Lipsitch M, Leshem E, Kahn R, Lustig Y, Cohen C, Doolman R, Ziv A, Novikov I, Rubin C, Gimpelevich I, Huppert A, Rahav G, Afek A, Kreiss Y.
Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2021 Aug. 7:100150. PMID: 34250518
Joshi K, Rumpler E, Kennedy-Shaffer L, Bosan R, Lipsitch M.
medRxiv. 2021 Jun 21. PMID: 34212161
Lu FS, Nguyen AT, Link NB, Molina M, Davis JT, Chinazzi M, Xiong X, Vespignani A, Lipsitch M, Santillana M.
PLoS Comput Biol. 2021 06. 17(6):e1008994. PMID: 34138845
Lipsitch M, Kahn R.
Vaccine. 2021 07 05. 39(30):4082-4088. PMID: 34130883
Hay JA, Kennedy-Shaffer L, Kanjilal S, Lennon NJ, Gabriel SB, Lipsitch M, Mina MJ.
Science. 2021 Jun 03. PMID: 34083451
Patel MK, Bergeri I, Bresee JS, Cowling BJ, Crowcroft NS, Fahmy K, Hirve S, Kang G, Katz MA, Lanata CF, L'Azou Jackson M, Joshi S, Lipsitch M, Mwenda JM, Nogareda F, Orenstein WA, Ortiz JR, Pebody R, Schrag SJ, Smith PG, Srikantiah P, Subissi L, Valenciano M, Vaughn DW, Verani JR, Wilder-Smith A, Feikin DR.
Vaccine. 2021 07 05. 39(30):4013-4024. PMID: 34119350
Kahn R, Wang R, Leavitt SV, Hanage WP, Lipsitch M.
Epidemiology. 2021 May 20. PMID: 34039898
Daugherty SE, Guo Y, Heath K, Dasmariñas MC, Jubilo KG, Samranvedhya J, Lipsitch M, Cohen K.
BMJ. 2021 05 19. 373:n1098. PMID: 34011492
Ma KC, Menkir TF, Kissler S, Grad YH, Lipsitch M.
Elife. 2021 05 18. 10. PMID: 34003112
Bloom JD, Chan YA, Baric RS, Bjorkman PJ, Cobey S, Deverman BE, Fisman DN, Gupta R, Iwasaki A, Lipsitch M, Medzhitov R, Neher RA, Nielsen R, Patterson N, Stearns T, van Nimwegen E, Worobey M, Relman DA.
Science. 2021 05 14. 372(6543):694. PMID: 33986172
Harvard Chan School experts offer comments and context about the coronavirus in a variety of media outlets.
Monitoring epidemics is essential for understanding how well public health interventions are working and where to distribute extra resources For immediate release: Thursday, June 3, 2021 Boston, MA – A new method to monitor epidemics like COVID-19 gives…
A group of 18 scientists, including Harvard Chan's Marc Lipsitch, called for a “proper investigation” into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.
COVID-19 vaccines are rolling out, but variants continue to spread and public health systems around the world remain strained. Experts from across the Harvard Chan School reflect on the pandemic and what it means for the future of…
Marc Lipsitch, professor of epidemiology and director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics at Harvard Chan School, is joining an expert planning group aimed at laying the groundwork for discovering and preserving lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic.