Clusters

Behavior and Outreach Garrett O'Keefe
The Behavior, Education and Outreach Cluster is committed to the health and well-being of people and communities in the nation and world by addressing one of the oldest threats to human health, infectious diseases. Our mission is to improve and protect human health by conducting behavioral, social, economic, and policy research that leads to more effective education and prevention programs addressing infectious diseases.
Decision Support Systems and Bioinformatics Tom Holtzer
 
Detection, Diagnosis & Delivery David Dandy
 
Ecology of Diseases Mike Antolin
 
Entrepreneurship and Translational Research John Olienyk
 
Epidemiology of Infectious Animal & Zoonotic Diseases Mo Salman
The aim of the EIAZD cluster is to coordinate and promote research, education, and outreach activities related to the epidemiology of infectious diseases that impact animal populations, particularly those diseases that directly or indirectly impact human health and quality of life.
Food Safety John Sofos
Assuring that consumers worldwide have access to a dependable supply of safe and high quality food products is the mission of the Food Safety Cluster.
Infectious Diseases Developmental Therapeutics Robert Williams
 
Plant Diseases Jan Leach
 
Prion Diseases Ed Hoover
Prion diseases, also called transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE)(for example, Mad Cow Disease), are infectious fatal neurologic diseases affecting humans and several animal species. The mission of the Prion Biology Cluster is to understand how prions cause infection and discover new ways to detect and prevent these uniformly lethal diseases.
Societal, Organizational and Policy David Mushinski
 
Therapeutic Agents for Bacterial Pathogens Patrick Brennan
 
Viral/Vector Biology Ken Olson