Infectious Diseases
While significant progress has been made, infectious diseases remain serious threats to human health. Rollins researchers work to discover solutions, prevent disease spread, and understand causes for infectious diseases around the world, including tuberculosis, bird flu, HIV/AIDS, norovirus, influenza, COVID-19, and more.
“We are developing new methods, testing them out in the real world, and providing advanced training for the next generation of mathematical modelers and infectious disease epidemiologists."
Ben Lopman, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology
Training Future Health Leaders
Current initiatives are building workforce capacity in the infectious disease space.
Rollins Epidemiology Fellowship Program
The Rollins Epidemiology Fellowship Program is a two-year service-learning program for recent public health graduates. Fellows are assigned to one of the 18 Georgia health districts or the Georgia Department of Public Health, where they gain applied epidemiology experience while completing competency-based trainings and engaging in academic mentorship.
Center for Infectious Disease Modeling and Analytics and Training Hub
The goal of CIDMATH is to increase the capacity of public health researchers and practitioners to respond to future disease outbreaks using analytical epidemiology and infectious disease modeling methods. It is one of 13 such centers across the country established through funding from the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics at the CDC, creating a nationwide network called Insight Net.
Summer Institute in Statistics and Modeling in Infectious Diseases
Since its founding, SISMID has trained thousands of researchers from academia, government, and industry in cutting-edge analytic methods. SISMID 2025 will be held online July 7 – 11 and in person at Emory University from July 14 – July 30, 2025, in the R. Randall Rollins Building (1516 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30322). Register to attend.
Our Experts at the Forefront
Our Infectious Disease Experts in the Media
Emory/Georgia Tuberculosis Research Advancement Center
The Emory/Georgia Tuberculosis Research Advancement Center is a multi-institutional collaboration with a mission to catalyze and expand multidisciplinary research in order to improve our understanding of tuberculosis. Emory TB investigators are working to address the TB epidemic at multiple levels, including identifying the mechanisms of emerging drug resistance, improving our understanding of TB transmission and immunity, and helping to address the intersection of TB and other co-morbidities such as HIV and diabetes.
Infectious Disease in Focus
Stop Disease Spread and End Suffering
While significant progress has been made, infectious diseases remain serious threats to human health. Rollins researchers are responding to current and future disease threats through collaborative research projects and centers, epidemiological modeling work, trainings, media appearances, community partnerships, and more.