Daniel Flanagan

Daniel Flanagan, MPH is an MD/PhD student in Epidemiology at Emory University School of Medicine and Rollins School of Public Health. His research interests include pediatric infectious diseases, HIV/TB coinfection, and antimicrobial resistance. His work bridges clinical medicine and population health to inform evidence-based interventions for improving child and population health outcomes, globally. 

Dan graduated from Boston University with a BA in Chemistry and MPH in Global Health, where he received a Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship to study Zulu. After graduating, he spent two years working in South Africa as a Research Fellow to Dr. Jacob Bor in the Department of Global Health at BU School of Public Health and as a Visiting Study Coordinator at the Africa Health Research Institute. In this role, he oversaw pilot survey development and primary data collection for a sociobehavioral health study evaluating the impact of an educational video intervention on perceptions of life expectancy and HIV risk among young adults, 18-25 years-old, living in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

His current work with Drs. Neel Gandhi and Lisa Marie Cranmer aims to improve the diagnosis and prevention of pediatric tuberculosis in high-burden settings. Specifically, his dissertation will explore the validity of combining multiple biomarkers to identify TB disease in children with HIV and leverage Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) of drug-resistant TB to better characterize community-based TB transmission in Durban, South Africa. Additionally, Dan is heavily involved in the Emory MD/PhD Program, serving in various leadership roles in the MD/PhD Student Association and MSTP Executive Committee. He plans to apply to residency programs in Pediatrics. 

Outside of medicine and research, Dan is a loyal Boston sports fan and enjoys golfing, the occasional woodworking project, and adventures with his PhDog, Mozzie.