Center Director: Herbert L. Dupont, MD
The mission of the Center for Infectious Diseases (CID) is to address public health concerns of the citizens of our state by providing infrastructure and administrative support for multidisciplinary and coordinated research, teaching, and community service programs; to foster epidemiological and biomedical research and training in infectious diseases; and to encourage international collaborative research efforts addressing infectious disease problems of mutual concern. The Center for Infectious Disease has an international orientation because of the global reservoir of pathogens and because of the potential for importation in the U.S. and Texas; the existing expertise in the CID in the area of international health; and the direct application of the clinical and research information learned in foreign settings to our dealing with the epidemic at home.
Research areas of the Center:
