Major Areas of Research for the CID

• Cryptosporidium infections of healthy and HIV-infected individuals
• Epidemiology and microbial etiology of diarrheal diseases
• Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus in different populations
• Cross-sectional survey of several infectious diseases among drug abusers
• Risk factor study of hepatocellular carcinoma in Texas and Egypt
• Epidemiology of respiratory infections
• Behavioral aspects and intervention strategies for sexually transmitted diseases
• Arboviral infections and hemorrhagic fevers
• Zoonotic Diseases

Faculty Research Areas

Herbert .L. DuPont, M.D.
MW Kelsey Professor of Medical Sciences, UTHSC Medical School, Director, Center for Infectious Diseases

R. Palmer Beasley, M.D.
Ashbel Smith Professor and Dean, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health.

Cynthia L. Chappell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, Associate Dean

Thomas G. Cleary, M.D.
Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division Director Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Susan Fisher-Hoch, M.D., M.S., M.B.B.S.
Professor of Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Brownsville

Lu-Yu Hwang, M.D.
Associate Professor of Epidemiology

Zhi Dong Jiang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences

Joseph McCormick, M.D.
James H. Steele Professor and Assistant Dean, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Brownsville

Zuber D. Mulla, MSPH, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, El Paso

Blanca I. Restrepo, M.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Brownsville

Jan Risser, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology

James Steele, D.V.M., M.P.H.
Professor Emeritus

Guillermo Tortolero-Luna, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Stephen Waring, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology

Adjunct Faculty Research Areas

W. Paul Glezen, M.D.
Adjunct Professor
Baylor College of Medicine Professor

Edward Graviss, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Adjunct Professor
Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pathology.

Pablo C. Okhuysen, M.D.
Adjunct Professor
Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program Director

Rebecca C. Langer, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor

Catherine L. Troisi, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor

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