Director, Center for Infection and ImmunityColumbia University
I am Director of the Center of Infection and Immunity and John Snow Professor of Epidemiology at Columbia University, Director for the Global Alliance for Preventing Pandemics (GAPP), Director of the Center for Solutions for ME/CFS, and a member of the WHO Global Outbreak Response Network (GOARN). I am active in outbreak response, pioneered development of methods for microbial diagnosis, surveillance, and discovery, and contributed to capacity building in low/middle income countries. I established COVID-19 protocols for the entertainment industry, the 2020 Democratic National Convention, served as scientific advisor for the film “Contagion” and was awarded the China International Science and Technology Cooperation Award by President XI in 2016.