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    Maryam Ahmed, PhD
    Professor, Chair, College of Arts & Sciences
    ahmedm@ohio.edu
    740.593.2401
    Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
    Expertise: Oncolytic Viruses, Virus-Host Interactions, Natural Products
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    Felipe Aros-Vera, PhD
    Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
    aros@ohio.edu
    740-593-0415
    Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
    Athens
    Stocker Center 277

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    Jane Balbo
    Jane Balbo, DO
    Assistant Clinical Professor
    balbo@ohio.edu
    740.597.9068
    Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
    Primary Care
    Athens
    Heritage Hall
    Expertise: Gender-affirming healthcare, Contraception, Sexually Transmitted Infections
    Benjamin Bates
    Benjamin Bates, PhD
    Barbara Geralds Schoonover Professor of Health Communication, School of Communication Studies
    batesb@ohio.edu
    740-593-9163
    Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
    Athens
    Schoonover Center
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    Bekka Brodie, PhD
    Assistant Professor of Instruction, Biological Sciences and Honors Tutorial College
    brodieb@ohio.edu
    740-593-0875
    Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
    Athens
    35 Park Place, 203

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    Ronan Carroll, PhD
    Associate Director, ITDI; Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
    carrolr3@ohio.edu
    740-593-2201
    Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
    Athens
    Life Science Building 211
    Sharon Casapulla
    Sharon Casapulla, EdD, MPH
    Director, Education and Research; Clinical Adjunct Assistant Professor, Family Medicine
    casapull@ohio.edu
    740.593.2257
    Diabetes Institute
    Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
    Primary Care
    Rural and Underserved Programs
    Athens
    Heritage Hall
    Expertise: Education, Educational research, Health literacy, Asset-based community development, Place-based learning, Qualitative r
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    Ilana Chertok, PhD, MSN
    Professor, Associate Director of Nursing Research and Scholarship, Nursing
    chertok@ohio.edu
    740-593-4492
    Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
    Athens
    Grover Center
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    Rebekah Crawford, PhD
    Visiting Professor, Department of Social and Public Health
    rc378112@ohio.edu
    Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
    Athens
    Grover Center W344

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    David Drozek 2022
    David Drozek, DO
    Associate Professor, Lifestyle Medicine
    drozek@ohio.edu
    678.447.2509
    Diabetes Institute
    Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
    Specialty Medicine
    Athens
    Expertise: Lifestyle medicine
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    Janet Duerr, PhD
    Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
    duerr@ohio.edu
    740-597-1921
    Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
    Athens
    Life Sciences Building 221

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    Mario Grijalva
    Mario Grijalva, PhD
    Director, Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute; Professor, Microbiology
    grijalva@ohio.edu
    740.593.2192
    Biomedical Sciences
    Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
    Athens
    Irvine Hall
    Expertise: Tropical Diseases, Parasitology, Blood Bank Safety, International Research, Research Capacity Development

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    Zelalem Haile 2022
    Zelalem Haile, PhD
    Associate Professor, Epidemiology
    haile@ohio.edu
    614.793.5591
    Diabetes Institute
    Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
    Social Medicine
    Dublin
    Medical Education Building 1
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    Tarig B. Higazi, PhD
    Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Zanesville Campus
    higazi@ohio.edu
    740-588-1533
    Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
    Zanesville
    Elson 249, Zanesville Campus

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    Gillian Ice
    Gillian Ice, PhD, MPH
    Professor, Social Medicine; Director, Global Health; Interim Associate Provost of Global Affairs
    iceg@ohio.edu
    740.593.2128
    Biomedical Sciences
    Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
    Medical Education Office
    Social Medicine
    Athens
    Heritage Hall
    Expertise: Aging, global health, public health, stress, nutrition

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    Kelly Johnson, PhD
    Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
    johnsonk3@ohio.edu
    740-593-0276
    Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
    Athens
    Wilson 101
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    Brad D. Jokisch, PhD
    Associate Professor, Geography Department
    jokisch@ohio.edu
    740-593-1143
    Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
    Athens
    Clippinger 114

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    Laeeq Khan, PhD
    Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Studies Scripps College of Communication
    khanm1@ohio.edu
    740-593-4803
    Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
    Athens
    Schoonover Center 307
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    Caroline Kingori, PhD, MPH
    Assistant Professor, Department of Social and Public Health
    kingori@ohio.edu
    740-593-4680
    Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
    Athens
    Grover Center W347

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    Kat Marriott
    Kat Marriott, PhD
    Interim Director of Operations
    marriott@ohio.edu
    740.837.0533
    Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
    Medical Education Center, Athens Campus
    Graciela Muniz-Terrera 2022
    Graciela Muniz-Terrera, PhD
    Professor, Social Medicine; Osteopathic Heritage Foundation Ralph S. Licklider, D.O. Endowed Professor in Health and Aging
    muniz@ohio.edu
    Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
    Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
    Social Medicine
    Athens
    Irvine Hall
    Expertise: Aging, brain health, epidemiology, biostatistics
    Erin Murphy
    Erin Murphy, PhD
    Chair, Biomedical Sciences; Professor of Bacteriology
    murphye@ohio.edu
    740.597.3061
    Biomedical Sciences
    Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
    Athens
    Life Sciences Building
    Expertise: Bacteriology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Bacterial Infection, Gene Regulation, RNA

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    Saumya Pant, PhD
    Professor of Instruction, Media Arts and Studies Scripps College of Communication
    pant@ohio.edu
    740-597-9009
    Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
    Athens
    Schoonover Center

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    Michael Reece, PhD, MPH
    Lecturer in Community and Public Health, Department of Social and Public Health
    mr554119@ohio.edu
    Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
    Athens
    Grover Center W324

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    Nancy Stevens, PhD
    Professor, Functional Morphology & Vertebrate Paleontology
    stevensn@ohio.edu
    740.597.2785
    Biomedical Sciences
    Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
    Athens
    Life Sciences Building
    Expertise: Functional Morphology, Paleobiology, Environmental Change, Extinction, Conservation, One Health

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    Joyce Wamoyi, PhD
    Instructor, Glidden Visiting Professor
    Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
    Mwanza, Tanzania/ National Institute for Medical Research, P.O Box 1462
    Shaohua Wang 2022
    Shaohua Wang Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Medical Microbiology
    wangs4@ohio.edu
    740.593.2355
    Biomedical Sciences
    Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
    Athens
    Life Science Building
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    Nathan Weyand, PhD
    Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
    weyand@ohio.edu
    740-593-0191
    Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
    Athens
    Life Science Building 109

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    Todd Young, PhD
    Professor, Mathematics
    youngt@ohio.edu
    740-593-1277
    Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
    Athens
    Morton 547
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