Profiles in "HIV, STI and Infectious Diseases" Expertise Area

  • Dr. Chen's program of research focuses on developing and implementing tech-based interventions to address behaviors associated with HPV vaccination, HIV/STI, substance abuse and mental health issues in vulnerable populations.
  • Coon designs, implements, and evaluates interventions (e.g., CarePRO & EPIC) that focus on diverse groups of midlife and older adults facing chronic illnesses (dementia, depression, HIV, cancer) and their family caregivers
  • Haydel is an infectious disease microbiologist investigating new antibiotics to fight resistant infections, new technologies to diagnose infections in less than 2 hours, and how bacteria cause disease in humans.
  • Silvie Huijben is an evolutionary biologist who studies the evolutionary ecology of resistant organisms. Her aim is to optimize treatment strategies that minimize resistance evolution, with a focus on malaria.
  • Paaijmans is a disease ecologist with a strong interest in how the biology and ecology of parasites, viruses and insect vectors shape the distribution and intensity of infectious diseases