Department Head : Kylene Kehn-Hall
Graduate Program Director(s) : Ann Stevens (Graduate Program Co-Director),
Kevin Edgar (Graduate Program Co-Director),
Albert Auguste (Graduate Program Co-Director)
Professors:
S Ahmed;
Kathleen Alexander;
Irving Allen;
Lisa Belden;
Mihaela Ciupe;
Sherrie Clark-Deener;
William Ducker;
Kevin Edgar;
Edward Ewing;
Dana Hawley;
Lenwood Heath;
Laura Hungerford;
Kylene Kehn-Hall;
Korine Kolivras;
Maria Lazar;
Tanya LeRoith;
Margie Lee;
Xin Luo;
Linsey Marr;
John Maurer;
Xiang-Jin Meng;
Joseph Merola;
Biswarup Mukhopadhyay;
T Murali;
Monica Ponder;
David Popham;
Amy Pruden-Bagchi;
Webster Santos;
Birgit Scharf;
David Schmale;
Mohamed Seleem;
Igor Sharakhov;
Stephen Smith;
Pablo Sobrado;
Ann Stevens;
Uwe Tauber;
Zhijian Tu;
Peter Vikesland;
Boris Vinatzer;
Mark Williams;
Kang Xia;
Zhaomin Yang;
Lijuan Yuan;
Chenming Zhang;
Jinsong Zhu
Associate Professors:
Albert Auguste;
Frank Aylward;
Andrea Bertke;
Anne Brown;
Clayton Caswell;
Lauren Childs;
Nisha Duggal;
William Ford;
Aaron Gross;
Rebecca Hester;
Leah Johnson;
Blake Johnson;
Brandon Jutras;
Michael Klemba;
Leigh Anne Krometis;
David Kuhn;
Kate Langwig;
Song Li;
Stephen Melville;
Mizuho Nita;
Christina Petersson-Wolfe;
Patrick Pithua;
Jayasimha Rao;
Florian Schubot;
Ryan Senger;
Daniel Slade;
Venkataramana Sridhar;
Clement Vinauger Tella;
Xiaofeng Wang;
Sharon Witonsky;
Bingyu Zhao
Assistant Professors:
John Aggrey;
Azahar Ali;
Rana Ashkar;
Katherine Brown;
Willandia Chaves Didier;
Juhong Chen;
Dennis Cladis;
Gillian Eastwood;
Luis Escobar Quinonez;
Rajshekhar Gaji;
Julie Gerdes;
Joseph Hoyt;
Bryan Hsu;
Chloe Lahondere;
Jiangying Liao;
Andrew Lowell;
Emily Mevers;
Reza Ovissipour;
Nick Ruktanonchai;
Omar Saucedo;
Michael Schulz;
Maria Sharakhova;
Wei Sun;
Wujin Sun;
Robert Wright
Associate Professor of Practice:
Cassidy Rist
Assistant Professor of Practice:
Sophie Wenzel
Clinical Professors:
Kevin Lahmers
Clinical Associate Professors:
Roger Ramirez Barrios
Research Scientists:
Peter Sforza;
Rachel Silverman
Research Assistant Professors:
James Weger
Infectious Disease Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program (ID IGEP)
The Infectious Disease (ID) interdisciplinary graduate education program (IGEP) will train a new generation of interdisciplinary infectious disease scholars. The ID program aims to advance knowledge of the biology of pathogens, vectors, and hosts, the science of prevention and treatment, as well as the environmental, social, and behavioral aspects of public health. The program will train PhD students that select to work in a home laboratory from the over 100 faculty members in six colleges and 31 departments affiliated with the Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens (CeZAP).
Students participating in the ID IGEP will learn to:
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Tackle societal challenges related to infectious disease by carrying out research in an environment that integrates multiple diverse disciplines and points of view
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Master technical skills necessary to solve complex ID research questions in a transdisciplinary manner
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Excel in coursework, while learning to apply strategies to predict and circumvent the risk of disease emergence affecting humans, animals and plants
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Communicate their research effectively to others outside of their field of study
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Participate as a member of a cross-campus ID community through activities such as poster sessions, research seminars, and symposia that foster professional development
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Partner with agencies, industry, and the public to address ID issues beyond Virginia Tech
To learn more, including information on participating faculty members, areas of research focus, and the application process, please visit our website:
https://infectiousdisease.fralinlifesci.vt.edu/igep.html
Colleges and Departments
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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Animal and Poultry Sciences
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Biochemistry
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Biological Systems Engineering
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Dairy Science
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Entomology
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Food Science and Technology
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Plant and Environmental Sciences
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Translational Plant Sciences
College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
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English
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History
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Science Technology and Society
College of Natural Resources and Environment
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Fish and Wildlife Conservation
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Geography
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Sustainable Biomaterials
College of Engineering
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Biological Systems Engineering
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Chemical Engineering
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Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Computer Science
College of Science
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Biological Sciences
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Chemistry
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Mathematics
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Physics
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Statistics
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
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Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology
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Epidemiology
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Large Animal Clinical Sciences
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Population Health Sciences
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Public Health