Key Faculty & Specific Research Interests

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Jason P. Burnham, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Dr. Burnham specializes in clinical research and implementation science, with a special focus on telemedicine, multidrug resistant organisms, and climate change.

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Anne Mobley Butler, PhD, MS

Associate Professor of Medicine

Dr. Butler is a pharmacoepidemiologist with broad research interests in non-experimental studies, real-world data, comparative effectiveness research, and epidemiologic methods. She applies epidemiologic methods to clinical and claims data to study the prevention and treatment of common infections.

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Peter U. Fischer, PhD

Professor of Medicine

Dr. Fischer specializes in basic and translational sciences to support the control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases, with a special focus on helminths.

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Elvin H. Geng, MD, MPH

Virginia Minnich Distinguished Professor of Medicine

Using the lens of implementation science, Dr. Geng conducts research to advance the use of evidence-based interventions in the public health response to HIV and non-communicable diseases.

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Juliet Iwelunmor, PhD

Professor of Medicine

A passionate advocate for health equity and sustainability, Dr. Iwelunmor is widely regarded for understanding how to make evidence-based interventions last, reshaping the focus on community engagement using participatory research, improving the dissemination of health information, while amplifying the voices of young people in health interventions.

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Caline Mattar, MD

Professor of Medicine and Public Health

Dr. Mattar is the section chief for General Infectious Disease and the Associate Program Director of the ID Fellowship Program. As ID Fellowship core faculty, she also serves as Director of Global Health Track. Dr. Mattar’s research focuses on infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship as well as global health with a specific focus on resource-limited settings and health policy.

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Madeline McCrary, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Sept 2023)

Dr. McCrary specializes in clinical infectious diseases and addiction medicine with a special focus on the infectious complications of substance use, such as Hepatitis C and Serratia endocarditis, and related quality improvement initiatives.

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Aaloke Mody, MD, FIDSA

Associate Professor of Medicine

Dr. Mody’s overarching research interests are in utilizing implementation science and epidemiologic methods to better understand how to deliver high-quality and patient-centered HIV care in routine practice resource-limited settings.

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Joshua Nordman, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Dr. Joshua Nordman specializes in clinical infectious diseases, with a particular interest in the intersection of social vulnerability and infection. His research interests include antimicrobial research that leverages electronic health record (EHR) systems and large language models (LLMs) for improvement in patient care outcomes. 

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William G. Powderly, MD

J. William Campbell Professor of Medicine

Dr. Powderly has been actively involved in HIV-related clinical research for over thirty years with specific interests in opportunistic infections, metabolic complications and long-term outcomes of antiretroviral therapy.