Key Faculty & Specific Research Interests

Shashwatee Bagchi, MD, MS, MSc

Shashwatee Bagchi, MD, MS, MSc

Associate Professor of Medicine

Dr. Bagchi specializes in clinical and translational research with a focus on cardiometabolic and vascular complications of infections.

Philip J. Budge, MD, PhD

Philip J. Budge, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Dr. Budge specializes in translational, public health-related research, with a special focus on filarial infections—insect-borne threadlike parasitic worms that cause lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis), onchocerciasis (river blindness), and loiasis (African eye worm).

Jason P. Burnham, MD

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.

Joseph N. Cherabie, MD, MSc

Joseph N. Cherabie, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Dr. Cherabie specializes in sexual health care with a focus on LGBTQIA+ health, sexually transmitted infections (STI), and HIV, all within the lens of medical education.

Michael Durkin, MD, MPH

Michael Durkin, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine

Dr. Durkin uses administrative data to identify opportunities to improve antibiotic prescribing in outpatient settings, with a focus on outpatient and community settings; harnesses survey and qualitative research methods to identify potential solutions based on input from frontline providers; and designs, pilot tests, and disseminates antibiotic stewardship interventions using dissemination & implementation science and informatics technology.

Peter U. Fischer, PhD

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.

Elvin H.  Geng, MD, MPH

Elvin H. Geng, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine

Dr. Geng conducts research to advance the use of evidence-based interventions in the public health response to HIV and COVID-19 as well as increasingly for non-communicable diseases as well.

Juliet Iwelunmor, PhD

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.

Madeline McCrary, MD

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.

Aaloke Mody, MD

Aaloke Mody, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

His 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