Marc Lipsitch | |
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 Lipsitch speaks in 2018 | |
| Born | 1969 (age 55–56) |
| Education | Yale University, BA Oxford University, DPhil, Zoology |
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| Fields | Epidemiology |
| Institutions | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Emory University |
| Thesis | Pathogen transmission and the evolution of virulence (1995) |
| Doctoral advisors | Martin Nowak Robert May |
Marc Lipsitch (born 1969) is an Americanepidemiologist and Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at theHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where he is the Director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics. He has worked on modeling the transmission ofCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Lipsitch attendedYale University, where he received hisBachelor of Arts degree inphilosophy in 1991. He attendedOxford University as aRhodes Scholar, studyingzoology, and received hisDoctor of Philosophy degree in 1995.[1] There, he studied underRobert May andMartin Nowak. He then returned to the United States for hispostdoctoral fellowship atEmory University from 1995 to 1999.[1] During that time, he worked at theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention before joining the faculty atHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
As an epidemiologist, Lipsitch has focused his research on better understanding the evolution ofinfectious disease and their effect on humans as well as investigating the triggers and mechanisms for diseaseimmunity.[2] While this research emphasizes the study of specific pathogen characteristics, such as mapping genomic diversity ofStreptococcus pneumoniae among different human populations, other research aims include more macro-level concerns such as forecasting disease and assessing pandemic response and preparedness.[2]
AtHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Lipsitch oversees research engaged in improving the mathematical modeling of infectious disease as well as how such information is effectively communicated to policy-makers and their constituents.[2][3] This work also contributes to that theNational Institute of General Medical Sciences, within theNational Institutes of Health, as aModels of Infections Disease Agency Study (MIDAS) fundedCenter of Excellence.[4]
In addition to his work at Harvard, Lipsitch is credited for his work monitoring nationwide trends of pathogens in multiple countries around the globe and currently with theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention’s Active Bacterial Core Surveillance program. In 2009, Lipsitch served as a member of thePresident’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology within theH1N1 flu pandemic working group.[2][5]
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