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Primary CCIV Members

Primary members of CCIV contribute significantly to the center's programmatic resesarch progress and research profile. In contrast, affiliate members have overlapping research interests and collaborate with CCIV primary members but may hold primary membership in a different research center. For a full list of primary and affiliate members, please see the "Meet Our Investigators" page. 

NamePositionContact
Rafi Ahmed, PhD

Vaccine Center Director
Emory Vaccine Center

Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Emory University School of Medicine

Eminent Scholar
Georgia Research Alliance

Investigator
Emory Center for AIDS Research

p: 404-727-4700

e: rahmed@emory.edu

 

John Altman, PhDAssociate Professor, Emory Vaccine Center
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Director, Tetramer Core, Investigator, Emory Center for AIDS Research

p: 404-727-5981

e: john.altman@emory.edu

 

Larry J Anderson, MDProfessor
Division of Infectious Disease
Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine
p: 404-712-6604
e: larry.anderson@emory.edu
Jeremy Boss, PhD

Professor and Chair
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Emory University School of Medicine

Professor
Emory Vaccine Center

p: 404-727-5973

e: jmboss@emory.edu

Andres Camacho-Gonzalez, MD, MScAssociate Professor and Eminent Physician
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases
Emory University School of Medicine- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Program Director, Pediatric Infectious Disease Fellowship
Associate Program Director, Pediatrics Residency Program
Associate Director Clinical Research Core, Center for AIDS Research
Small Group Advisor Osler Society
Emory University School of Medicine
p: 404-727-4664
e: acamac2@emory.edu
Ann Chahroudi, MD, PhD

Professor of Pediatrics, Emory School of Medicine
Vice Chair of Basic Science Research, Department of Pediatrics
Co-Director, Pediatric Residency Investigative Scholars at Emory (PRISE) Program
Co-Director, Emory Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)
Emory University

 

p:404-727-9209
e:ann.m.chahroudi@emory.edu
Xuemin Chen, MD, MSResearch Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Emory University School of Medicine
p:404-727-9230; 404-712-2471
e:xchen26@emory.edu
Lisa Marie Cranmer, MD, MPHAssistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Emory School of Medicine
e:lisa.cranmer@emory.edu
Stephen Crooke, PhDTeam Lead, Vaccine Immunology Team
Viral Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
e: qjf9@cdc.gov
Cheryl Day, PhDAssociate Professor, Emory Vaccine Center, Associate Professor, Emory University Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Researcher, Emory National Primate Research Center
Investigator, Emory Center for AIDS Research
e: cday@emory.edu
Christina Gavegnano, PhDAssistant Professor
Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology
Department of Pediatrics
Emory University
e: christina.gavegnano@emory.edu
Madeleine Goldstein, DOAssistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Emory University School of Medicine
e: madeleine.goldstein@emory.edu
Cassie Grimsley Ackerley, MDAssistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Emory School of Medicine
p: 404-712-4173
e: cassie.marie.grimsley.ackerley@emory.edu
Julie Gutman, MDInstructor-Infectious Diseases
Division of Infectious Disease
Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine

p: 404-727-9602

e: jrgutma@emory.edu

Samantha Hill, MD, MPHAssistant Professor of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Emory School of Medicine
p: 404-778-1537
e: samantha.veronica.hill@emory.edu
Eric Hunter, PhD

Professor
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine

Investigator
Center for AIDS Research
Emory University

p: 404-727-8587

e: ehunte4@emory.edu

Preeti Jaggi, MDProfessor, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Emory University School of Medicine
e:preeti.jaggi@emory.edu
Erica Johnson, PhDAssociate Professor of Microbiology, Biochemistry, and Immunology
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Co-Director, Vaccine Trials Unit and Pediatric Clinical & Translational Research Unit
Morehouse School of Medicine
e: erijohnson@msm.edu
Murali-Krishna Kaja, PhDAssociate Professor
Emory Vaccine Center
Department of Pediatrics
ICGEB-EVC, New Dehli
Emory University
p:404-727-3544
e:murali.kaja@emory.edu
Satoshi Kamidani, MDAssistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Associate Director, Emory Children's Center - Vaccine Research Clinic
Emory University School of Medicine
e:satoshi.kamidani@emory.ed
Deanna Kulpa, PhDAssistant Professor
Department of Pathology, Division of Microbiology & Immunology
Yerkes National Primate Center
Emory University
e: deanna.kulpa@emory.edu
Howard Kushner, PhD

Nat C. Robertson Distinguished Professor of Science and Society
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education
Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University

Professor
History
The Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts
Emory College of Arts and Sciences
Emory University

Professor
Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology
Emory University

p: 404-727-9523

e: hkushne@emory.edu

Christopher LaRock, PhDAssistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine

p: 404-727-1574

e: christopher.larock@emory.edu

Frances Lee, MDProfessor
Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Emory University
e: f.e.lee@emory.edu
William Matthew Linam, MDAssociate Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Emory University School of Medicine

 

p:404-727-4807
e:william.matthew.linam@emory.edu

Latania Logan, MD, MSPHMarcus Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Associate Division Chief, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Emory University School of Medicine

p:404-727-5394

e:lklogan@emory.edu

Mariana Marin, PhDAssistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Emory University School of Medicine

 

p:404-727-5949
e:mariana.marin@emory.edu

Maud Mavigner, PhDAssistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Emory University School of Medicine

 

p:404-727-2024
e:maud.mavigner@emory.edu

Gregory Melikian, PhDProfessor, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Emory University School of Medicine
p:404-727-4652
e:gmeliki@emory.edu
Kristy Murray, DVM, PhDExecutive Vice Chair for Research and Professor,
Department of Pediatrics, Emory University
Chief Research Officer,
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
e: kristy.murray@emory.edu
Walter Orenstein, MDEmory Vaccine Center, Emory University
Adjunct Professor, University of Washington, School of Public Health

p: (404) 884-0649

e: worenst@emory.edu

Pratik Patel, MDAssistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Emory University School of Medicine
e: pratik.patel@emory.edu
Jan Pohl, PhDChief Biotechnology Core
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
e: jan.pohl@cdc.hhs.gov
Jyothi Rengarajan, PhD

Assistant Professor
Infectious Diseases
Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine

Investigator
Center for AIDS Research
Emory University

p: 404-727-8174

e: jrengar@emory.edu

Frank Richards, Jr., MDDirector, River Blindness Elimination Program, Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Program, Schistosomiasis Control Program, and Malaria Control Program
The Carter Center
Emory University

p: 404-420-3899

e: frich01@emory.edu

Christina A. Rostad, MDAssociate Professor, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Director, Emory Children's Center - Vaccine Research Clinic
Emory University School of Medicine

 

p:404-727-2472
e:christina.rostad@emory.edu

Andi L Shane, MD, MPH, MScProfessor
Chief, Division of Infectious Disease
Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine
Hubert Department of Global Health
Rollins School of Public Health
Marcus Professor of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Prevention
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

 

p:404-727-5642
e:ashane@emory.edu

Guido Silvestri, MDDivision Chief, Microbiology and Immunology
Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Comparative Pathology
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
e: gsilves@emory.edu
Mehul S Suthar, PhDAssociate Professor
Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University
Director, Center for Childhood Infections and Vaccines
Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
e:mehul.s.suthar@emory.edu
Jorge Vidal, PhD MSc

Assistant Professor, Rollins School of Public Health Emory University

2009-Present. Visiting Researcher, Respiratory Pathogens Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA

2012-Present. Associate faculty member, program in Population Biology Ecology and Evolution (PBEE), Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (GDBBS), Emory University.
http://www.biomed.emory.edu/PROGRAM_SITES/PBEE/Adjunctfaculty.html

2013-Present. Associate Faculty Member, Graduate Program in Medical Sciences, University of Sinaloa School of Medicine. Sinaloa Mexico. http://medicina.uas.edu.mx/?p=99&o=9

p: 404-712-8675

e: jvidalg@emory.edu

David Weiss, PhDAssociate Professor of Medicine/Div. of Infectious Diseases
Director, Emory Antibiotic Resistance Center
Emory University School of Medicine and Emory Vaccine Center

p: 404-727-8214

e: dweiss8@emory.edu

Jens Wrammert, PhDAssociate Professor, Emory Vaccine Center
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine
Investigator, Emory Center for AIDS Research
e:jwramme@emory.edu
Brian Christopher Zanoni, MD, MPHAssociate Professor, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Emory University School of Medicine
p:404-727-0284
e:brian.christopher.zanoni@emory.edu
Chiara Zurla, PhD

Assistant Professor

Santangelo Lab

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology

p: 404-727-7037

e: chiara.zurla@emory.edu

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