Marc Lipsitch

Marc Lipsitch is a Professor of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, with an affiliated appointment in Immunology and Infectious Diseases. He directs the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics (funded by NIH/NIGMS MIDAS program) and serves as Associate Director of the Interdisciplinary Concentration in Infectious Disease Epidemiology. His work bridges experimental, genomic, and mathematical approaches to pathogen biology and epidemiology, with significant contributions to biosafety policy, human challenge trials, and pandemic response frameworks.

• Education: D.Phil in Zoology (University of Oxford), B.A. in Philosophy (Yale University)

Research focuses on infectious disease modeling, antimicrobial resistance, genomic surveillance, and epidemiologic methods. Recent work includes SARS-CoV-2 dynamics, influenza vaccine effectiveness, and computational tools for outbreak surveillance. His NIH-funded grants (e.g., U01CA261277, U54GM088558) emphasize statistical modeling and pandemic preparedness.