Jonathan Juliano

Jonathan Juliano is a Professor of Medicine at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine and a Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Gillings School of Global Public Health. He serves as Associate Chief of Research in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Associate Director of the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, and leads the Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Ecology Lab (IDEEL).

• MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• MSPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• DTM&H, Gorgas Memorial Institute
• Undergraduate, University of Toronto
• Residency, University of Minnesota

His research focuses on malaria epidemiology, genomics, and molecular parasitology, with an emphasis on drug resistance and global health strategies. IDEEL, a virtual lab co-founded with Steven Meshnick, collaborates with institutions like Brown University and Imperial College London to study pathogen-host interactions.

Journals like Lancet Infectious Diseases and Nature Communications feature his work on Plasmodium genomics and artemisinin resistance trends. He received the 2025 Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor award.

Dr. Juliano mentors students and postdoctoral scholars, including Zachary Popkin-Hall (now Assistant Professor at Western Connecticut State University) and Ashenafi Assefa Bahita (featured in IGHID program). His lab drives projects in Rwanda and global health initiatives.