Marc Lipsitch

Marc Lipsitch is a Professor of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and serves as the Director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, a center funded by the NIH/NIGMS MIDAS program. His research focuses on how naturally acquired host immunity, vaccine-induced immunity, and public health interventions influence the population biology of pathogens, with significant implications for human health. Lipsitch is recognized as an expert in disease transmission modeling and has authored over 350 peer-reviewed publications on topics including antimicrobial resistance, mathematical modeling of infectious diseases, and COVID-19 epidemiology. His contributions during the COVID-19 pandemic have established him as a leading scientific authority, and he has been involved in various advisory roles for health organizations. He holds a D.Phil. in Zoology from the University of Oxford and a B.A. in Philosophy from Yale University. Additionally, he has received numerous accolades for his research and contributions to public health policy, including election to the National Academy of Medicine in 2020.