Our Mission: Innovating to Protect Humanity from the Global Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance: Integrating Solutions Across Human and Veterinary Medicine, Stewardship, and Awareness
We are excited to welcome C. Brandon Ogbunu, PhD, an Assistant Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at Yale University and External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute, to present on “The Panorama: Lessons for Epidemiology, Evolution, and a Science in Peril” for a Black History Month seminar sponsored jointly by Micro DEI, the Levy CIMAR, and the Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. This talk will take place on Thursday, February 27th, 2025, at 12 Noon both in person and by Zoom (details to come).
Dr. Ogbunu is a computational biologist whose research investigates complex problems in epidemiology, population genetics, and social phenomena. His work utilizes a range of methods, from experimental evolution, to biochemistry, applied mathematics, and data science to better understand the underlying causes and consequences of disease across scales—from the biophysics of proteins involved in drug resistance to the social determinants driving epidemics at the population level. He has recently analyzed how the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated racial inequities in incarceration (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05980-2) and how birds can be long-range vectors for infectious disease (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36792882/). You can learn more about Dr. Ogbunu and the Ogbunu Lab here.
This talk will be hosted by Aimee Shen, PhD, PhD Candidate Adrianne Gladden-Young, and Micro DEI.
Our Values
The Levy CIMAR is committed to a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion both within our organization and for all people who are impacted by our work. We strive for health equity for people from all backgrounds and identities, and we actively support societal and institutional structures that promote justice and equality. We are also committed to being a safe, respectful, and inclusive environment for our trainees, staff, faculty, affiliates, and partners. One Health acknowledges the interconnectedness of all humans, along with animals and our environments. Antimicrobial resistance impacts us all.