Douglas E. Norris became a faculty member at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology in 1999. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of International Health and the Division of Global Disease Epidemiology and Control. His research interests are focused on genetic diversity, behavior, and ecology of arthropod-borne disease systems, with a concentration at the transmission interface. These studies aid in the understanding of the evolution and constraints of these vector–pathogen systems and may provide insight into how these cycles of disease may be disrupted. Current research activities include malaria in southern and central Africa, Lyme disease, Rickettsia and other tick-borne bacteria in the eastern United States, dengue, yellow fever, and Zika in the Americas and the Caribbean, and novel autonomous arthropod trapping and surveillance technologies.
Research Keywords & Expertise
Molecular Genetics
mosquitoes
Medical entomology
Ticks
vector biology
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Short Biography
Douglas E. Norris became a faculty member at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology in 1999. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of International Health and the Division of Global Disease Epidemiology and Control. His research interests are focused on genetic diversity, behavior, and ecology of arthropod-borne disease systems, with a concentration at the transmission interface. These studies aid in the understanding of the evolution and constraints of these vector–pathogen systems and may provide insight into how these cycles of disease may be disrupted. Current research activities include malaria in southern and central Africa, Lyme disease, Rickettsia and other tick-borne bacteria in the eastern United States, dengue, yellow fever, and Zika in the Americas and the Caribbean, and novel autonomous arthropod trapping and surveillance technologies.
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