Faculty experts from Wayne State University are available to discuss the current measles outbreak and offer advice to the public. Visit full release here: 

Experts include:

Teena Chopra, M.D., M.P.H., professor and assistant dean in Wayne State University’s School of Medicine, is a research expert in the epidemiology of health care associated Infections, infection prevention antibiotic stewardship and immunization, and has a special interest in immunization and studying the epidemiology of infections, including clostridium difficile and multi-drug-resistant organisms.

Paul Kilgore, M.P.H., M.D., F.A.C.P., professor of pharmacy practice in Wayne State University’s Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, is a research expert on vaccine-preventable diseases, infectious disease epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance.

Matt Seeger, Ph.D., professor of communication in Wayne State University’s College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts, is a research expert on crisis and emergency risk communication, infectious disease outbreaks and health mis- and dis-information and rumors.

Marcus Zervos, M.D., clinical professor of internal medicine in Wayne State University’s School of Medicine, and division head of infectious diseases, Henry Ford Health System, is an expert on the epidemiology, prevention and outcomes of serious enterococcal and S. aureus infections, as well as multi-drug antimicrobial resistant pathogens.

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