Infectious Disease Initiative

Team

The scientific community of the Infectious Disease initiative includes graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, technical and professional staff, faculty, and associate Broad members.

Initiative Leadership

Jon Clardy, Co-Director, HMS
Deb Hung, Co-Director, HMS, MGH, Broad
Dyann Wirth, Co-Director, HSPH
Roger Wiegand, Associate-Director, Broad

The Broad's Infectious Disease Initiative brings together a scientific community focused on using genomic tools to understand the mechanisms behind infectious diseases and apply this knowledge to transform the prevention and treatment of these diseases. The primary emphasis is on malaria and tuberculosis, diseases that affect hundreds of millions of people every year.