Who We Are

Center Leadership

Emily T. Martin, Center Co-Director

Emily Martin is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Her research focuses on infectious diseases and respiratory viruses - including influenza, SARS-CoV-2, and RSV - and strategies to prevent and treat infection. Her research includes studies of vaccine effectiveness and virus transmission in community, hospital, and ambulatory settings. Dr. Martin’s research is funded by the  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and philanthropic organizations. See Dr. Martin’s faculty profile linked below for more information and detail about her research accomplishments and interests. 

Arnold Monto, Center Co-Director, Professor Emeritus

Celebrating 56 years at the university, Professor Monto’s research focused on occurrence, prevention, and control of respiratory infections. He developed the Tecumseh Study of Respiratory Illness (1965), and during the 1968 Hong Kong influenza pandemic, found that vaccinating school children reduced infection in the entire community, an early demonstration of herd immunity. He evaluated strategies to control influenza including vaccines, antivirals, and non-pharmaceutical interventions such as face masks. He designed and conducted studies to evaluate neuraminidase inhibitors now used for influenza. An international expert on pandemic planning and emergency response to respiratory virus outbreaks including Hong Kong influenza, avian influenza, and SARS, he was selected to chair (2020- ) the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee on COVID-19, to review safety and efficacy and to advise on authorization and licensure of COVID-19 vaccines. He is the author of more than 350 research papers.