Core Faculty

The faculty engaged with the University of Minnesota Institute on Infectious Diseases (UMIID) have diverse research training, experiences and interests. 

They are based within the Medical School and beyond, and they bring unique sets of expertise to identify, develop and enact solutions to address emerging infections with epidemic or pandemic potential. 

Courtney Aldrich
Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry Director of High Throughput Screening, ITDD
Jill Foster
Assistant Dean, Pipelines & Pathways, Professor, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Jennifer Gralnick
Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Population Medicine
William R. Harcombe
Associate Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
Elizabeth Hirsch
Associate Professor, Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology (ECP)
Noelle Noyes
Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Population Medicine
Monica Campo Patino
Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Christine Salomon
Associate Professor, Center for Drug Design
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Associate Professor and Dean's Fellow Kavli Fellow, National Academy of Sciences
Cari Vanderpool
Department Head, CBS Plant and Microbial Biology
David Boulware
Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine
Jill Foster
Assistant Dean, Pipelines & Pathways, Professor, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
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Head, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Geoffrey Hart
Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine
Alon Herschhorn
Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine
Nichole Klatt, PhD
Professor and Director of Outcomes and Precision Medicine Research
Monica Campo Patino
Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Timothy Shacker
Executive Vice Dean (EVD)
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Professor, Veterinary Pathobiology
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Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Craig Bierle
Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Tyler Bold
Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine
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Head, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Geoffrey Hart
Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine
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Regents and Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Gregory Beilman
Interim CEO, University of Minnesota Physicians
John Bischof
Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Mechanical Engineering Medtronic-Bakken Endowed Chair for Engineering in Medicine
Jill Foster
Assistant Dean, Pipelines & Pathways, Professor, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
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Head, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Nichole Klatt, PhD
Professor and Director of Outcomes and Precision Medicine Research
David Odde
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Mark Osborn
Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy
Timothy Shacker
Executive Vice Dean (EVD)
Declan Schroeder
Professor, Department of Veterinary Population Medicine (VPM)
Beth Thielen, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
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Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Meggan Craft
Associate Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
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Head, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
William R. Harcombe
Associate Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
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Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Population Medicine
Cari Vanderpool
Department Head, CBS Plant and Microbial Biology

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Professor and Director of PreClinical Research Center
Susan Kline
Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine
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Professor, Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery