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Division of Immunology & Infectious Diseases

William J. Durbin, MD

Role: Chief

Professor of Pediatrics

Chief, Pediatric Infectious Disease

Education: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency: Boston Children's Hospital, Pediatrics
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital/Beth Israel/Dana Farber, Pediatric & Internal Medicine Infectious Diseases
Clinical Interests: Lyme disease, MRSA infections, osteomyelitis, recurrent infections

Laura L. Gibson, MD

Role: Staff

Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics

Education: UMass Memorial Medical School
Residency: Baystate Medical Center, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
Fellowship: UMass Memorial Medical Center, Infectious Disease
Research Interests: Cytomegalovirus, general infectious diseases, transplantation-related infections, tuberculosis
Christina R. Hermos, MD, MS

Role: Staff

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Education: UMass Chan Medical School
Residency: University of California at San Francisco, Pediatrics
Fellowship: Children's Hospital Boston, Pediatric Infectious Disease
Clinical Interests: HIV, Lyme disease, MRSA infections, travel infections, congenital infections
Katherine Luzuriaga, MD

Role: Staff

Professor, Molecular Medicine, Pediatrics and Medicine

UMass Memorial Health Care Endowed Chair in Biomedical Research

Vice Provost for Research

Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Science

Education: Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency: Tufts-New England Medical Center, Pediatrics
Fellowship: UMass Chan Medical School, Adult and Pediatric Infectious Disease
Clinical Interests: Viral infections, HIV, EBV
Research Interests: Viral immunology, HIV, EBV, vaccine development, clinical trials
Zoon Wangu, MD, FAAP

Role: Staff

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Clinical Faculty, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Education: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Residency: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pediatrics
Fellowship: Boston Medical Center, Pediatric Infectious Diseases / Massachusetts Department of Public Health Sexually Transmitted Disease
Clinical Interests: Adolescent health, sexually transmitted infection (STI), HIV pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis, travel medicine
Research Interests: STI and contraceptive knowledge in high-risk youth, pharmacy collaboration to optimize STI screening/management including use of expedited partner therapy, long-term outcomes of congenital syphilis exposure