Faculty Distinction Fund Awardee

Thomas R. Gillespie, PhD

Dr. Gillespie is an Advanced Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Studies at Emory College. Prior to coming to Emory, Dr. Gillespie was an assistant professor in the Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Illinois and director of the Earth and Society Initiative on Disease Emergence and Ecosystem Health.

Dr. Gillespie has ongoing collaborations with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and his research cuts across a broad spectrum of important areas in public health, disease ecology, wildlife disease, and environmental health. He has worked with CDC researchers studying Monkeypox and other orthopox viruses in natural reservoirs in Africa, and he has examined the impact of human disturbance on biodiversity loss and the prevalence of zoonotic pathogens.

Dr. Gillespie has published several peer-reviewed articles in his field of study. He received his doctorate in zoology from the University of Florida and held a post-doctoral fellowship in pathobiology at the University of Illinois, Urbana.

For more information, contact:
Thomas R. Gillespie, PhD
Advanced Assistant Professor
Emory College
trgille@emory.edu