Institution

Johns Hopkins University

Based in

United States , Washington

Languages

English

Short Bio

Erin M. Sorrell, PhD, MSc is a Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. For the last ten years Dr. Sorrell has applied her technical laboratory training in virology and experience in government to contribute to global health security as a practitioner and an academic. Her current research portfolio combines the disciplines of basic science, biosafety and one health systems strengthening to address infectious disease threats whether they be novel, emerging or re-emerging. Her work focuses on developing and applying a variety of methodologies to map, assess, and address both the structure and function of one health systems in collaboration with partners across government ministries, international organizations, and academia.

Other Expertise

One Health EIDs Zoonoses Zoonotic Viruses Biosafety Health Security One Health Policy Pandemic Prevention Preparedness and Response Systems Approach Spillover One Health Education International Project Implementation Interdisciplinary Research Virology