Our lab studies how pathogens evolve and spread. We use experimental and computational tools to test our hypotheses and collaborate with clinical and public health institutions. Our overall aim is to improve diagnostics, therapeutics, and clinical and public health strategies to aid in the control of infectious diseases.
Gonorrhea bacteria are becoming more resistant to the antibiotic doxycycline, potentially because the drug is taken after unprotected sex to preemptively lower the chance of contracting other sexually transmitted infections, according to a study.
This summer the New England Journal of Medicine published a letter from our own David Helekal and Yonatan Grad, and lab alum Tatum Mortimer. The article, Expansion of tetM-Carrying Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the…
Yonatan Grad, professor of immunology and infectious diseases, comments on the potential impact of recent decisions related to vaccines made by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
IID is proud to announce that Madeleine Kline has been named a 2025 recipient of the Health Care Without Harm Emerging Physician Leader Award. This prestigious accolade recognizes early-career medical…
Amid the current measles outbreak, many are wondering about what the risk of getting the disease is and how to protect themselves. Yonatan Grad, professor of immunology and infectious diseases at Harvard Chan School, addresses some of these concerns.
