Professor
School of Public Health
Director, Michigan Center for Infectious Disease Threats and Pandemic Preparedness
University of Michigan
Lab website: Gordon Research Group
Topic: Community & Household transmission
Dr. Gordon’s research focuses on the dynamics of influenza transmission, natural history, susceptibility to influenza, and the development of immunity. She has established a number of large field studies of influenza and/or SARS-CoV-2 including a prospective pediatric cohort study in Nicaragua (2011-ongoing), a family cohort study in Nicaragua (2017-ongoing), and an adult cohort study in Michigan (2020-ongoing). Her work focuses on both the transmission of respiratory viruses and the development of immunity. In addition, Dr. Gordon works on dengue virus, chikungunya virus and Zika virus immunity and transmission. Dr. Gordon’s work aims to answer fundamental questions that are of the utmost priority for the understanding of influenza and SARS-CoV-2 and the development of next-generation vaccines.