Professor
Department of Environmental and Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute
College of Public Health and Health Professions
amaurelli@phhp.ufl.edu
Reseach Interest
  • Evolution and emergence of Shiga toxin-producing Shigella flexneri; application of “black hole” and antivirulence gene technology to Shigella drug and vaccine discovery;
  • One Health and shigellosis.
  • Development of genetic tools for studying Chlamydia spp. and their application to analysis of pathogenic mechanisms of Chlamydia spp; cell wall metabolism and cell division processes of Chlamydia spp; mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in Chlamydia spp;
  • Surveillance of non-HIV sexually transmitted infections in Haiti. Surveillance of Chlamydia, syphilis, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis in urban and rural settings; survey of sexual behaviors and other risk factors.
  • Water quality in developing countries – assessment and interventions at the sociological, microbiological, and chemical levels.
Area of Research
Epidemiology and Surveillance, Infectious Disease, Water and Conservation, Climate Change and Environmental Factors
Region of Practice
Caribbean
Haiti