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Three UNC faculty elected IDSA Fellows

December 7, 2020

Headshots of JK, AL, CHThe Infectious Diseases Society of America has elected Joseph Eron, MD; Anne Lachiewicz, MD, MPH; and Christopher Hurt, MD, to its latest group of Fellows of IDSA. This Fellowship in IDSA is the highest honor in the field of infectious diseases and is given to those who have achieved professional excellence and provided significant service to the profession. 

Eron is a professor of medicine, chief of UNC’s Division of Infectious Diseases, and a global leader in HIV research. He serves as vice chair and co-principal investigator of the AIDS Clinical Trials Group, the world’s largest and longest running HIV clinical trials network, and leads UNC’s AIDS Clinical Trials Unit with four sites in North Carolina, Malawi, and Vietnam. He directs the UNC CFAR Clinical Core. Lachiewicz is an associate professor of medicine, director of the Immunocompromised Host Fellowship Program, and infectious diseases specialist. Christopher Hurt is an associate professor of medicine, director of the North Carolina HIV Training and Education Center, and co-leader of UNC’s Center for AIDS Research’s PrEP Scientific Working Group.

Applicants for IDSA Fellowship are nominated by their peers and meet specified criteria that include continuing identification with the field of infectious diseases, national or regional recognition, and publication of their scholarly work. Nominees are reviewed and elected by the IDSA Board of Directors. Fellows of IDSA work in many different settings, including clinical practice, teaching, research, public health and health care administration.

See full list of new IDSA fellows here.

Read more at the IGHID website here. 

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