Eva Harris, Ph.D.
Associate professor Dr. Eva Harris is currently on the faculty of the Division of Infectious Diseases in the School of Public Health at the University of California at Berkeley and President of the non-profit organization Sustainable Sciences Institute in San Francisco. She earned a BA in Biochemical Sciences from Harvard University and a PhD in Molecular and Cell Biology at UC Berkeley. |
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In 1997, she received a MacArthur "Genius" Award for her pioneering work over the previous ten years developing programs to build scientific capacity in developing countries to address public health and infectious disease issues. To continue and expand this work, she founded Sustainable Sciences Institute (SSI) and published a book on the subject with Oxford University Press.
At UC Berkeley, Dr. Harris has developed a multidisciplinary approach to study the virology, pathogenesis, and epidemiology of dengue, the most prevalent mosquito-borne viral disease in humans. Her field work focuses on clinical and community-based epidemiological studies of dengue in endemic Latin American countries, particularly in Nicaragua.
In addition, she is collaborating with investigators in the Department of Electrical Engineering at UC Berkeley to develop a novel low-cost point-of-care device for diagnosis of dengue and other infectious diseases.
In 2001, Dr. Harris was named a Pew Scholar for her work on dengue pathogenesis. In 2002, she received a national recognition award from the Minister of Health of Nicaragua for her contribution to scientific development, and she was selected as a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum. Dr. Harris has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles, as well as a book on her international scientific work.
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