College of Medicine
Salemi Lab
Led by Marco Salemi · Pathology
What we study
The Salemi Lab studies how viruses and bacteria evolve and spread, using advanced genetic and computational methods. They track HIV, SARS-CoV-2, and other pathogens in Florida to predict outbreaks and guide public health strategies.
What working here is like
- Computational
- No organisms (data only)
- Coding required
- Projects
- 4
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
HIV/SIV pathogenesis
Researching how HIV and simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) affect the body.
NeuroAIDS
Studies how HIV affects the brain, using viral genetic and computational methods to understand how the virus evolves and causes neurological disease.
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Molecular epidemiology of pathogens
Tracking the spread of HIV, cholera, and SARS-CoV-2 using genetic data.
AI methods for epidemic forecasting
Developing artificial intelligence tools to predict and monitor disease outbreaks.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Selective pressure-driven identification of conserved regions for Oropouche virus molecular detection
2026 · Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
- Genomic Diversity of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus (HRSV) Type A in a Pediatric Cohort in the United States After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic
2026 · Microorganisms
Analyzed HRSV genetic diversity in children after COVID-19, finding no clear link to disease severity.
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- Assessing the effects of sociodemographic, clinical, and mental health conditions on COVID severity and duration
2026 · BMC Infectious Diseases
Examines how factors like age and mental health affect COVID-19 severity and recovery.
- Dietary ecology structures gut microbiome assembly in sympatric wild mammals from Kruger National Park, South Africa
2026 · Animal Microbiome
Finds gut bacteria differ by diet in wild animals, with carnivores having unique patterns.
- HIV and the detectability of within-host minor variants in Mycobacterium tuberculosis whole-genome sequencing data
2026 · Epidemiology
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