UF EPI Director Glenn Morris To Step Down After 17 Years of Leadership

Glenn Morris, Jr., M.D., M.P.H.T.M., is stepping down from his role as director of the University of Florida’s Emerging Pathogens Institute, a globally recognized powerhouse for infectious disease research.

Morris has helmed the EPI since its founding in 2007. The institute was established with a $60 million grant from the Florida legislature, with the aim of empowering the state to detect, monitor and manage highly dangerous pathogens in Florida and beyond.

As director, Morris, also a professor of infectious diseases, cultivated the EPI’s growth into a world-class, 93,000-square-foot facility, with specialized laboratories for investigating epidemics and bioterrorism.

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