Mark Lurie, PhD, is an infectious disease epidemiologist working on HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections, silicosis and tuberculosis in sub-Saharan Africa. He has studied the role of migration in the spread of HIV in South Africa, examined the evidence for concurrency as a major driver of the HIV epidemic, and examined the impact of antiretroviral therapy on HIV epidemic dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa. His current work focuses on training the next generation of socials scientists in South Africa able to impact the HIV epidemic, an NIH funded R24 and D43 that is a collaboration between Brown and the University of Cape Town; a sudy aimed at improving men's access to HIV testing and treatment services; a study examining treatment access for a unitization among mogrants and non-migrants in South Africa; and a study examining XDR-TB transmssions in KwaZulu/Natal, South Africa.