Josh Loomis

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Joshua S Loomis, Ph.D. is a microbiologist and Associate Professor at East Stroudsburg University. While earning his doctoral degree at the Penn State University College of Medicine, he worked primarily on dissecting mechanisms by which viruses assemble during replication. His post-doctoral research at the University of Miami Sylvester Cancer Institute focused on the use of genetically-engineered viruses as novel treatments for cancer. In 2005, he accepted a faculty position at Nova Southeastern University and remained there for 10 years. While at NSU, he frequently taught courses in microbiology, genetics, immunology, and cell biology. Additionally, he developed a new course on the history of epidemic disease and gave frequent invited lectures on the same subject. Dr. Loomis moved to East Stroudsburg University in 2015 and continued his teaching and research in microbiology. He has since become a partner in the Small World Initiative, which is a global consortium of scientists and students working together in search of novel antibiotics produced by soil microorganisms.

Dr. Loomis has published his research in numerous scientific journals, including the Journal of Virology and Nature Immunology. In 2018, he published his first book, entitled “Epidemics: The Impact of Germs and Their Power over Humanity.” The book has since been released as a paperback and translated into Chinese. His work on the history of epidemic disease has been featured in The Los Angeles Times, The Hill, Variety, Salon, and The New Yorker.