Dr. Florian Marks

Dr. Florian Marks, MPH, Ph.D. is the Deputy Director General of IVI’s Epidemiology, Public Health, Impact (EPIC) unit. Dr. Marks has over 20 years of experience conducting epidemiological studies and providing technical expertise in the field of global health; particularly in low-income countries. He designs and oversees epidemiological studies investigating a wide range of bacterial and viral infectious diseases. Dr. Marks holds an academic appointment within the Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, UK as well as the Heidelberg Institute for Global Health and has been instrumental in setting up joint programs leveraging the unique strengths of both universities and the IVI. Dr. Marks majored in Pharmacy at the University of Saarland, and holds a Ph.D. from the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine at the University of Hamburg and a Master of Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.