Rate My Professor Eva Harris

Harris's research centers on molecular virology, pathogenesis, immunology, epidemiology, clinical aspects, and control of dengue, Zika, chikungunya, influenza, and COVID-19, with a focus on tropical countries and scientific capacity building. She pioneered a multidisciplinary approach using in vitro studies, animal models, human cohorts, and long-term collaborations in Nicaragua over 30 years, including pediatric cohort and household transmission studies in Managua. Key investigations cover immune correlates of protection and pathogenesis, antibody-dependent enhancement, viral NS1 protein's role in vascular leak, and SARS-CoV-2 spread and therapeutics. Harris has authored over 330 peer-reviewed articles, including highly cited papers such as Dengue (The Lancet, 2015), Antibody-dependent enhancement of severe dengue disease in humans (Science, 2017), Global spread and persistence of dengue (Annual Review of Microbiology, 2008), and Dengue virus NS1 triggers endothelial permeability and vascular leak (Science Translational Medicine, 2015). Her honors include the MacArthur Fellowship (1997), Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences (2001-2005), NSF Graduate Fellowship (1988-1991), Berkeley Graduate Fellowship (1991-1993), and Global Leader for Tomorrow from the World Economic Forum (2002). Through the Sustainable Sciences Institute and international partnerships, she has advanced scientific infrastructure in Latin America.