Gary Heil

Dr. Heil’s primary research focuses on the development methodologies to assess exposure history of populations at risk of infection by zoonotic influenza viruses. Current methodologies are confounded by significant cross-reactivity, and Dr Heil’s works to provide better assessments of exposure history to provide more acurate data for the determination of risk factors for infection. Other lines of research include studies of non-native host culture induced evolution of influenza viruses and the affect these changes have on virus/host receptor specificity.