Fung's LAB

2003. BA (later 2007 MA), Natural Sciences (Biological), University of Cambridge.

2005. MSc in Control of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

2009. PhD, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London.

2009 - 2011. Postdoc, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of Georgia. 

2011 - 2013. Prevention Effectiveness Fellow, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), CDC.

2013 - now. Georgia Southern University 

• 2013 - 2018. Assistant Professor of Epidemiology. 

• 2018 - 2025. Associate Professor of Epidemiology (with tenure). 

• 2025 - now. Professor of Epidemiology (with tenure). 

1. Research: 2 current research directions 

(a) Epidemiology of COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases

(b) Digital epidemiology & digital health communication

2. Teaching: 

Dr. Fung was awarded the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Award for Excellence in Instruction and Mentoring for the year of 2022.

Current courses offered:

• EPID 7135 Epidemiology of Infectious Disease (every Fall semester since 2013) - one of the mandatory courses for our MPH epidemiology students.

• EPID 9131 Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases of Direct Interpersonal Transmission (every Spring semester since 2018) - one of the mandatory courses for our DrPH epidemiology students.

• PUBH 4233 Topics in Global Epidemiology (Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022; Spring 2023; Spring 2024; Spring 2025) - This course is mandatory for BSPH students in either the global health concentration or the epidemiology concentration. It is fully online asynchronous since Spring 2024.

• PUBH 3216 Data Collection and Analysis for Public Health (Fall 2023, Fall 2024) - This course is mandatory for BSPH students in the epidemiology concentration.

• EPID 9132 Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases Transmitted via Bodily Fluids (Fall 2018, 2019; Spring 2022, 2023): This course is not offered in AY2024-25.

Previously taught:

• PUBH 4090 Special Topic: COVID-19 Epidemiology (Online) (Fall 2020 Term B; Spring 2021)

• Epidemiology (MPH core course) (Fall 2016) 

• Epidemiologic Research Methods I (Spring 2014, 2015)

• PUBH 7090 Special Topic: Advanced Infectious Disease Epidemiology (Spring 2015)

• PUBH 7090 Special Topic: Social Media and Health (Fall 2015)

I have taught directed individual studies on the following topics:

• Social Media and Public Health (Fall 2014)

• Social Media Health Communications & Data Analysis (Summer A, 2016)

• Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases of Direct Interpersonal Transmission (Spring 2018)

• Twitter and Time Series Analysis (x3): Twitter and Time Series Analysis (Spring 2019)

• Modern Applied Data Analysis (Fall 2019, Summer 2020)

• Introduction to Health Economics (Fall 2019)

• Introduction to Health Economics Evaluation (Spring 2020)

• Modeling Infectious Diseases (Spring 2020)

• Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Modeling (Fall 2023)

3. Service: 

• Current service includes:

  • Associate Editor, Emerging Infectious Diseases (published by the CDC)

  • Member, Editorial Committee, Public Health Reports (official journal of the US Public Health Service)

  • Scientific Program Committee, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (3-year term: 2023 - 2026)

  • Organizer, BEES seminars, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Environmental Health Sciences. 

  • Organizer, Public Health Informatics webinars (on behalf of the MPH Public Health Informatics concentration) (AY 2025-2026)

  • Member, JPHCOPH research committee

  • Member, JPHCOPH JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) group for recruitment

• Past service includes:

  • Chair, Student Travel Grant Committee, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health (2-year term: 2022-2024)

  • Member, Faculty Research Committee at the university level (2-year term: 2022-2024)

  • Member, JPHCOPH BSPH curriculum committee

  • Chair, Search Committee - Biostatistics, 2021-22

  • Member, Search Committee - Environmental Health Sciences, 2021-22

Please visit my Research page for more details of my research.

Oct 8, 2025 - Our top candidate accepted the postdoctoral position and worked here for 5 days. That person resigned from her postdoctoral position citing personal and family reasons on Oct 6, 2025. Our college determined that it was a failed search. The search is now closed. We do not accept any new applications. We thank all applicants who applied previously and those individuals who emailed us to inquire about the postdoc position.

Sep 28, 2025 - Postdoc position filled.

Aug 21, 2025 - Hiring Postdoc. The infectious disease modeling group led by Prof. Isaac Fung and Dr. Jing Kersey is seeking applications to 1 postdoctoral research associate position in infectious disease modeling. For more information, please visit the job description.

Nov 6, 2024 - Mentioned in Georgia Southern University press release: 13 Georgia Southern faculty ranked among world’s top 2% of scientists. Reprint in Grice Connect (Nov 18, local Statesboro news) and Savannah Business Journal (Nov 15, local Savannah news).

The Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, is accredited by the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health. We have 

• Bachelor of Science in Public Health (BSPH) program with both face-to-face instruction and online options. 

• Master of Public Health (MPH) programs: 

  • Face-to-face instruction (5 concentrations): biostatistics, epidemiology, environmental health sciences, health policy and community health

  • Online only (2 tracks): applied public health (generalist track) and public health informatics

• Master of Health Administration (MHA) program

• Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) programs 

  • Face-to-face instruction (4 concentrations): Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Community Health, and Health Policy  

  • Online: Public Health Leadership