{"id":1451,"date":"2018-04-13T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/?p=1451"},"modified":"2018-04-11T13:27:22","modified_gmt":"2018-04-11T18:27:22","slug":"new-faculty-spotlight-james-lawler-md-mph-fidsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/2018\/04\/13\/new-faculty-spotlight-james-lawler-md-mph-fidsa\/","title":{"rendered":"New Faculty Spotlight &#8211; James Lawler, MD, MPH, FIDSA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Dr. Lawler recently joined UNMC and the ID Division serving as the Director of\u00a0Clinical and Biodefense Research within the<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nsri.nebraska.edu\/\">National Strategic Research Institute<\/a>\u00a0and Director of International Programs and Innovation with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/publicrelations\/media\/press-kits\/national-center-for-health-security-and-biopreparedness.html\">Global Center for Health Security<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On a more personal note, we asked Dr. Lawler a few questions: Why did you choose to come to UNMC? What excites you about Infectious Diseases? And we asked him to tell us something unrelated to medicine we may not know about him.<\/p>\n<p>Here are his answers &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>WHY UNMC: The people is what really attracted me to UNMC. There is an incredible sense of purpose and teamwork that is pervasive.<\/p>\n<p>ID EXCITEMENT: I love the intellectual challenges of clinical ID emerging infectious disease research.<\/p>\n<p>UNRELATED TO MEDICINE: I am a big college basketball fan.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you Dr. Lawler! We are thrilled to welcome you and work with you going forward.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the UNMC ID Division Faculty including Dr. Lawler here.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form name=\"s2form\" method=\"post\" action=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/infectious-disease\/subscribe2\/\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ip\" value=\"216.73.216.108\" \/><span style=\"display:none !important\"><label for=\"firstname\">Leave This Blank:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"firstname\" name=\"firstname\" \/><label for=\"lastname\">Leave This Blank Too:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"lastname\" name=\"lastname\" \/><label for=\"uri\">Do Not Change This:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"uri\" name=\"uri\" value=\"http:\/\/\" \/><\/span><p><label for=\"s2email\">Your email:<\/label><br><input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" id=\"s2email\" value=\"Enter email address...\" size=\"20\" onfocus=\"if (this.value === 'Enter email address...') {this.value = '';}\" onblur=\"if (this.value === '') {this.value = 'Enter email address...';}\" \/><\/p><p><input type=\"submit\" name=\"subscribe\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/>&nbsp;<input type=\"submit\" name=\"unsubscribe\" value=\"Unsubscribe\" \/><\/p><\/form>\r\n\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Lawler recently joined UNMC and the ID Division serving as the Director of\u00a0Clinical and Biodefense Research within the National Strategic Research Institute\u00a0and Director of International Programs and Innovation with\u00a0Global Center for Health Security On a more personal note, we asked Dr. Lawler a few questions: Why did you choose to come to UNMC? 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