Dr. Lantos is a Professor of Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, and Global Health, and an infectious diseases specialist at Duke University School of Medicine, with board certifications in Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics, and Internal Medicine. His areas of clinical interest include travel medicine and vector-borne infectious diseases. His research concentrates on the geospatial epidemiology of infectious diseases, utilizing geographic information systems (GIS) and geostatistical analyses. This approach allows us to understand the spatial and spatiotemporal distribution of diseases, and their relationship with environmental and demographic factors, from forest and climate to poverty and disparities in access to care.
Dr. Lantos has conducted studies evaluating the spatial distribution of numerous domestic and international infectious diseases, including SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), cytomegalovirus, influenza, and Lyme disease. Dr. Lantos is interested in GIS education and have conducted workshops on public health GIS in Mongolia and China. He is also interested in research oversight and human subjects protections; since 2018 has served as chair on the Duke Institutional Review Board.