Dr.
Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Disclosure(s): GSK, Inc.: Grant/Research Support; IgY Lifesciences: Advisor/Consultant, Grant/Research Support; Moderna, Inc.: Grant/Research Support; Pfizer, Inc.: Grant/Research Support
Dr. Paul E. Kilgore is a Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at Wayne State University's Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and Co-Director of the Center for Emerging and Infectious Diseases at Wayne State University School of Medicine, where he also serves as Director of Research for the Department of Pharmacy Practice.
Dr. Kilgore received his MD from Wayne State University and his MPH in Epidemiology from the University of Michigan. He completed residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan and served as an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Following his EIS training, Dr. Kilgore worked as a Medical Epidemiologist in the National Immunization Program at CDC and as a Commissioned Officer in the U.S. Public Health Service.
His research focuses on vaccine-preventable diseases, infectious disease epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance, healthcare-associated infections, and diagnostic test development. Dr. Kilgore has extensive experience conducting clinical trials and epidemiological studies domestically and internationally across Asia, Africa, and the Americas. He has served as Principal Investigator, Co-PI, and Co-Investigator on research projects totaling over $25 million in funding from NIH, CDC, NSF, state agencies, and industry sponsors, including recent COVID-19 vaccine trials for Moderna and Johnson & Johnson. A significant portion of his work addresses health disparities related to infectious diseases in Detroit and communities across Michigan.
Dr. Kilgore is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and board certified in Internal Medicine. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, including contributions to the Manual of Clinical Microbiology. He has mentored over 30 pharmacy students, residents, and junior faculty members on research projects and career development, and serves on multiple editorial boards and NIH study sections.