John Kubale directs the Social, Behavioral, and Economic COVID Coordinating Center at ICPSR. He joined ICPSR in 2022 and conducts research on the social and environmental drivers of infectious disease burden. Prior to coming to the University of Michigan, he spent four years with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Kubale received a PhD and MPH in Epidemiology from the University of Michigan and a BA from Xavier University.