Our COVID-19 experts

Mayo Clinic researchers and experts have played a key role in the global response to COVID-19 — from developing and deploying testing, to providing up-to-date information to the public, to advising government and businesses on the best ways to keep people safe. 

William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D.

Chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic, president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, and professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D.

Vice chair of Practice in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, director of the Clinical Virology Laboratory, and professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

Paul Jannetto, Ph.D.

Vice chair of the department's Supply Chain Management Committee and associate professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

John Mills, Ph.D.

Co-director of the Neuroimmunology Laboratory and assistant professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

Robin Patel, M.D.

Director of the Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory and professor of Medicine and Microbiology

Bobbi Pritt, M.D.

Chair of the Division of Clinical Microbiology and professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

Elitza Theel, Ph.D.

Director of the Infectious Diseases Serology Laboratory and associate professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

Joseph Yao, M.D.

Director of the Hepatitis/HIV Laboratory, associate professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, associate professor of Medicine, and assistant professor of Microbiology